Learning Activity 2.3-Blog post
January 10, 2018, Wafa Siyam
This article exerts oneself to think about Leadership roles.
Critical analysis of leadership theory in “American Sniper.”
Cogent Arts & Humanities. 2016;3(1) DOI 10.1080/23311983.2016.1144297
This article was scholarly/peer-reviewed journals, available in TWU library
The author, Brad C Wedlock is currently a doctoral student of education in the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Adjunct Instructor of Communication at South Louisiana Community College.
Published: Cogent Arts & Humanities. 2016;3(1) DOI 10.1080/23311983.2016.1144297, 5 February 2016
This film, based on the life of an American War Veteran, went to extensive lengths to portray the military and personal life of an extraordinary individual torn between family and duty. The purpose of this review and critical analysis is to note the leadership theory and approaches that examined the Navy S.E.A.L Chris Kyle in the film “American Sniper.”
As a military-based show, this film naturally falls into the areas of dedication, sacrifice, and moral ethics, which can be considered significant capacities of the leadership paradigm.
The author made a point of view that “American Sniper was limited when it came to the style approach as it could show task behaviors well, but not so much with relationship behaviors.”
The military theme in the film influenced “Authority” in a frame that has a picture of the military is good in executing the mission, and subordinates.. are told what to do. Hence the relationship in this film is obedience-oriented, which preferred in this situation. Also, The film reiterate some old approaches, such trait approach still relevant and in conjunction with their instance and requires consideration of Individuals’ perceptions and subjective apprehension.
The Audience: The study Based on what medium leadership presents in the organization, it may differ to an extent, but pertinent to a successful individual in command who use them in some forms.
This study examined the film American Sniper through various leadership theories and approaches and found that all theories called upon sufficiently shown and used by the main character. These concepts and approaches classified as the following: trait approach, skills approach, style approach, situational approach, and path-goal theory. I believe it shows all the premises of the leadership theory in building the relationship with the employee. It was no biased to any stream of conduct and applies to all audience or any interest.
I enjoyed reading this article; in fact, I want to clarify more in research interest since I want to replace the word of “subordinate” with “followers.”
The study included the hyperlink of the article found through using “Academic Search Complete database” through TWU library. Also, I revealed to this article https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-12-2015-0086 which was provided by Dr. Strong unit summary
Servant leadership and conflict resolution: a qualitative study
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-12-2015-0086
Authors and credentials
Ravinder Jit -Department of Management, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Chandra Shekhar Sharma-Department of Commerce, Sri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi, India, and
Mona Kawatra-Department of Management, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies, Delhi, India
Currency- The article published in 2016
Purpose- This article examined the choice of conflict management strategies made by servant leaders. The intended audience is researchers, leaders, and managers who have interest in conflict management strategies concerning their forms.
Publications– International Journal of Conflict Management https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-12201500861220150086, it shows evidence of revied article
Any apparent biases or particular interest- it doesn’t Appear any conflict of interest to the authors. This article conducted different style of leadership and approaches can be used for conflict resolution
References:
Wedlock, B. C. (2016). Critical analysis of leadership theory in “American Sniper.” Cogent Arts & Humanities, 3(1), 1144297.
https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2016.1144297
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-12-2015-0086
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/ijcma
https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2016.1144297
https://www.cogentoa.com/article/10.1080/23311983.2016.1144297
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCHpq9UXKGc (video)
Hi Wafa,
This is a good summary of the article that you found. Were you able to find out any information about the journal itself where the article was published? If you do a google search for the journal title you should find some information about it. Specifically, I am interested in whether or not the journal uses the peer-review process.
Dr. Strong
The article published in Cogent Art & Humanities Journal
This is what I found on their site about there process
The review process
We will provide you with online access to the full manuscript, and will ask you to complete a reviewer scorecard assessing key elements of the manuscript and provide constructive feedback to authors on how to strengthen their manuscript.
As per COPE guidelines, the editor will be asking you for expert subject knowledge, good judgment, and an honest and fair assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the work and the manuscript.
If you agree to review a revised manuscript, then you should assess whether the authors have satisfactorily addressed the revisions requested during the initial round of peer review. The author will have provided a response to accompanying the revised manuscript. Please note that full and detailed re-assessment of the manuscript may still be necessary.
Thank you, Its good for learning the process of peer review and where the first unpublished article will find a way to start. I noticed they follow a guideline called COPE.
Please let me know if I need to clarify more.