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It is fair to ask what point there is to leadership. Although some observers are of the view that the term presents limitless theoretical possibilities, others argue that it is a mere chance occurrence—a concept that eludes taxonomic, analytic, and data interpretation efforts besides posing momentous deductive reasoning challenges. Thus in contrast to the theoretically inclined analysts who see a correlation between the prevailing leadership regime and social change, the pragmatists argue that other factors besides leadership choices determine the tempo and direction of change.
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Balogun, M.J. (2009). The Leadership-Governance-Development Nexus: Separating Coincidences from Correlations. In: The Route to Power in Nigeria. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230100848_1
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