Are the constructs of the psychological contract, trust and organisational commitment as relevant in the African context as they are in the Western context?
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Subject: MBL921-P LEADERSHIP AND ORGANISATIONAL DYNAMICS Group Assignment: G1 Group Code: PTA 0403A Due Date: 8 March 2004 Date of Submission: 8 March 2004 Lecturer: Prof. S Nkomo GROUP PARTICIPATION SHEET MBL921-P Group Assignment: G1 PTA 0403A Student name Student number Participation Van der Walt, Tersia 2544628 100% Adam Nazeer 07014805 100% Berry, Padriac 6536506 100% Bosch, Fanie 08931364 100% Christodoulou, Chris 4607562 100% Mazibuko, Mkhululi 34412166 100% Meyer, Pierre 05463912 100% Seabi, Esther 34417427 100% Singh, Naresh 05693969 100% Thirion, Erna 7352409 100% Van der Merwe, Hugo 7056141 100% Van Ravesteyn, Louis 34401318 100% "Leadership throughout the ranks of the organisation has become the pivotal force behind every successful business today. The new leader is one who creates shared vision, commits people to action, walks the talk and empower followers to become leaders." Albert Cruywagen "The time has come for us to truly value diversity and to use everyone within the organisation to create leadership. It is this leadership that will ultimately build our economy and to position us to realise Africa's promise" Christo Nel INDEX 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 2 INTRODUCTION 2 3 BACKGROUND 2 4 LEADERSHIP IN THE ORGANISATION 3 5 PERCEIVED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LEADERSHIP IN THE WESTERN AND AFRICAN CONTEXT 5 6 LITERATURE REVIEW 6 6.1 Organisational Behavioural Constructs 6 6.2 Psychological Contract 7 a Personal and Impersonal contract 8 b Transactional and Relational Contract 9 c Environmental and Organisational factors 10 6.3 Trust 11 a Interpersonal trust 11 b Affect based trust 11 c Cognition based trust 12 d Breach (violation)...


