Factors Affecting Sound Implementation of Sustainable Leadership Development. The Case Sudanese Financial and Telecomunication Business Organizations

Purpose
Sustainable leadership express the ability of business organization to adapt to environmental challenges and changes, while considering the future sustainability and continuity of the businesses Most empirical evidence is found in developed economies and fragmented in single sectors, emerging economies are under researched. This research aims to investigate sustainable leadership development in Sudanese financial and telecommunication sector, and highlight managerial awareness, orientation and perceived obstacles to tis implementation.
Methodology Approach
This is an exploratory qualitative research designed to shed lights on specific context, semi structured interviews were conducted with managers in financial and telecommunication organizations Non probability sampling was used to select respondents, namely purposive sampling. The data was then analyzed using thematic analysis to identify key context specific practice factors influencing sustainable leadership development implementation.
Findings
The findings showed that a high level of understanding to the concept of sustainable leadership development among managers. A significant gap is perceived between awareness and practical implementation. The following obstacles: limited human capital capabilities, organizational culture, financial resources, digital infrastructure, governance practices and regulatory condition were highlighted.
Theoretical Implications
The research provides empirical evidence on Sustainable leadership development from an emerging economy. It highlights the contextual contingencies (crisis conditions) influencing sustainable leadership implementation in under-researched settings. The research advances theoretical integration between sustainable leadership and digital transformation in a combined sector financial service and telecommunication.
Practical implications
The research provides actionable insights for business organizations and policymakers to embed business the implementation of sustainable leadership development and impose regulatory factors and provide supportive governance measurements.
Value
The research highlights the contextual contingencies influencing sustainable leadership implementation in under-researched settings such as emerging economies. It also reveals how crisis conditions and absence of strategic intents shaped leadership development. The findings offer a framework for understanding sustainable leadership development in fragile environments.

Sustainable leadership development; financial and telecommunications sectors; Emerging economies

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