Can the concept of positive leadership become a paradigm in management studies?. Cover Image

Czy koncepcja pozytywnego przywództwa może stać się paradygmatem w naukach o zarządzaniu?
Can the concept of positive leadership become a paradigm in management studies?.

Author(s): Robert Karaszewski, Andrzej Lis
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: positive leadership; positive organisational scholarship; paradigm

Summary/Abstract: Paradigm is defined by Kuhn as a scientific achievement which is universally recognised in a given period of time by researchers belonging to a scientific discipline and which provides them with model problems and solutions. As regards management studies there is a debate whether this discipline is still in the pre-paradigm period of its development or it can be perceived as a multi-paradigm field. Making an assumption that there are paradigms in management studies; the statement that leadership is a key factor of the success of an organisation can be recognised as a canon. Recently; along with the development of Positive Organisational Scholarship; the concept of positive leadership has been emerging. The aim of the paper is to consider whether the concept of positive leadership can become a paradigm in management studies.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 72-80
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish