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What is Leadership Capabilities

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Encyclopedia of Strategic Leadership and Management
There are many listed capabilities of effective leaders. However, there is general agreement that core leadership capabilities follow Kotter’s (1990) AU22: The in-text citation "Kotter’s (1990)" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. conceptualization of leadership and relate to establishing a vision, aligning people (communicating clear goals, seeking commitment, building teams), and motivating and inspiring others.
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Leadership Learning through Virtual Play
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele (Griffith University, Australia)
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1049-9.ch027
Abstract
Understanding the complexities of leadership and its development is an ongoing challenge. Some researchers are turning to virtual gaming environments for the purposes of researching how leadership arises and how it plays out in the context of the large, dynamic and intricate social systems found in massive online multiplayer gaming environments. The potential of these virtual gaming environments to shed light on leadership and its processes is evident in literature and is the focus of the present chapter. Some design considerations for the development of serious virtual gaming environments to help learn leadership through play are highlighted.
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