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Self-Leadership and Empowering Leadership in a Western Balkan Context

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  • Peter Nientied

    (Independent researcher, Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Research Fellow, Polis University, Tirana, Albania)

  • Merita Toska

    (Co-PLAN Institute for Habitat Development, Tirana, Albania and Polis University, Tirana, Albania.)

Abstract

In to-day’s dynamic business world, a trend is towards more flexible organisations with enhanced autonomy and self-leadership of employees and teams. This study introduces the concepts of self-leadership and empowering leadership in the Western Balkans. The study measures employed professionals’ views of self-leadership and experienced empowering leadership. Special attention is given to possible differences in views by gender and by professionals with / without a leadership role. Two instruments are applied, the Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire and the Empowering Leadership Survey (n=265). Subsequently interviews were conducted with 10 company directors to generate their viewpoints and experiences of self-leadership and empowering leadership. Results show correlations between self-leadership and empowering leadership and show differences between men’s and women’s reports. The study also notes that better understanding the potential of empowering leadership leading to more self-leadership demands another type of research. A discussion of the study and suggestions for future research conclude the article.

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  • Peter Nientied & Merita Toska, 2021. "Self-Leadership and Empowering Leadership in a Western Balkan Context," International Review of Management and Marketing, Econjournals, vol. 11(1), pages 36-47.
    • Handle: RePEc:eco:journ3:2021-01-5
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    1. Matteo Cristofaro & Pier Luigi Giardino, 2020. "Core Self-Evaluations, Self-Leadership, and the Self-Serving Bias in Managerial Decision Making: A Laboratory Experiment," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-23, September.
    2. Peter Nientied & Dritan Shutina, 2017. "High performance work practices in Albania," Journal of Human Resource Management, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Management, vol. 20(2), pages 12-20.
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    Keywords

    self-leadership; empowering leadership; self-management; Western Balkans; Albania;
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    JEL classification:

    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • M19 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Other
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management

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