Leadership competencies and development for community leaders in Malaysia

What are the leadership competencies for community leaders in Malaysia? It attempts to identify the detailed competencies of community leaders who serve in the Neighborhood Association in Malaysia. In-depth interviews of eight participants were utilized for data collection. The interview was conduct...

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Main Authors: Mohamad, Madinah, Silong, Abu Daud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15428/
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description What are the leadership competencies for community leaders in Malaysia? It attempts to identify the detailed competencies of community leaders who serve in the Neighborhood Association in Malaysia. In-depth interviews of eight participants were utilized for data collection. The interview was conducted using an interview guide for two to three hours until no more new data emerged. The data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed to identify themes and sub-themes related to competencies of community leaders in Malaysia. The research identified 10 domains of attitudes, skills, knowledge and competencies for community leaders. These were managing effective teams and work groups, building and maintaining relationship, leading diversity and difference, developing others, communicating effectively, bringing about change, solving problems, setting vision and mission, managing social and volunteer work and developing good values and leadership practices.
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spelling upm-154282015-10-21T04:04:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15428/ Leadership competencies and development for community leaders in Malaysia Mohamad, Madinah Silong, Abu Daud What are the leadership competencies for community leaders in Malaysia? It attempts to identify the detailed competencies of community leaders who serve in the Neighborhood Association in Malaysia. In-depth interviews of eight participants were utilized for data collection. The interview was conducted using an interview guide for two to three hours until no more new data emerged. The data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed to identify themes and sub-themes related to competencies of community leaders in Malaysia. The research identified 10 domains of attitudes, skills, knowledge and competencies for community leaders. These were managing effective teams and work groups, building and maintaining relationship, leading diversity and difference, developing others, communicating effectively, bringing about change, solving problems, setting vision and mission, managing social and volunteer work and developing good values and leadership practices. 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15428/1/Leadership%20competencies%20and%20development%20for%20community%20leaders%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Mohamad, Madinah and Silong, Abu Daud (2010) Leadership competencies and development for community leaders in Malaysia. The Journal of International Social Research, 3 (14). pp. 341-350. ISSN 1307-9581 http://www.sosyalarastirmalar.com/cilt3/cilt3sayi14_english.htm
spellingShingle Mohamad, Madinah
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Leadership competencies and development for community leaders in Malaysia
title Leadership competencies and development for community leaders in Malaysia
title_full Leadership competencies and development for community leaders in Malaysia
title_fullStr Leadership competencies and development for community leaders in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Leadership competencies and development for community leaders in Malaysia
title_short Leadership competencies and development for community leaders in Malaysia
title_sort leadership competencies and development for community leaders in malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15428/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15428/1/Leadership%20competencies%20and%20development%20for%20community%20leaders%20in%20Malaysia.pdf