Emerging visions of leadership: relevant concepts for international development support organizations

Applying the leadership concepts presented by most of the literature on the theme may be problematic in the case of third-sector and non-profit or public organizations, which act in specific contexts or in more fluid territories and other organizational spaces. This work aims at identifying emerging visions on the leadership concept and analyzes their usefulness for the work of international development support organizations. The case study was built on data related to a region that produces “sisal”, located in the semi-arid part of Bahia state, Brazil, an area gaining attention for the emergence of a great number of grassroots activity in the place since the 1970s, with community organization and economic development activities involving small rural producers, generally supported by international organizations.