Charismatic Leadership in Singapore: Three Extraordinary People [Hardcover]

This volume explores the nature of charisma as it accounts for the success of leaders. Charisma is deconstructed and illustrated through the case studies of three influential leaders in Singapore. Cultural issues are discussed and leadership qualities in general are explored.This book explores the nature of charisma as it accounts for the success of leaders, deconstructing charisma and illustrating it through case studies of three influential leaders in Singapore. Discusses cultural issues leadership qualities in general.Introduction.- Charisma Revived.- Explaining Charisma: A Macro View.- Explaining Charisma: A Non-deterministic View.- Explaining Charisma: A Constructivist View.- Methodological Operations.- Contextualizing Charisma: Theoretical and Empirical Indications.- The Charismatic Enigma: Three Extraordinary Singaporeans.- Charismatic Leadership's Agency: Social Construction and Transformation of Meaning.- Structural Constraints and Alternative Socio-political Discourses.- Conclusions.

Charismatic Leadership in Singapore:
Three Extraordinary People

?Hava Dayan and Chan Kwok-bun

What makes some lead while others follow? How do the great leaders keep their influence over the long term? These questions may be simple, but the answers have never been. Charisma holds important clues to the gaining and holding of power, yet it can easily be undervalued as mere personal charm.

Charismatic Leadership in Singapore offers conceptual, empirical, and philosophical lenses for clarifying the nuances of the concept of charisma and gauging its impact in both public and private spheres. Its authors, Dayan and Chan, provide the much- needed context, identifying how charisma manifests in social relationships with institutions, groups and individuals, and the social, economic, political, historical, and cultural£§