2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

NGO Leadership Change and Development in Cambodia

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21830164
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies
Research Institution	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Principal Investigator	KIMURA Rikio Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, アジア太平洋学部, 助教 (50517034)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Keywords	成人教育 / 国際開発 / ライフ・ストーリー / NGO / カンボジア / 意識変容の学習 / リーダーシップ / 市民社会
Research Abstract	This research considers how Cambodian leaders of NGOs in Cambodia change their leadership styles towards better serving their clients. The findings appear to suggest that leaders need to be open to disturbing events and other experiences and to be willing to reflect on those. Particularly, leaders seem to need to reflect on their assumptions. It appears that they need to experiment with new models of leadership, which emerge from their reflection, in their particular contexts so that they could assess which model would better serve their clients.