How strategic focus relates to the delivery of leadership training and development
How strategic focus relates to the delivery of leadership training and development
Despite progress in the development of leadership development models over recent years, these models fail to account for the differentiation in leadership training and development (LTD) practices found between organizations. We conducted an exploratory, multiple case study of formal leadership training and development in 10 organizations, in different business sectors in the United Kingdom. We show that the strategic focus of LTD was shaped by the business goals pursued by these 10 organizations. We also found the strategic focus of LTD to be a broad contingency factor differentiated by level of impact, which then influenced the pattern of LTD delivery. The findings offer support for a contingency perspective in explaining how leadership training and development is configured in differing organizational contexts
leadership training and development
541-565
Clarke, Nicholas
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Higgs, Malcolm
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7 July 2016
Clarke, Nicholas
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Higgs, Malcolm
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Clarke, Nicholas and Higgs, Malcolm
(2016)
How strategic focus relates to the delivery of leadership training and development.
Human Resource Management, 55 (4), .
(doi:10.1002/hrm.21683).
Abstract
Despite progress in the development of leadership development models over recent years, these models fail to account for the differentiation in leadership training and development (LTD) practices found between organizations. We conducted an exploratory, multiple case study of formal leadership training and development in 10 organizations, in different business sectors in the United Kingdom. We show that the strategic focus of LTD was shaped by the business goals pursued by these 10 organizations. We also found the strategic focus of LTD to be a broad contingency factor differentiated by level of impact, which then influenced the pattern of LTD delivery. The findings offer support for a contingency perspective in explaining how leadership training and development is configured in differing organizational contexts
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e-pub ahead of print date: 22 December 2014
Published date: 7 July 2016
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leadership training and development
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Faculty of Business, Law and Art
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/377060
ISSN: 0090-4848
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