ABSTRACT Emerging from indigenous communities in South Africa, Ubuntu has been heralded as a context-resonant approach to leadership practice befitting the African socio-cultural and institutional environment. Ubuntu privileges moral and humanistic consideration premised on collective endeavor and people-oriented preferences. These are much sought after aspects of leadership that should enable growth and expansion in Africa. Elusive, though, are empirical studies that explore the manifestation of Ubuntu in Africa and models that encapsulate key dimensions for managerial application. A question for the curious scholar is: if Ubuntu aligns to the African socio-economic and psycho-social work environment, why do African organizations continue to underperform? To address this dilemma, this study explores how Ubuntu leadership is practiced in a public service organization. Using interviewing and group discussion and exploring discursively from a constructionist perspective, the study analyses data from 12 council authorities in Cameroon and Nigeria. Contradiction, deviation and paradox are highlighted. The “seven-dimension” model of Ubuntu leadership embedding deviant and vital omissions for high performance is proposed.

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喀麦隆和尼日利亚地方议会的高性能领导者：检查与Ubuntu理念背道而驰的实践

摘要来自南非的土著社区，Ubuntu被认为是适合非洲社会文化和制度环境的一种针对背景的领导实践方法。Ubuntu享有以集体努力和以人为本的偏好为前提的道德和人文考虑因素的特权。领导力方面的这些问题备受追捧，这些方面应能够促进非洲的增长和扩展。然而，难以捉摸的是一些经验研究，这些研究探索了Ubuntu在非洲的表现以及封装了管理应用程序关键维度的模型。这位好奇的学者提出的一个问题是：如果Ubuntu能够适应非洲的社会经济和心理社会工作环境，那么非洲的组织为什么仍然表现不佳？为了解决这个难题，这项研究探索了在公共服务组织中如何实践Ubuntu领导。该研究使用访谈和小组讨论，并从建构主义的角度进行了探索性探索，分析了喀麦隆和尼日利亚12个议会当局的数据。突出显示了矛盾，偏差和悖论。提出了Ubuntu领导力的“七维”模型，其中嵌入了对高性能的偏离和重大遗漏。