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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…
Jean Paul Ndindamahina
This systematic review explores the strategic importance of leadership communication (LC) and employee engagement and motivation (EEM) in contemporary diverse workplace, with particular attention to its influence on workforce citizenship behaviour. The study…
Joseph Mews
In a changing landscape defined by market shifts and rapid technological innovation, traditional mechanical approaches to organizational development are increasingly inadequate. This conceptual article explores the theoretical shifts required of modern execut…
Musa O. Obuba
The rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming public sector organizations, reshaping policy design, service delivery, and decision-making processes. While much research emphasizes technical and operational dimensions of AI, less attention…
Kristina J. Szilak
Despite evidence that women are effective leaders, they remain underrepresented in leadership positions. Drawing on a phenomenological analysis of interviews with 15 women in the United States who were working in or aspiring to leadership roles, this study ex…
Mohammed Issah
In this study, the author examined the role of teachers’ self-efficacy, distributed leadership, and school climate in job satisfaction among teachers in Türkiye. The study explored further whether distributed leadership and school climate measures mediate the…
Ye Zhang, Muhd Khaizer Omar, 1 1
This study examines the relationship between perceived leadership empathy and university educators’ job performance in public teacher-training universities in Guizhou Province, China. Despite growing interest in leadership empathy as a key leadership competen…
Jörg Krauter
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore whether empirically observable patterns are consistent with the mechanism configuration proposed by the Systemic Leadership Model, using pattern-oriented analyses within a critical-realist framework. This frame…
Viktor Wang
This article argues that effective leadership in educator preparation requires resisting “standards conflation” between the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) Designated Subjects Career Technical Education (CTE) and Designated Subjects Adult…
Viktor Wang
In many colleges and universities, efforts to modernize Career and Technical Education (CTE) and adult education collide with institutional cultures that are resistant, politicized, or openly hostile. Faculty who attempt to align programs with contemporary st…
Linda Ismene Apon
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the mediating role of cash flow management behaviour in the relationship between leadership style and sustainability of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Uganda. Methodology : This study is cross-sectio…
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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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