Studying Leadership: Traditional and Critical Approaches

Neuausgabe 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4462-0796-3
Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 804 g

This innovative new text will guide students of leadership through the past, current and future of the discipline. It goes beyond the standard topics covered in existing texts to introduce some exciting new themes such as authenticity, toxicity, followership, gender, diversity, arts, aesthetics, language, identity, ethics and sustainability. This makes for a fascinating read, and allows for a more holistic and deeper understanding of the field.

A range of in-text features have been developed to enhance your learning experience including boxes highlighting key debates and encouraging critical analysis, 6 long integrative case studies and numerous vignettes to help you apply theory to practice, over 140 reflective questions to test your understanding as well as further reading lists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schedlitzki, Doris

Edwards, Gareth

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Mapping Different Approaches to Studying Leadership
Part I: Traditional Approaches to Leadership
Chapter 1: Leadership and Management
Chapter 2: Leadership Competencies: Traits, Skills, Styles and Intelligences
Chapter 3: Contingency and LMX Theories of Leadership
Chapter 4: Charismatic and Transformational Leadership
Part II: Current Issues in Leadership
Chapter 5: Perspectives on Leadership Context
Chapter 6: Followership, Psychoanalytic and Relational Approaches to Leadership
Chapter 7: Leadership and Power
Chapter 8: Strategic Leadership and Leading Change
Chapter 9: Distributed Leadership
Chapter 10: Leadership and Culture
Chapter 11: Leadership Learning and Development
Part III: Critical Issues in Leadership
Chapter 12: Leadership: Gender and Diversity
Chapter 13: Issues of Ethics, Sustainability, Authenticity and Toxicity
Chapter 14: Leadership, Language and Identity
Chapter 15: Leadership, Arts and Aesthetics

Über Autor(innen)

Schedlitzki, Doris
Doris Schedlitzki is Professor in Organisational Leadership at London Metropolitan University. Doris’ main research focus is on leadership and explores the areas of cultural studies of leadership, discourse and leadership, leadership as identity, psychoanalytic approaches to leadership and the role of national language within cultural leadership studies. Recent publications include articles and Special Issues in Leadership, Scandinavian Journal of Management, Management Learning, International Journal of Management Reviews, Human Relations, International Journal of Management Education, as well as a textbook on Leadership entitled 'Studying Leadership: Traditional and Critical Approaches' (SAGE) - currently in its second edition - and an edited book on Worldly Leadership (Palgrave).

Edwards, Gareth
Gareth Edwards is Associate Professor of Leadership Development in the field of Organisation Studies at the University of the West of England.