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Open Journal of Leadership (OJL) is an open access journal published quarterly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scholars and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various practices, developments and theories of leadership and leadership abilities, and achievements of dist…
Clerwey Gracindo de Deus
The objective of the research is to identify the main factors that contribute to successful implementation and sustainable Continuous Improvement (CI), highlighting the role of leadership in this regard. A systematic literature review (SLR) was carried out to…
Siaffa Emmanuel Henry
In an era defined by globalisation and technological transformation, the development of future managers is crucial to the sustainability and competitiveness of organisations. This study examines the effectiveness of Leadership Development Programs (LDPs) in S…
James McLaughlin
Effective leadership is essential for achieving success in private international schools. Beyond academic achievements, organizational success is reflected in teacher retention, financial stability, and institutional reputation, which signify the overall heal…
Twianie Roberts
The doctoral degree completion rate in higher education across various disciplines has continued to decline. Currently, attrition rates by program vary from 40-60% across disciplines. This paper examines the implementation and outcomes of the All But Disserta…
Joshua M. Kies
The nursing profession has experienced significant transformations in leadership approaches over the past decade, driven by evolving healthcare demands, technological advances, and changing workforce dynamics. This paper examines the evolution of nursing lead…
Prajkta Waditwar
Generative AI has collapsed the cost of fabricating persuasive audio, images, and video; social platforms can then amplify these forgeries to millions within minutes. Ordinary users—not only public figures—now face wire-transfer fraud via deepfaked executives…
Viktor Wang
This article critically examines the widening gap between rhetorical commitments to equity, inclusion, and innovation in higher education and the lived realities of institutional leadership and policy enforcement. Drawing on the author’s direct experience wit…
Viktor Wang
This article examines the often-overlooked phenomenon of “invisible leadership” in higher education—where faculty and staff lead innovation and advance institutional goals without formal authority or recognition. Using distributed leadership and organizationa…
Sebastian Dymacz
This narrative literature analysis explores how new leaders in the United States acquire leadership knowledge. Based on a review of scholarly, practitioner, and grey literature, four primary learning strategies were identified: learning through experience, le…
Aliaa Ibrahim Ahmed
Examining five dimensions of KM: knowledge diagnosis, generation, storage, distribution, and application. The study was conducted on the administrative apparatus at the College of Arts, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University. The researcher employed Hallaq’s…
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Open Journal of Leadership (OJL) is an open access journal published quarterly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scholars and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various practices, developments and theories of leadership and leadership abilities, and achievements of dist… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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