The quest for leadership qualities in cooperative societies: An exploratory analysis
Successful leadership is imperative for a cooperative to flourish. However, there is limited literature concerning leadership qualities in the context of cooperatives, most particularly in cooperatives in the global south. This study applied the participatory Delphi research technique to identify ef...
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| description | Successful leadership is imperative for a cooperative to flourish. However, there is limited literature concerning leadership qualities in the context of cooperatives, most particularly in cooperatives in the global south. This study applied the participatory Delphi research technique to identify effective leadership qualities in the context of community-based cooperative societies in rural Nepal. A survey of 1255 leaders and team members from 210 cooperatives was undertaken and the qualities of leadership were obtained by using explorative factor analysis. The results identified four dimensions of effective leadership: Role Model, Empowering the Team, Performance-based Rewards, and Skills of the Sector. These four dimensions, unified in the 'REPS' Model of leadership, are presented as a contextualized model of cooperative leadership that can serve to inform both further research and cooperative development practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fb15f7c7ad4a465e8da2bb692ab70f602023-10-01T06:02:36ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-09-0199e20109The quest for leadership qualities in cooperative societies: An exploratory analysisNav Raj Simkhada0Prakash C. Bhattarai1Sana Kisan Bikas Microfinance Financial Institution, Subidhanagar, Kathmandu, GPO Box: 21956, Nepal; Corresponding author.Associate Professor and Associate Dean at Kathmandu University School of Education, Hattiban, Lalitpur, GPO 8975 EPC 1636, (Kathmandu), NepalSuccessful leadership is imperative for a cooperative to flourish. However, there is limited literature concerning leadership qualities in the context of cooperatives, most particularly in cooperatives in the global south. This study applied the participatory Delphi research technique to identify effective leadership qualities in the context of community-based cooperative societies in rural Nepal. A survey of 1255 leaders and team members from 210 cooperatives was undertaken and the qualities of leadership were obtained by using explorative factor analysis. The results identified four dimensions of effective leadership: Role Model, Empowering the Team, Performance-based Rewards, and Skills of the Sector. These four dimensions, unified in the 'REPS' Model of leadership, are presented as a contextualized model of cooperative leadership that can serve to inform both further research and cooperative development practice.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023073176Leadership qualitiesCooperative societyRole modelREPS model of leadershipNepal |
| spellingShingle | Nav Raj Simkhada Prakash C. Bhattarai The quest for leadership qualities in cooperative societies: An exploratory analysis Heliyon Leadership qualities Cooperative society Role model REPS model of leadership Nepal |
| title | The quest for leadership qualities in cooperative societies: An exploratory analysis |
| title_full | The quest for leadership qualities in cooperative societies: An exploratory analysis |
| title_fullStr | The quest for leadership qualities in cooperative societies: An exploratory analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The quest for leadership qualities in cooperative societies: An exploratory analysis |
| title_short | The quest for leadership qualities in cooperative societies: An exploratory analysis |
| title_sort | quest for leadership qualities in cooperative societies an exploratory analysis |
| topic | Leadership qualities Cooperative society Role model REPS model of leadership Nepal |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023073176 |
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