Abstracts
Abstract
Scholarship at the interface of ethics, leadership and organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is still scarce. We draw from literature about leadership in Africa to identify three research streams (functional, cultural, and critical) and use these streams to make sense of research on ethics, organizations and leadership in SSA, as well as to analyze opportunities for research. We propose four interpretative approaches allowing the advancement of research in the field of ethical leadership in SSA. More diverse research on SSA is important for it allows the development of textured theories on the context and opens possibilities for revitalizing organization theory.
Keywords:
- Ethics,
- leadership,
- Sub-Saharan Africa,
- Cultural values,
- Post-colonial theory
Résumé
Recherche sur l’interface entre l’éthique, le leadership et les organisations en Afrique sub-saharienne (ASS) sont encore rares. Nous nous appuyons sur la littérature relative au leadership en Afrique pour identifier trois courants de recherche (fonctionnel, culturel et critique) et utilisons ces courants pour donner un sens à la recherche sur l’éthique, les organisations et le leadership en ASS, ainsi que pour analyser les opportunités de recherche. Nous proposons quatre approches interprétatives permettant l’avancement de la recherche dans le domaine du leadership éthique en ASS. Une recherche plus diversifiée sur l’ASS est importante car elle permet le développement de théories texturées sur le contexte et ouvre des possibilités de revitalisation de la théorie des organisations.
Mots-clés :
- Éthique,
- leadership,
- Afrique sub-saharienne,
- valeurs culturelles,
- théorie post-coloniale
Resumen
Los estudios sobre la interfaz de la ética, el liderazgo y las organizaciones en el África subsahariana (ASS) siguen siendo escasos. Nos basamos en la literatura sobre el liderazgo en África para identificar tres corrientes de investigación (funcional, cultural y crítica) y utilizamos estas corrientes para dar sentido a la investigación sobre la ética, las organizaciones y el liderazgo en el ASS, así como para analizar las oportunidades de investigación. Proponemos cuatro enfoques interpretativos que permiten el avance de la investigación en el campo del liderazgo ético en el ASS. Una investigación más diversa sobre el ASS es importante porque permite el desarrollo de teorías texturizadas sobre el contexto y abre posibilidades para revitalizar la teoría de la organización.
Palabras clave:
- Ética,
- liderazgo,
- África subsahariana,
- valores culturales,
- teoría poscolonial
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