Thematic analysis of leadership values in apologies

The aim of the study was to elicit leadership values embedded in Obama’s apology speeches to have an insight of his leadership in the face of crisis. During his presidency, Obama had issued a number of successful remedial apologies as an action performed by the offender to calm the angered party, se...

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Main Authors: Raja Ravi Varma, Susanna Bithiah Varma, Paramasivam, Shamala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Techmind Research 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74286/1/THEMATIC.pdf
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description The aim of the study was to elicit leadership values embedded in Obama’s apology speeches to have an insight of his leadership in the face of crisis. During his presidency, Obama had issued a number of successful remedial apologies as an action performed by the offender to calm the angered party, seek forgiveness and achieve reconciliation. The study found that Obama portrayed an array of values such as responsibility, accountability, determination and dedication to duty, trustworthiness and truthfulness, apologetic, regretful, appreciative of sacrifice, visionary, and to comfort and sympathise. This paper gives an insight of how the methodology for the study of leadership values in Obama’s apologies was carried out. The methodology relies on positive discourse analysis and grounded theory for performing a thematic analysis through linguistic coding.
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spelling upm.eprints-742862021-06-21T05:46:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74286/ Thematic analysis of leadership values in apologies Raja Ravi Varma, Susanna Bithiah Varma Paramasivam, Shamala The aim of the study was to elicit leadership values embedded in Obama’s apology speeches to have an insight of his leadership in the face of crisis. During his presidency, Obama had issued a number of successful remedial apologies as an action performed by the offender to calm the angered party, seek forgiveness and achieve reconciliation. The study found that Obama portrayed an array of values such as responsibility, accountability, determination and dedication to duty, trustworthiness and truthfulness, apologetic, regretful, appreciative of sacrifice, visionary, and to comfort and sympathise. This paper gives an insight of how the methodology for the study of leadership values in Obama’s apologies was carried out. The methodology relies on positive discourse analysis and grounded theory for performing a thematic analysis through linguistic coding. Techmind Research 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74286/1/THEMATIC.pdf Raja Ravi Varma, Susanna Bithiah Varma and Paramasivam, Shamala (2018) Thematic analysis of leadership values in apologies. Journal of English Language and Literature, 9 (3). 914 - 925. ISSN 2368-2132 https://journals.techmindresearch.com/index.php/jell/article/view/371 10.17722/jell.v9i3.371
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