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Outsider Leadership

Insights and Interviews from Business Leaders

Palgrave Macmillan
  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    • Chris O’Riordan, Felicity Kelliher, Patrick C. Flood, Malcolm Higgs
    Pages 1-4
  3. The Outsider Concept and Outsider Leader: A Literature Review

    • Patrick Buckland, Malcolm Higgs, Chris O’Riordan, Felicity Kelliher, Patrick C. Flood
    Pages 5-39
  4. From Politics to Business: How Wide Is the Leadership Gap?

    • Chris O’Riordan, Patrick C. Flood, Felicity Kelliher, Malcolm Higgs
    Pages 41-61
  5. Leading Within a Male-Dominated Sector: The Female Outsider Leader Landscape

    • Felicity Kelliher, Chris O’Riordan, Patrick C. Flood, Malcolm Higgs
    Pages 63-86
  6. Serial Outsider Leadership: Coming in from the Cold?

    • Chris O’Riordan, Felicity Kelliher, Patrick C. Flood, Malcolm Higgs
    Pages 87-112
  7. Outside in and Out and in as a Serial Entrepreneur

    • Felicity Kelliher, Chris O’Riordan, Patrick C. Flood, Malcolm Higgs
    Pages 113-133
  8. Outsider Leader in an Outside Market: The Challenges of Market Entry

    • Chris O’Riordan, Patrick C. Flood, Felicity Kelliher, Malcolm Higgs
    Pages 135-157
  9. Outsider After the Fact: Leading in a Founder-Present Business

    • Felicity Kelliher, Patrick C. Flood, Chris O’Riordan, Malcolm Higgs
    Pages 159-180
  10. Outsider by Birth: Leading in a Family Firm

    • Felicity Kelliher, Chris O’Riordan, Patrick C. Flood, Malcolm Higgs
    Pages 181-205
  11. Conclusion

    • Chris O’Riordan, Felicity Kelliher, Patrick C. Flood, Malcolm Higgs
    Pages 207-236
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 237-242

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

  • School of Business, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland

    Chris O'Riordan, Felicity Kelliher

  • DCU Business School, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

    Patrick C. Flood

  • Hull University Business School, University of Hull, Hull, UK

    Malcolm Higgs

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

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 99.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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