ROMANIAN YOUNG LEADERS CAPABILITIES: AN EMPIRICAL SURVEY

• Main Author: ANGELA-OLIMPIA LOBONEA OLTEAN
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academica Brâncuşi 2016-06-01
• Series: Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie
• Subjects: potential; capabilities; young Romanian leaders; leadership;
• Online Access: http://www.utgjiu.ro/revista/ec/pdf/2016-03/56_LOBONEA%20OLTEAN.pdf

This paper aims to disseminate the results of a study focused on young leaders, designed to fill the gap in the specialty literature about the capabilities of young leaders in Romania. Capabilities - in our opinion, represents the leader's potentialities, the engine of transformation. They exist in a latent state and by activation they generate economic effects. Through this study we want to identify young Romanian people's attitudes towards capabilities; when we say capabilities, we understand potential. In this article we will present the capabilities from the perspective of potential. Sure, there are also other classifications, but from an economical perspective we consider that the potential of a leader is relevant through the following components: emotional potential, social potential, cognitive potential, managerial potential and behavioral potential. The overall conclusion is that in the realized study we have identified the following key capabilities of young Romanian leaders: character, confidence, empathy, credibility, leadership style, vision, memory, ability to be proactive, optimism, ability to generate respect.