TITLE:
Political Leadership: A New Conceptual Framework
AUTHORS:
Duke Ofosu-Anim
KEYWORDS:
Political Leadership, Personality Traits, Leadership Styles, Political Motivation, Stress Tolerance
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Leadership,
Vol.11 No.4,
December
9,
2022
ABSTRACT: Research indicates leadership is an important
discipline in political studies. However, leadership has received little
attention within political science scholarship. Theorists attribute this neglect
to perplexities of political leadership which is often in conflict with tenets
of liberal democratic ethos. As a result, the concept of political leadership and
the character of the political leader remain understudied. The current study
utilizes conceptual framework analysis method to identify political
leadership’s central concepts and themes which form the theoretical framework.
The current study was conducted by examining literature covering social,
cultural, and psychological facets of political leadership. Ensuing concepts
were then used to map out a conceptual framework for political leadership. The
findings reveal behavior is a cause of political leadership outcomes.
Additionally, the study shows personality traits, leadership style, motivation,
and stress tolerance are central concepts to the behavior of the leader, and
define leadership outcomes within a political setting. Finally, further studies
into the interconnectivities of the central concepts will deepen the understanding of the phenomena.