A myriad of definitions and conceptual models has been developed to understand the concept of leadership. To further contribute in broadening the knowledge, the authors proposed a leadership framework consisting of the four Ps, namely person, participant, performance, and perspective. A content analysis of critical incidents that were retrospectively self-reported by 58 MBA and Masters of Management students in an Asian business school was discussed. More than 200 incidents were collected and

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... dependently clustered into the four Ps. Examples of critical incidents were presented. There is preliminary support for the proposed model and the authors recommended a follow-up research using deeper interviews with leaders to capture the essence of the clusters representing the dimensions in the proposed leadership framework.