Original Research - Special Collection: Practical Theology

Effective strategic leadership: Balancing roles during church transitions

Noel J. Pearse
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 67, No 2 | a980 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v67i2.980 | © 2011 Noel J. Pearse | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 29 November 2010 | Published: 15 August 2011

About the author(s)

Noel J. Pearse, Rhodes Business School, Rhodes University, South Africa

Abstract

As part of their responsibilities of leading the organisation, strategic leaders are responsible for leading change. This article investigated the application of the strategic leadership of change within the church context. A Straussian approach to the grounded theory method was used to generate a substantive grounded theory of organisational change and leadership, particularly focusing on the manifestation and management of organisation inertia in churches within South Africa that were transitioning from a programme based to a cell based church design. This article reported on one aspect of this study and focused on the patterns of leadership roles. It further distinguished between effective and ineffective leadership patterns that either enhanced or compromised the credibility of the leader and by implication, affected the success of the change intervention. The results of the study were discussed from the perspective of social capital theory, thereby contributing to understanding the role of strategic leaders in building social capital within the context of organisation change.

Keywords

church transitions; grounded theory; organisational change; social capital; strategic leadership

Metrics

Total abstract views: 4283
Total article views: 8960

 

Crossref Citations

1. Strategic leadership, change and growth in not-for-profit, membership-based, value-driven organisations
Scott M. Andrews
Journal of Organizational Change Management  vol: 36  issue: 4  first page: 517  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1108/JOCM-08-2021-0252