Overview
- Introduces the concept of 'outsider leaders' into leadership literature
- Includes a number of leadership concepts to analyse the implications of outsider leaders
- Presents a number of interviews and case studies of successful business leaders
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Encompassing interviews with managing directors and CEOs, this book explores the role of business outsiders as leaders. Viewing the term ‘outsider’ in a broad sense, the book considers leader background, perspective, gender, training and family membership and examines the implications, challenges and benefits brought by outsider leaders to their respective business environments. The authors explore questions and themes such as how outsider leaders can enrich an organisation, the importance of relationships and adopting a ‘hybrid’ approach, illuminated by interviewee perspectives. Introducing discussion and analysis through these narratives, Outsider Leadership distils commonalities to frame understanding of their experiences.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Chris O’Riordan is a Lecturer in Accounting and Head of the Centre for Management Research in Healthcare & Healthcare Economics at Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland.
Felicity Kelliher is a Senior Lecturer in Management and Co-Founder of RIKON Research Group, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland.
Patrick C. Flood is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Co-Director of the Leadership and Talent Institute at Dublin City University, Ireland.
Malcolm Higgs is Professor of Organisation Behaviour and Human Resource Management at Hull University Business School, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Outsider Leadership
Book Subtitle: Insights and Interviews from Business Leaders
Authors: Chris O'Riordan, Felicity Kelliher, Patrick C. Flood, Malcolm Higgs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97463-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-97462-0Published: 18 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97463-7Published: 07 March 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 242
Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Human Resource Development