Positive deviance and Islamic leadership

This study investigates whether positive deviance can become a tool to promote leadership from an Islamic perspective. This study offers a brief review of the literature on leadership, the link between perception and leadership and leadership from an Islamic perspective. In particular, attention is...

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Main Author: Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey
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Language:English
Published: International Islamic University 2011
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spelling iium-425902015-04-16T01:21:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/42590/ Positive deviance and Islamic leadership Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey HF Commerce HF5387 Business ethics This study investigates whether positive deviance can become a tool to promote leadership from an Islamic perspective. This study offers a brief review of the literature on leadership, the link between perception and leadership and leadership from an Islamic perspective. In particular, attention is drawn to the work of Beekun and Badawi (1999) in the area of leadership from an Islamic perspective. This author suggests that practitioners find it difficult to implement principles of Islamic leadership because they lack specific management tools. By reviewing the literature, this author has identified positive deviance as a management tool for leaders to challenge and change the collective perceptions of followers. Within this context, the positive deviance methodology fits in remarkably well with the framework proposed by Beekun and Badawi (1999). The suitability of positive deviance as a tool for Islamic leaders is explored. International Islamic University 2011-08-14 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42590/1/Positive_deviance_and_leadership.pdf Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey (2011) Positive deviance and Islamic leadership. IIUM Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, 19 (1). pp. 63-76. ISSN 1394-7680 http://journals.iium.edu.my/enmjournal/index.php/enmj
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Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey
Positive deviance and Islamic leadership
description This study investigates whether positive deviance can become a tool to promote leadership from an Islamic perspective. This study offers a brief review of the literature on leadership, the link between perception and leadership and leadership from an Islamic perspective. In particular, attention is drawn to the work of Beekun and Badawi (1999) in the area of leadership from an Islamic perspective. This author suggests that practitioners find it difficult to implement principles of Islamic leadership because they lack specific management tools. By reviewing the literature, this author has identified positive deviance as a management tool for leaders to challenge and change the collective perceptions of followers. Within this context, the positive deviance methodology fits in remarkably well with the framework proposed by Beekun and Badawi (1999). The suitability of positive deviance as a tool for Islamic leaders is explored.
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author Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey
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author_sort Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey
title Positive deviance and Islamic leadership
title_short Positive deviance and Islamic leadership
title_full Positive deviance and Islamic leadership
title_fullStr Positive deviance and Islamic leadership
title_full_unstemmed Positive deviance and Islamic leadership
title_sort positive deviance and islamic leadership
publisher International Islamic University
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/42590/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/42590/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/42590/1/Positive_deviance_and_leadership.pdf
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