The purpose of this study is to analyze the importance of relational leadership for a social business initiative in rural Uganda. The author follows the case of the Hope Development Initiative (HDI) that supports (i) female farmers to become entrepreneurs as well as (ii) the development of the region. The study aims to illuminate relational leadership theory, particularly how it is applied in a specific context. Data were gathered during a ten-day research expedition to Northern Uganda. The study first presents obstacles the HDI faces in terms of lack of resources as well as socio-cultural dynamics limiting its organizational processes. Afterward, a framework of HDI’s processes of relational leadership serves to analyze and structure the results, thereby demonstrating how HDI actors manage to circumvent these obstacles based on building relationships with critical actors from the stakeholder environment. The case indicates that relational leadership should be seen as one of the most critical organizational capabilities to access resources for value creation in rural Uganda when actors from the stakeholder environment hold these required resources. The study demonstrates how relational leadership incorporating actors from the stakeholder environment on the micro level affects the success of the respective organization and development of the region on the macro level.

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关系领导和区域发展：乌干达新农业企业的案例研究

本研究的目的是分析关系型领导对乌干达农村地区社会企业计划的重要性。作者关注希望发展倡议 (HDI) 的案例，该倡议支持 (i) 女性农民成为企业家以及 (ii) 该地区的发展。该研究旨在阐明关系型领导理论，特别是如何在特定环境中应用它。数据是在对乌干达北部进行为期 10 天的研究考察期间收集的。该研究首先提出了 HDI 在缺乏资源以及限制其组织过程的社会文化动态方面面临的障碍。之后，HDI 的关系领导过程框架用于分析和构建结果，从而展示 HDI 参与者如何在与利益相关者环境中的关键参与者建立关系的基础上设法绕过这些障碍。该案例表明，当利益相关者环境中的参与者持有这些所需资源时，关系领导应被视为获取资源以在乌干达农村创造价值的最关键的组织能力之一。该研究表明，在微观层面上结合利益相关者环境中的参与者的关系领导如何影响宏观层面上各自组织的成功和该地区的发展。该案例表明，当利益相关者环境中的参与者持有这些所需资源时，关系领导应被视为获取资源以在乌干达农村创造价值的最关键的组织能力之一。该研究表明，在微观层面上结合利益相关者环境中的参与者的关系领导如何影响宏观层面上各自组织的成功和该地区的发展。该案例表明，当利益相关者环境中的参与者持有这些所需资源时，关系领导应被视为获取资源以在乌干达农村创造价值的最关键的组织能力之一。该研究表明，在微观层面上结合利益相关者环境中的参与者的关系领导如何影响宏观层面上各自组织的成功和该地区的发展。