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Social Change Model Of Leadership Development

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3 Case Study
3.1 Conceptual Framework
3.1.1 A Social Change Model of Leadership Development
The social change model of leadership development(Helen & Alexander, 1996, p. 03) summarizes the whole leadership development process across the individual, group and social levels. It implies seven core values required in each level so as to attain the goal of changing the society positively. The values in three levels influence each other and the process is indicated in the following figure (Helen & Alexander, 1996).

Figure 4. The social change model of leadership development

Source: developed by (Helen & Alexander, 1996, p. 20) www.cmu.edu (21/02/2017)

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