Community leadership in social work: A tool for empowering people in communities experiencing social exclusion

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjsw/bcaf197/8262936" target="_blank" >https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjsw/bcaf197/8262936</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaf197" target="_blank" >10.1093/bjsw/bcaf197</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Community leadership in social work: A tool for empowering people in communities experiencing social exclusion

Original language description

Community leadership is essential for effective community development, yet it is still poorly defined. In the Czech context, social exclusion plays a key role in community development, especially for ethnic minorities such as the Roma. To address these issues, community work interventions as a method of social work are being developed to create sustainable structures within communities, with leaders playing a key role. Community leadership combines two key elements: leadership and community work. Unlike traditional forms of leadership, it emphasizes partnerships and non-hierarchical structures, often referred to as participatory or distributed leadership. This study examines community leadership through qualitative research with fifteen community leaders who have experienced social exclusion and engaged in long-term community work. The article explores their interpretations of the term ‘community leader’, their perspectives on leadership in community work, and the values they associate with it. Thematic analysis reveals that activation, partnership, and volunteering are core to understanding leadership in this context. Participants highlighted motivation, the leadership development process, and the diverse activities leaders undertake within their communities as central themes. This research contributes to a deeper understanding of community leadership, with particular relevance to marginalized communities.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

The British Journal of Social Work

ISSN

0045-3102

e-ISSN

1468-263X

Volume of the periodical

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Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

4015-4033

UT code for WoS article

001577531600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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