Untangling indigenous leadership competences in sustainability challenged firms: A Sustainable Indigenous Network Leadership commitment toward emission mitigation in Bahrain energy industry
研究了如何将本土领导能力融入网络领导框架以支持巴林能源行业减排，提出了包含四个维度的可持续本土网络领导力框架，对面临可持续发展挑战的企业和领导力理论有参考价值。
This study examines how indigenous leadership competences can be integrated into network leadership frameworks to support emission mitigation in Bahrain's energy sector. Given the lack of culturally aligned leadership models in sustainability-challenged firms, this research addresses a theoretical and practical gap. Drawing on qualitative data from eight firms, the study proposes a Sustainable Indigenous Network Leadership (SINLA) framework comprising four competence dimensions: socio-cultural, socio-political, socio-economic, and socio-knowledge. The findings reveal that embedding indigenous values into network leadership enhances organisational change capacity and supports organisational transformation addressing climate change. This contributes to leadership theory by expanding the applicability of network leadership to non-Western, emission-intensive contexts.