The Influence of Social Leadership Factors on Social Empowerment (Paperback)

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL LEADERSHIP

The topic of Leadership is a dynamic topic ever-evolving and ever enthusing researchers

with many intricacies and mysteries and to which they look for solutions to the unresolved problems

of society in general.

"How groups of individuals achieve coordination and collective action is an important topic in the

natural sciences, but until recently the role of leadership in this process has been largely

overlooked. In contrast, leadership is arguably one of the most important themes in the

social sciences, permeating all aspects of human social affairs: the election of Barack

Obama, the war in Iraq, and the collapse of the banks are all high-profile events that

draw our attention to the fundamental role of leadership and followership." (King and

Cowlishaw 2009)

Although leadership cannot be studied without followership, it is obvious that

leaders of one powerful individual are more intriguing than the followership of

millions of common men. Leadership is the driving force that lets followership emerge in

the aftermath of a series of actions affecting the security and safety of the

followers.