Dynamics of Leadership Styles Within the Ogoni and Ijaw Movements in the Niger Delta

Abstract: Much of the literature on the Niger Delta deals with the Ogoni and Ijaw groups together, as having common lived experiences within a shared geographical location. However, the nature of the leaderships led the two movements to adopt distinct strategies in their struggles against the Nigerian state and multinational oil companies. Successful collective action is often ascribed to effective leadership and to the employment of social identity to drive collective group behaviour. Building on the Comparative Case Studies approach, this article compares the nature of leadership within the two movements, and particularly the choices that led Ogoni leaders to preach nonviolence and Ijaw leaders to advocate violence. The article analyses the role of the leaders in determining the strategies adopted by the movements, and examines the importance of the psychological drivers of the collective narratives developed by the two groups of leaders in accounting for the different trajectories. These .... https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/5405

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Dynamics of Leadership Styles Within the Ogoni and Ijaw Movements in the Niger Delta ; volume:8 ; number:2 ; day:09 ; month:12 ; year:2020 ; Journal of social and political psychology ; 8, Heft 2 (09.12.2020)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Mai-Bornu, Zainab Ladan

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/jspp.v8i2.1075
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021032004224869723877
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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