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When western leadership models become a mixed blessing

J. Reimer
Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship/Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap | Vol 75, No 3 | a100 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koers.v75i3.100 | © 2010 J. Reimer | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 26 July 2010 | Published: 26 July 2010

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J. Reimer, Professor Extraordinarius, Department of Church History, Christian Spirituality and Missiology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa & Lecturer at the Theologisches Seminar Ewersbach, Germany

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Abstract

Russia plunged into a deep leadership crisis after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The attempt to implement western leadership models only deepened the crisis. With the take over of power by Vladimir Putin a new leadership theory evolved, which looked critically at western models. Totalitarianism, contextuality, cultural sensibility and pragmatism are issues being investigated with respect to leadership. This article includes these themes whilst reflecting on the critical dialogue between the American leadership expert Stephen R. Covey and his Russian critic Vladimir Tarassenko.

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Culturally Relevant Leadership; Leadership; Perestroika; Russia

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