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The unique voice of the Visegrad Countries: preliminary investigation of leadership excellence in post-transitional Central Europe
No full textThe concept of excellence is often viewed as a pathway to success. The way excellence is understood in different contexts, is strongly dependent on environmental, economic, historical, and cultural factors. Excellence is a multi-faceted phenomenon, and its different aspects are manifested in a variety of disciplines. This study joins the line of investigations exploring the management aspect of excellence, and examines leadership in the context of Central Europe as a source of uniqueness of the region. This paper uses a leadership excellence model established in an Eastern societal context to four Central European nations. This new perspective expands the already existing empirical literature and fills multiple gaps. A group of countries previously not examined comprehensively is studied comparatively. Furthermore, the results shed light on dimensions, similarities and differences of leadership excellence in these countries, highlighting the presence of a shared and unique profile of leadership excellence in the Visegrad countries. Provided their shared historical, political and economic past, the results are particularly unique in the post-transitional context
