Pittaway, Luke and Rivera, Olga and Murphy, Anne (2005) Social identity and leadership programmes in the Basque region:a study of leadership development programmes. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 11 (3). pp. 17-29. ISSN 1548-0518
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The purpose of the study was to explore how social identity influences the construction of leadership development programmes in the Basque Region. The Basque region is recognised as having a strong social and national identity (Kaufmann and Tödtling, 2000; McNeill, 2000). Historically leadership development has been focused on practising leaders and managers and delivered by universities, consultants and other intermediaries. A recent study reported in the paper has shown managerial dissatisfaction with current provision in the region and has illustrated a need for provision to focus on ‘skills’ for ‘leadership’. What is meant by ‘skills’ and ‘leadership’ is, however, embedded within the Spanish language and Basque identity (Kasmir, 1996; Whyte, 1999). The paper introduces theories of social identity as they are applied to the study of leadership and it explores how these theories can help explain perceptions of leadership.