Authentic Leadership in Contemporary Slovenian Business Environment: Explanatory Case Study of HERMES SoftLab

• Authors: Vlado Dimovski , Barbara Grah , Sandra Penger , Judita Peterlin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper explores the authentic leadership in learning organization in Slovenian business environment. The purpose of the paper is to present relationship between authentic leadership and learning organization. Main research thesis is focused on characteristics of authentic leadership in company HERMES SoftLab. The main thesis of this paper is that authentic leadership in learning organization enables the growth of leaders in organizational surroundings through a constant dedication to authenticity and organizational learning that will be explored through the qualitative research method of case study research approach. Key research finding is that authentic leaders can be identified in company HERMES SoftLab and that there is a mutual influence between learning organization and authentic leadership. Therefore, the main research finding is that the learning organization leverages the authentic leadership, which in turn leverages the learning organization.

Keywords

EN

authentic leadership; learning organization; authenticity

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Organizacija
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 214-223

Dates

published

2010-09-01

online

2010-10-29

Contributors

author

Vlado Dimovski

• Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Kardeljeva ploščad 17, Ljubljana, Slovenia

author

Barbara Grah

• Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Kardeljeva ploščad 17, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Sandra Penger

• Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Kardeljeva ploščad 17, Ljubljana, Slovenia

author

Judita Peterlin

• Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Kardeljeva ploščad 17, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10051-010-0021-2