Leadership development through workplace learning in Malaysian organizations
This paper focuses on leadership development of successful leaders via informal workplace learning in several Malaysian organizations. Leadership development, which involves a life-long process of learning beginning from childhood and one’s early educational experiences, often continues with experie...
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| author | Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza Krauss, Steven Eric Othman, Jamilah |
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| description | This paper focuses on leadership development of successful leaders via informal workplace learning in several Malaysian organizations. Leadership development, which involves a life-long process of learning beginning from childhood and one’s early educational experiences, often continues with experiential learning in the workplace. Though many previous studies have explored leadership development via formal programmes in workplaces, there have been limited studies that narrate the contribution of informal learning in workplaces. Hence, we conducted in-depth interviews with five top management team members (TMT) of organizations in the Malaysian higher education, banking and service industries to understand their leadership development experiences. The results included the overarching theme that leadership development should never be separated from organizational priorities, as leaders are the ones who define an organization’s future. The three sub-themes which emerged in relation to leadership development in the context of workplace learning were: (a) the role of informal mentoring in leadership development; (b) observation and reflection during leadership development; and (c) developmental, challenging assignments in leadership development. The findings are presented along with implications for leadership development research and practices in organizations. |
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| spelling | upm-307662017-10-20T05:21:11Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30766/ Leadership development through workplace learning in Malaysian organizations Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza Krauss, Steven Eric Othman, Jamilah This paper focuses on leadership development of successful leaders via informal workplace learning in several Malaysian organizations. Leadership development, which involves a life-long process of learning beginning from childhood and one’s early educational experiences, often continues with experiential learning in the workplace. Though many previous studies have explored leadership development via formal programmes in workplaces, there have been limited studies that narrate the contribution of informal learning in workplaces. Hence, we conducted in-depth interviews with five top management team members (TMT) of organizations in the Malaysian higher education, banking and service industries to understand their leadership development experiences. The results included the overarching theme that leadership development should never be separated from organizational priorities, as leaders are the ones who define an organization’s future. The three sub-themes which emerged in relation to leadership development in the context of workplace learning were: (a) the role of informal mentoring in leadership development; (b) observation and reflection during leadership development; and (c) developmental, challenging assignments in leadership development. The findings are presented along with implications for leadership development research and practices in organizations. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30766/1/30766.pdf Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza and Krauss, Steven Eric and Othman, Jamilah (2013) Leadership development through workplace learning in Malaysian organizations. Asian Social Science, 9 (5). pp. 298-306. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/26990 10.5539/ass.v9n5p298 |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza Krauss, Steven Eric Othman, Jamilah Leadership development through workplace learning in Malaysian organizations |
| title | Leadership development through workplace learning in Malaysian organizations |
| title_full | Leadership development through workplace learning in Malaysian organizations |
| title_fullStr | Leadership development through workplace learning in Malaysian organizations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leadership development through workplace learning in Malaysian organizations |
| title_short | Leadership development through workplace learning in Malaysian organizations |
| title_sort | leadership development through workplace learning in malaysian organizations |
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