Proceedings of 8th Asian Business Research Conference
1 - 2 April 2013, Bangkok, Thailand, ISBN: 978-1-922069-20-7
Power and Identity Construction of the Leadership in
Malaysian Higher Education
Rokimah Mohamad
Charismatic leaders has always being the focus in any organization in
seeking for organizational change and high performing achievement,
particularly in positioning the organization in the web of relentless
competition.
Despite highlighting the personality qualities of the
leadership, the impact of contextual factors such as environmental and
organizational factors on the construction of leadership identity were
given considerable focus. This paper explores the impact of power on
leadership identity, that adopting the reflexive approach on how the
leadership identity is enacted and constructed. Thirty-two in-depth
interviews were conducted on various ranking leaders in Malaysian
higher education.
This suggests that power as part of political
manifestation became one of the emerging factors that rationalized the
leadership identity.
Field of Research: Management
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Ms. Rokimah Mohamad, Commerce Department, Polytechnic Metro Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
E-mail: mnurulyaqin@yahoo.co.uk