The chapter begins by outlining key theoretical beliefs embodied in the psychological perspective that informs this work, then outlines what mental complexity might look like in the context of a senior public servant. Two key developmental pathologies are then described (over and under-differentiation) and linked to senior leadership in Australia by considering Judith Brett’s (2007) analysis of...

The significant challenges faced by South Africa at present are well known. How to deal with the problems from a political and economic perspective abound, but taking a psychological approach has been neglected. This paper proposes a positive approach to South African organizational leadership based on the psychological capacity of hope. After giving a brief background on the context surroundin...

EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP: FROM THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO NEO-LEADERSHIP Political leadership seems to be one of the fundamental concepts social sciences. The crisis liberal democracy has brought numerous changes in relationship between leader and followers. Crises have affected many areas: trust, political communication, elites, economy so on. With emergence new populisms, a paradigm...

Editorials 313 The sustainable development goals (SDGs) cannot be achieved without committed political leadership. Progress on women's, children's and adolescents' health, requires such commitments to be upheld and translated into concrete action across sectors. 1 Since 2000, the eight goals of the millennium development goals (MDGs) inspired our governments to improve health and socioeconomic ...

This study focuses on the concept of leadership. It aims to explain the relationship between language and leadership. In this theoretical essay, firstly, the concept of leadership is discussed and then the relationship between semiotics, language, and discourse is described. Taking the obtained theoretical frame as a base, the function of language as a sign of leadership is studied within the f...

At the end of the year, the mass media in Korea was busy picking up keywords that describe Korean society in the year 2015. For Koreans in their twenties, one of the most referred-to buzzwords is “hell-Chosun.” This bizarre combination of two words—”hell” and “Chosun”—circulated widely among the young generation. “Hell” implies all the negative and depressing features of South Korean society to...

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Leadership is important to health science education. For program effectiveness, directors should possess leadership skills to appropriately lead and manage their departments. Therefore, it is important to explore the leadership styles of programs' leaders as health science education is undergoing reform. Program directors of two and four-year health information management programs were surveyed...

In the spring and early summer of 1790, a new and formidable political association appeared in Paris dedicated to the consolidation of the Revolutionary gains of the previous year and to the development, propagation and implementation of Enlightened social and political ideals. The Societe de 1789 was founded by the marquis de Condorcet and abbe Sieyes in April 1790, and quickly attracted a lar...