Leadership : contemporary critical perspectives
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Leadership : contemporary critical perspectives
SAGE, 2019
2nd ed
- : pbk
Note
Previous edition: 2015
Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-356) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Written from a global and critical perspective with a diverse range of cases and examples throughout, this is an inspiring read for developing leaders operating within global and multicultural work settings.
'Power' is taken as central theme for this book, opening up discussion about issues that are often neglected in leadership texts i.e. fairness, equity, justice, resistance, conflict, emancipation, oppression, rationality, politics, globalization, the natural environment, and knowledge.
New to this edition:
A new prologue: 'An Unconventional History of Leadership Studies'
A new epilogue on 'Embodied Leadership, Ethics, and its Affects' written by David Knights, one of the authors of Embodied Research Methods (pub April 2019)
3 new topical integrative case studies, based on current events: Jacinda Ardern's pregnancy when PM; #MeToo; and Suma Foods co-operative
Updated research and pedagogical features throughout, including the 'Leadership on Screen' feature
The book is complemented by a range of online resources including PowerPoint slides, videos of the book's authors providing an overview of the chapter and discussing why the topic is important, access to journal articles discussed in the book, and links to additional relevant material.
Table of Contents
Table Of Contents
Prologue: An Unconventional History of Leadership Studies - Suze Wilson
Part I: Classical Theories of Leadership
Chapter 1: Leadership, Management and Headship: Power, Emotion and Authority in Organizations - Donna Ladkin
Chapter 2: Trait Theories of Leaders and Leadership: From Ancient Greece to Twenty-first-century Neuroscience - Scott Taylor
Chapter 3: Leading through Contingencies - John Cullen
Chapter 4: Transformational Leadership: Secularized Theology? - Helen Delaney and Sverre Spoelstra
Part II: Leading in Context - Suze Wilson
Chapter 5: Leadership Learning and Development - Brigid Carroll
Chapter 6: Leadership, Governance and Strategy - Annie Pye
Chapter 7: Difference and Leadership - Amanda Sinclair and Michelle Evans
Chapter 8: Studying Followers - Nancy Harding
PART III: Contemporary Perspectives
Chapter 9: Leadership and Process - Simon Kelly
Chapter 10: Relational Leadership - Lucia Crevani
Chapter 11: Leadership without Leaders: Understanding Anarchist Organizing through the Lens of Critical Leadership Studies - Neil Sutherland
Chapter 12: Leadership, Post-structuralism and the Performative Turn - Jackie Ford
Chapter 13: Seeing Leadership: Becoming Sophisticated Consumers of Leadership - Owain Smolovic-Jones and Brad Jackson
Epilogue: Embodied Leadership, Ethics and its Affects - David Knights
References
Index
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