Value-Based Leadership in Organizations: Balancing Values, Interests, and Power Among Citizens, Workers, and Leaders

Prilleltensky, Isaac

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“…The literature has long acknowledged the importance of values in any society as a means of helping to safeguard members of society against unscrupulous people (Prilleltensky, 2000). Consequently, the values that inform political, social, cultural, personal as well as professional behaviour should be morally defensible otherwise they are seen as mere preferences (Prilleltensky, 2000).…”

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“…Consequently, the values that inform political, social, cultural, personal as well as professional behaviour should be morally defensible otherwise they are seen as mere preferences (Prilleltensky, 2000). Begley (2010) Values have a dynamic nature in the sense that they can have various levels of worth at a specific point in a person"s life: they can be subdued and only surface in certain scenarios or may feature very strongly if the situation warrants it (Begley, 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Here wellness refers to the fulfilment of basic needs. The literature also refers to various types of values (Begley, 2001;Kaye and Neil, 2009;Mueller, 2014;Prilleltensky, 2000 (Du Preez, 2013;Kaye and Neil, 2009;Little, 2011;Mueller, 2014;Peregrym and Wollf, 2013;Schein, 2010).…”

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“…Effective leadership thus not only depends on a leader with firm personal beliefs, values and the ability to influence others, but requires the inclusion of professional, organizational (school) and social values that underscore the school"s vision. This requires significant and relevant values within the specific context of the school to be values that all concerned in the school value (Begley, 2001;Prilleltensky, 2000). Principals need to establish and clarify values and ensure that the ones chosen are midway between the personal and shared values of the school community for the general tranquillity, wellbeing and optimal functioning of the whole group.…”

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“…Principals need to establish and clarify values and ensure that the ones chosen are midway between the personal and shared values of the school community for the general tranquillity, wellbeing and optimal functioning of the whole group. Prilleltensky (2000) is of the opinion that this can be achieved by means of VBL that focuses on endorsing shared values and keeping in mind the group of people who form part of a certain social and cultural group. Du Preez and Roux (2010) highlight the fact that people from …”

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Value-based leadership approach: A way for principals to revive the value of values in schools

Niekerk¹,

Botha²

2017

Educ. Res. Rev.

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The qualitative research discussed in this article is based on the assumption that school principals as leaders need to establish, develop and maintain a core of shared values in their schools. Our focus is on principals' current perceptions of values in their schools. This is important because values underpin their decisions and actions and thus influence the members of school organizations. The framework of our research was informed by social constructivism. Data were collected in the form of semi-structured individual interviews with nine school principals that were designed to elicit a detailed picture of the participants' perceptions of values. The interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed. Thematic analysis was employed because of its flexibility which makes it possible to analyze and report on the patterns identified, to provide a rich and dense description of the results. The results indicate firstly that principals have diverse perceptions of values. Secondly, they highlight the range of contributions and influences values have in their schools. Thirdly, they show that principals connect values in/directly to themselves as leaders, their leadership styles and employ values un/intentionally. We argue for a value-based leadership (VBL) approach because it provides ways of overcoming deficiencies in leadership. It is vital that school principals establish and maintain a core of shared value that underscore the school as an organization that strives for the well-being of all of its members.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Value-based leadership approach: A way for principals to revive the value of values in schools

Niekerk¹,

Botha²

2017

Educ. Res. Rev.

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The role of power in wellness, oppression, and liberation: the promise of psychopolitical validity

Prilleltensky

2008

Journal Community Psychology

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The power to promote wellness, resist oppression, and foster liberation is grounded in psychological and political dynamics. Hitherto, these two sources of power have been treated in isolation, both for descriptive and prescriptive purposes. As a result, we lack an integrative theory that explains the role of power in promoting human welfare and preventing suffering, and we lack a framework for combining psychological and political power for the purpose of social change. In this article, the author puts forth a psychopolitical conceptualization of power, wellness, oppression, and liberation. Furthermore, he introduces the concept of psychopolitical validity, which is designed to help community psychologists to put power issues at the forefront of research and action. Two types of psychopolitical validity are introduced: type I-epistemic, and type II-transformative. Whereas the former demands that psychological and political power be incorporated into community psychology studies; the latter requires that interventions move beyond ameliorative efforts and towards structural change.

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A Corruption of Public Values at Work; Psychosocial Safety Climate, Work Conditions, and Worker Health Across 31 European Countries

Dollard

Jain

2019

Psychosocial Safety Climate

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Value-Based Leadership in Organizations: Balancing Values, Interests, and Power Among Citizens, Workers, and Leaders

Cited by 52 publications

References 31 publications

Value-based leadership approach: A way for principals to revive the value of values in schools

Value-based leadership approach: A way for principals to revive the value of values in schools

The role of power in wellness, oppression, and liberation: the promise of psychopolitical validity

A Corruption of Public Values at Work; Psychosocial Safety Climate, Work Conditions, and Worker Health Across 31 European Countries

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