Managerial Perceptions of Leadership in Sri Lanka: Good Management and Leadership Excellence as Foundation for Sustainable Leadership Capacity Building in Post-Civil War Sri Lanka

Christopher Selvarajah, Denny Meyer, Jayakody Jask and Suku Sukunesan
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Christopher Selvarajah: Swinburne Business School, Swinburne University of Technology, John Street, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
Denny Meyer: Health Arts and Design, Swinburne University, John Street, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
Jayakody Jask: Department of Management and Organization Studies, University of Colombo, Colombo 00700, Sri Lanka
Suku Sukunesan: Swinburne Business School, Swinburne University of Technology, John Street, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-24

Abstract: In this paper, we examine cultural values that influence the leadership perceptions from a sample of 1140 managers in Sri Lankan organizations. Multivariate analysis such as regression, factor analysis and structural equation modeling was employed to explain leadership excellence. Trust and sustainability were found to be the most important ethical leadership characteristics with three distinct leadership perspectives—nurtured organization, good management and excellent leadership. Implications of this study suggest that trust, sustainability and loyalty should be emulated within a nurtured organization, and good management practice with less emphasis on morality should be emulated for developing HR capacity in Sri Lanka.

Keywords: excellent leadership; trust; morality; good management; sustainability; nurtured organization; emerging economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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