Overview
Centers leadership as a social process worthy of social science examination in a transdisciplinary way
Provides theory and a methodology for conducting critical examinations of normative social processes
Encourages a practice of critical leadership that extends beyond recognition of the flaws in leadership studies
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book contributes five novel tenets for building a critical theory of leadership studies. Drawing from transdisciplinary insights, these tenets help shape the emerging field of inquiry. They also facilitate the examination of normative social processes that reinscribe hegemonic power relations — because much of what is accomplished in current leadership scholarship, teaching, and practice reinforces these power relations. The book begins by contrasting critical theory with positivist approaches to analyzing social phenomena, and what follows is an exploration of four broad disciplines using sub-components of leadership as an investigatory lens. The resulting five tenets are presented and discussed so that they may be picked up and used by scholars contributing to the developing field of critical leadership studies.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Robert E. Kirsch is a lecturer in the faculty of Leadership and Interdisciplinary Studies at Arizona State University, USA. He holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Critical Leadership Theory
Book Subtitle: Integrating Transdisciplinary Perspectives
Authors: Jennifer L.S. Chandler, Robert E. Kirsch
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96472-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96471-3Published: 09 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07198-1Published: 31 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96472-0Published: 26 September 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 197
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Psychology, general, Administration, Organization and Leadership