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Author Ladkin, Donna, author.

Title Rethinking leadership : a new look at old leadership questions / Donna Ladkin
Published Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 202 pages) : illustrations
Series New horizons in leadership studies
New horizons in leadership studies.
Contents Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Why study leadership from a philosophical perspective?; 2. Why are there so many different theories of leadership?; 3. Why is it so difficult to study leadership?; 4. What goes on in the relationship between leaders and followers?; 5. What is charismatic leadership?; 6. What is so important about the 'vision-thing'?; 7. How do leaders lead change?; 8. How can individuals take up the leader role wisely?; 9. What has it meant to rethink leadership?; Bibliography; Index
Summary Suitable for leadership studies scholars, this book offers a radical reconceptualisation of leadership as a contextually embedded, physically embodied phenomenon. It answers questions such as 'What is leadership?' and 'How do leaders lead change?', by addressing them from a philosophical standpoint
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Leadership.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Leadership.
Leadership
Führung
Ledarskap.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781849805346
1849805342