THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LEADERS IN THE POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): KARAKTERISTIKE LIDERA U POSTKOMUNISTIČKIM DRŽAVAMA SREDNJE I ISTOČNE EUROPE
• Author: Leonardo Artuković
• Mentor: Domagoj Hruška (mentor); MBZ: 262253
• Committee member: Ana Krajnović (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Mislav Ante Omazić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Domagoj Hruška (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Economics and Business; (Department of Organization and Management); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-09-16, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Organization and Management

Abstract

This paper emphasizes the importance of characteristic leaders in post-communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Leadership is the influence and process of influencing people so that they rapidly and enthusiastically strive to achieve group goals. The most important leadership factor is the leader himself, who puts himself at the forefront to encourage others to achieve the set goals. Some of the characteristics of leaders are the ability to use power successfully and responsibly (without abuse), the ability to understand human beings have different motives, and the ability to inspire or stimulate motivation. Post-communism is the period of political and economic transformation or „transition“ in former communist states located in parts of Europe and Asia, in which new governments aimed to create free-market-oriented capitalist economies. Post-communism in Central and Eastern Europe came after the fall of the Berlin wall. This was the time when transitions occurred through Europe, behind the so-called iron curtain. In this paper, we have singled out the significant leaders of post-communism in Central and Southeastern Europe. Each of them has expressed skills in their own way through the various difficulties that befell them. This thesis aims to analyze the keywords and adjectives being used to describe these post-communistic leaders, such as independent, strong, father, nationalist, patriot, brave, and so on. This research will aim to define 20-30 such words and define the frequency in which words are used to describe these leaders. Moreover, this research aims to describe what words are used the most for which leader to achieve a complete understanding of the public perception of different leaders in different post-communistic countries. This analysis will provide specific results in the most frequent words used to describe post-communistic leaders.

Abstract (croatian)

Ovaj rad naglašava važnost karakterističnih vođa u postkomunističkim zemljama Srednje i Istočne Europe. Vodstvo je utjecaj i proces utjecaja na ljude tako da brzo i s entuzijazmom nastoje postići grupne ciljeve. Najvažniji čimbenik vodstva je sam vođa, koji sebe stavlja u prvi plan kako bi poticao druge na postizanje postavljenih ciljeva. Neke od karakteristika vođa su sposobnost uspješne i odgovorne upotrebe moći (bez zlostavljanja), sposobnost razumijevanja ljudskih bića s različitim motivima i sposobnost inspiriranja ili poticanja motivacije. Post-komunizam je razdoblje političke i gospodarske transformacije ili „tranzicije“ u bivšim komunističkim državama smještenim u dijelovima Europe i Azije, u kojima su nove vlade imale za cilj stvaranje kapitalističkih ekonomija orijentiranih na slobodno tržište. Post-komunizam u Srednjoj i Istočnoj Europi došao je nakon pada Berlinskog zida. To je vrijeme kada su se tranzicije dogodile kroz Europu, iza takozvane "željezne zavjese". U ovom smo radu izdvojili značajne vođe post-komunizma u srednjoj i jugoistočnoj Europi. Svatko od njih izrazio je vještine na svoj način kroz različite poteškoće koje su ih zadesile. Ovaj diplomski rad ima za cilj analizirati ključne riječi i pridjeve koji se koriste za opisivanje ovih postkomunističkih vođa, poput neovisan, snažan, očinski, nacionalist, domoljub, hrabar i tako dalje. Cilj ovog istraživanja je definirati 20-30 takvih riječi i definirati učestalost korištenja riječi za opisivanje ovih vođa. Štoviše, ovo istraživanje ima za cilj opisati koje se riječi najviše koriste za kojeg vođu kako bi se postiglo potpuno razumijevanje javne percepcije različitih vođa u različitim postkomunističkim zemljama. Ova će analiza dati konkretne rezultate u najčešćim riječima koje se koriste za opisivanje postkomunističkih vođa

• Keywords: leadership; post-communism; characteristics; media; influence; president
• Keywords (croatian): vodstvo; post-komunizam; karakteristike; mediji; utjecaj; predsjednik
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:148:059853
• Study programme: Title: Business economics; specializations in: Marketing in english, Managerial informatics, Management, Marketing, Trade and international business, Leadership; Course: Management; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra ekonomije (magistar/magistra ekonomije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-09-17 11:49:40