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The impact of self-awareness on effective leadership outcomes in South Africa
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/79630 The impact of self-awareness on effective leadership outcomes in South Africa Myres, Hugh ichelp@gibs.co.za Da Fonseca, Sharon UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2020. Leadership in today’s volatile environment necessitates an understanding of what constitutes effective leadership. Self-awareness is described as critical for effective and positive forms of leadership, yet there is little research into the link between a lack of self-awareness in leaders and destructive, toxic and despotic leadership. The prevalence of destructive leadership is surprisingly common and bears a high cost to companies in terms of employee turnover, absenteeism and decreased productivity. The emotional toll it takes on employees is severe and affects their well-being, job satisfaction, commitment, loyalty and identification with the organisation. A qualitative, exploratory approach was used to gain rich insights into the role that self-awareness plays in effective leadership, and how a lack thereof affects employee engagement and behaviour. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with executives who had experience of working for a manager with low self-awareness. Thematic analysis was then conducted to identify the main themes found in the data. This study found that leaders with low self-awareness exhibit behaviours consistent with toxic and destructive leadership. Negative effects on subordinates were felt in terms of employee engagement. Increased resistance to the leader occurred, and retaliatory and deviant work behaviour resulted. A model for conceptualising the process by which a lack of self-awareness results in destructive leadership and its influence on followers’ behaviours and attitudes emerged allowing for an improved understanding of this organisational behavioural phenomenon. Leadership can be considered a process of ‘co-creation’ between leaders and followers in a broader context, the outcome of which determines organisational success. Destructive leadership should be viewed in the same holistic fashion. This ultimately has an effect on the organisation’s performance and culture. pt2021 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2021-04-22T10:33:21Z 2021-04-22T10:33:21Z 2021/04/14 2020 Mini Dissertation Da Fonseca, S 2020, The impact of self-awareness on effective leadership outcomes in South Africa, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79630> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79630 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 |
| spellingShingle | UCTD The impact of self-awareness on effective leadership outcomes in South Africa |
| title | The impact of self-awareness on effective leadership outcomes in South Africa |
| title_full | The impact of self-awareness on effective leadership outcomes in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The impact of self-awareness on effective leadership outcomes in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of self-awareness on effective leadership outcomes in South Africa |
| title_short | The impact of self-awareness on effective leadership outcomes in South Africa |
| title_sort | impact of self awareness on effective leadership outcomes in south africa |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79630 |