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The role of perceived social identity leadership in influencing employee engagement
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/79612 The role of perceived social identity leadership in influencing employee engagement Maphalala, Jabu ichelp@gibs.co.za Maphothoma, Tebogo UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2020. The working world as we know it has fundamentally been altered by accelerated digitisation and rapid globalisation. The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has fast-tracked virtual workplaces that physically increase the distance between teams and their leaders, while also threatening to increase employee burnout, further elevating the importance of employee engagement. Scholars and practitioners are at odds regarding the definition and measurement of employee engagement. At the same time, leaders continue to seek ways to improve employee engagement as evidenced by studies exploring the intersection of famous leadership styles and employee engagement. As an extension, this study sought to explore whether the practice of social identity leadership (SIL), through its four dimensions of prototypicality, advancement, entrepreneurship and impresarioship, plays a role in influencing employee engagement. This study thus followed a qualitative research methodology, utilising semi-structured interviews to explore the lived experiences of 14 individuals employed by companies rated as top employers in South Africa. The average duration of interviews was 46 minutes, which were then analysed, coded and arranged into themes in line with the thematic content analysis phases. Consistent with literature, findings indicate that leaders were perceived to practice SIL. Adding to literature, the study discovered new insights for the novel application of activities to practice the identity advancement, identity entrepreneurship and identity impresarioship dimensions. pt2021 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2021-04-22T10:33:16Z 2021-04-22T10:33:16Z 2021/04/14 2020 Mini Dissertation Maphothoma, T 2020, The role of perceived social identity leadership in influencing employee engagement, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79612> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79612 en © 2020 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
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