Leadership Communication Theory and Practice
An Advanced Introduction
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 29. July 2026
Book
Hardback
426 pages
978-1-032-91512-8 (ISBN)
Description
Through the theorization of leadership from various communicative perspectives, this book offers a comprehensive, multi-perspectival framework and actionable insights for building responsible, relational, and inclusive leadership practices.
This book presents three distinct perspectives on how sub-disciplines in communication studies understand, utilize, and theorize the intersections between communication and leadership: (1) diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA), intercultural, and critical cultural approaches; (2) relational, discursive, and collective approaches; and (3) pedagogical and training approaches. Contributors showcase how communication theory assists in building more responsible, relational, dialogical, ethical, and meaningful leadership practices, using applied cases, scenarios, and leader profiles to demonstrate theoretical approaches in practical contexts. Each chapter features suggested further readings and questions to spark continued engagement with the issues presented.
This text is suited to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in leadership communication, organizational communication, and leadership studies within communication studies, business, psychology, higher education and administration, and military leadership programs.
This book presents three distinct perspectives on how sub-disciplines in communication studies understand, utilize, and theorize the intersections between communication and leadership: (1) diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA), intercultural, and critical cultural approaches; (2) relational, discursive, and collective approaches; and (3) pedagogical and training approaches. Contributors showcase how communication theory assists in building more responsible, relational, dialogical, ethical, and meaningful leadership practices, using applied cases, scenarios, and leader profiles to demonstrate theoretical approaches in practical contexts. Each chapter features suggested further readings and questions to spark continued engagement with the issues presented.
This text is suited to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in leadership communication, organizational communication, and leadership studies within communication studies, business, psychology, higher education and administration, and military leadership programs.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced
Illustrations
6 s/w Tabellen, 6 s/w Zeichnungen, 6 s/w Abbildungen
6 Tables, black and white; 6 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-032-91512-8 (9781032915128)
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Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway | Nilanjana Bardhan | Sean Eddington
Leadership Communication Theory and Practice
An Advanced Introduction
Book
approx. 07/2026
1st Edition
Routledge
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Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway | Nilanjana Bardhan | Sean Eddington
Leadership Communication Theory and Practice
An Advanced Introduction
E-Book
approx. 07/2026
Routledge
€60.49
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Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway | Nilanjana Bardhan | Sean Eddington
Leadership Communication Theory and Practice
An Advanced Introduction
E-Book
approx. 07/2026
Routledge
€60.49
Not yet available
Persons
Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway is Professor of Communication Studies in the School of Communication Studies at Southern Illinois University, USA.
Nilanjana Bardhan is Professor of Public Relations and Intercultural Communication in the School of Communication Studies at Southern Illinois University, USA.
Sean M. Eddington is Associate Professor of Organizational Communication in the A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication at Kansas State University, USA.
Nilanjana Bardhan is Professor of Public Relations and Intercultural Communication in the School of Communication Studies at Southern Illinois University, USA.
Sean M. Eddington is Associate Professor of Organizational Communication in the A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication at Kansas State University, USA.
Content
Foreword Introduction SECTION ONE: DEIA, Intercultural, and Critical Approaches to Leadership and Communication 1. Feminist Communication Theory of Resilience as Design for Leadership in a Culturally Complex World 2. Intersectional Leadership, Leadership-as-Medium, and Institutional Change 3. Authentic Leadership: A Step Backward from a Communication Perspective 4. Embracing Difference in Leadership and Organizational Life: A Critical Intercultural Communication Perspective 5. Leadership and Building Inclusive Organizational Cultures through Microaffirmations 6. A Critical Dialectical Perspective for Intercultural Leadership Communication SECTION TWO: Relational, Discursive, and Collective Approaches to Leadership and Communication 7. Integrating Communication and Leadership Theories for Enhanced Leadership in Federal Agencies 8. Accidentally Visible and Unmuted: Communication Privacy Management and Adaptive Leadership in Evolving Workplaces 9. Relational Styles and Social Cognition in Leadership Communication: Balancing Warmth and Competence 10. Leadership Mythodology, Narrative, and Communication Ethics: Engaging the Other 11. Leader-Member Exchange Theory, Theory of Independent-Mindedness, and Superior-Subordinate Relationships 12. Serving up Sustainability: Institutionalized Leadership Communication in the Restaurant Industry 13. The Dialogic Spectrum of Leadership-as-Practice Development 14. Leveraging Digital Affordances for Collective Leadership: Insights from Mutual Aid Organizing SECTION THREE: Pedagogical and Training Approaches to Leadership and Communication 15. Humanistic Leadership: Transforming Business through Communication Education 16. Social Construction of Leadership and Change: Cases from Higher Education 17. Moral Map of DEI Leadership Pitfalls: Developing Inclusive Servant Leadership 18. The Integration of Relational Resilience into a Leadership Communication Course for Military Students 19. Communicating Mission Command: A Four-Part Framework for Leaders 20. Authenticity in Leadership Communication: Storytelling and Mission-Driven Messaging as Pedagogical Tools 21. #SwarmHunger: Mobilizing Feminist Communication Pedagogies and Adaptive Leadership to Combat Food Insecurity 22. Advancing Systems Change through Doctoral Education: Leveraging Publicly Engaged Leadership Scholarship 23. Freire's Revolutionary Leadership and Critical Communication Pedagogy