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<bold>Background/Purpose</bold>: Values-related issues have come into the focus of leadership thinking in the past few decades and it seems to be paradoxical why values work has not been more extensively used so far for defining and conceptualizing leadership. A reason for this can be that values-oriented research streams normally approach leadership from specific perspectives of values representation and transfer. Alternatively, this study examines values work from a generic perspective. Its goal is to suggest a generalized notion for values work and outline certain generic values-work dimensions.
<bold>Methods:</bold> Analysis in this theoretical paper is primarily based on Institutional, New Leadership, and Values-Oriented theories. Methods include argumentation and analytical framework development.
<bold>Results</bold>: This study presents a structured list of and an illustrative framework for some of the dimensions of values work as broadly defined and has research implications regarding issues of leadership influence and the demarcation of leadership from management.
<bold>Conclusion</bold>: The importance of values representation in contrast to power/influence perspectives in leadership is underlined. Our study points to the necessity for more research on generic aspects of values work. The results can also be used for leadership practice, consulting, and development.
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Background/Purpose: Values-related issues have come into the focus of leadership thinking in the past few decades and it seems to be paradoxical why values work has not been more extensively used so far for defining and conceptualizing leadership. A reason for this can be that values-oriented research streams normally approach leadership from specific perspectives of values representation and transfer. Alternatively, this study examines values work from a generic perspective. Its goal is to suggest a generalized notion for values work and outline certain generic values-work dimensions.
Methods: Analysis in this theoretical paper is primarily based on Institutional, New Leadership, and Values-Oriented theories. Methods include argumentation and analytical framework development.
Results: This study presents a structured list of and an illustrative framework for some of the dimensions of values work as broadly defined and has research implications regarding issues of leadership influence and the demarcation of leadership from management.
Conclusion: The importance of values representation in contrast to power/influence perspectives in leadership is underlined. Our study points to the necessity for more research on generic aspects of values work. The results can also be used for leadership practice, consulting, and development.

An Outline of Certain Generic Values - Work Dimensions

Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary

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Background/Purpose: Values-related issues have come into the focus of leadership thinking in the past few decades and it seems to be paradoxical why values...

An Outline of Certain Generic Values - Work Dimensions

Pubblicato online: 12 dic 2022

Pagine: 322 - 332

Ricevuto: 13 mar 2022

Accettato: 26 nov 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orga-2022-0021

Parole chiave
Leadership, Power/influence perspective, New Leadership, Representation of followers’ values, Institutional Theory, Value-oriented leadership

© 2022 János Fehér, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

An Outline of Certain Generic Values - Work Dimensions

Pubblicato online: 12 dic 2022

Pagine: 322 - 332

Ricevuto: 13 mar 2022

Accettato: 26 nov 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orga-2022-0021

Parole chiaveLeadership, Power/influence perspective, New Leadership, Representation of followers’ values, Institutional Theory, Value-oriented leadership

© 2022 János Fehér, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Parole chiave
Leadership, Power/influence perspective, New Leadership, Representation of followers’ values, Institutional Theory, Value-oriented leadership