Mark Learmonth, Kevin Morrell

Critical Perspectives on Leadership (eBook, PDF)

The Language of Corporate Power

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book makes visible the work that the language of leadership does in perpetuating fictions that are useful for bosses of work organizations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351602822
• Artikelnr.: 56842630

Autorenporträt

Mark Learmonth is Professor of Organization Studies at Durham University, UK. He researches the personal consequences of work.

Kevin Morrell is an Associate Dean at Durham University, UK. He researches how organizations and individuals contribute to the public good.

Inhaltsangabe

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPreface
1. Introducing the Language of Leadership
Part I: Against 'Leadership'
2. Using the Language of Leadership
3. Measuring the Language of Leadership
4. Polishing Our Chains
5. Building Santa's Workshop
Part II: 'Leadership' as Rhetoric
6. Labels Matter
7. Performing Leadership
Part III: The Seductions of 'Leadership'
8. The Attractions of Being (Called) a 'Leader'
9. A Boost to the Executive Ego
Part IV: Resistance
10. What is to be Done?
11. Concluding Thoughts: Leadership as a Fig Leaf?
12. Further Reading
References
Index