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Voices from the village: A multi-voiced relational perspective of character development in leadership learning

Edwards, Gareth; Antonacopoulou, Elena; Sklaveniti, Chrysavgi; Moldjord, Christian; Stokkeland, Christine; Hawkins, Beverley

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Elena Antonacopoulou

Chrysavgi Sklaveniti

Christian Moldjord

Christine Stokkeland

Beverley Hawkins



Abstract

This article builds on previous work that has investigated character development within leadership learning. We take up the analogy of developing character through ‘being in a village’. We do so by gaining unique access to leadership learning within a Norwegian military academy (the village). We take a Bakhtinian perspective in analysing the data, and by doing so, we uncover multiple and competing voices that situate themselves within and across character dimensions. We contribute to the learning and development literature by showing how character dimensions are narratively constructed from differing perspectives within context. Hence, they must be considered in relational terms in any attempt to develop character and/or leadership. We show that character development is not dependent on explicit character frameworks but perhaps the role of the social dynamics in a community (village). We also uncover some of the interrelated, intertwined and competing voices that make up character in this given context which points to the way these character dimensions are ‘lived’, ‘rehearsed’ and ‘re-rehearsed’ in any context or setting. We go on to make recommendations for further research and practice.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 19, 2024
Online Publication Date Apr 13, 2024
Deposit Date Feb 19, 2024
Publicly Available Date May 31, 2024
Journal Management Learning
Print ISSN 1350-5076
Electronic ISSN 1461-7307
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/13505076241237215
Keywords Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management, General Decision Sciences
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11729820

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