
Leadership as Identity
Constructions and Deconstructions
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 12. September 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 209 pages
978-1-349-35442-9 (ISBN)
Description
Management has failed; its successor is leadership. Can leadership fulfil the promises that are made in its name? This book is written for those charged with being leaders, and uses poststructuralist theory to provide a language for the confusions and uncertainties that leadership can often bring.
Reviews / Votes
'...this succinct, well-written and imaginative book...comes highly recommended, both for its scholarly and readable value. This is a suitable and helpful text for students of leadership studies, especially those who are encouraged to think about 'leadership' critically.' - Management Learning
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Edition
1st ed. 2008
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
IX, 209 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
283 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-35442-9 (9781349354429)
DOI
10.1057/9780230584181
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Book
09/2008
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Persons
JACKIE FORD is Professor of Leadership and Organization Studies at the University of Bradford School of Management, UK. She has previously worked at the University of Leeds, and embarked on her second career in academe 15 years ago after a 10-year career in Human Resource Management. Throughout her working life, she has been fascinated by people's experiences and this continues to inform her thinking in relation to ways in which leadership and management is conceptualised, researched and practised.
NANCY HARDING is Senior Lecturer in Organization Studies at the University of Bradford School of Management, UK. She has previously worked at the Universities of Leeds and Wales. She was a mature student from a mining background in the South Wales Valleys and her early experiences influence her research and writing, which is concerned with the ways in which work can be exploitative, demeaning and oppressive.
MARK LEARMONTH is an Associate Professor of Organization Theory at Nottingham University Business School, UK. He previously worked at the University of York. Mark has published in journals including Academy of Management Review; Academy of Management Learning& Education; Journal of Management Studies; Organization; Public Administration; Sociology of Health& Illness and Qualitative Inquiry.
NANCY HARDING is Senior Lecturer in Organization Studies at the University of Bradford School of Management, UK. She has previously worked at the Universities of Leeds and Wales. She was a mature student from a mining background in the South Wales Valleys and her early experiences influence her research and writing, which is concerned with the ways in which work can be exploitative, demeaning and oppressive.
MARK LEARMONTH is an Associate Professor of Organization Theory at Nottingham University Business School, UK. He previously worked at the University of York. Mark has published in journals including Academy of Management Review; Academy of Management Learning& Education; Journal of Management Studies; Organization; Public Administration; Sociology of Health& Illness and Qualitative Inquiry.
Content
Texts Leadership as Performative; Or how the words 'leader' and 'leadership' do things The Leader as Hero Learning to be a Leader - Training Courses Queer(y)ing Leadership Gendering Leadership The Psyche and Leadership Conclusions: Towards Emancipatory Leadership?