Outsider Leadership
Insights and Interviews from Business Leaders
Authors: O'Riordan, C., Kelliher, F., Flood, P.C., Higgs, M.
Free Preview- Introduces the concept of 'outsider leaders' into leadership literatureIncludes a number of leadership concepts to analyse the implications of outsider leadersPresents a number of interviews and case studies of successful business leaders
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-4
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The Outsider Concept and Outsider Leader: A Literature Review
Pages 5-39
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From Politics to Business: How Wide Is the Leadership Gap?
Pages 41-61
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Leading Within a Male-Dominated Sector: The Female Outsider Leader Landscape
Pages 63-86
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Serial Outsider Leadership: Coming in from the Cold?
Pages 87-112
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Outsider Leadership
- Book Subtitle
- Insights and Interviews from Business Leaders
- Authors
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- Chris O'Riordan
- Felicity Kelliher
- Patrick C. Flood
- Malcolm Higgs
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-97463-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-97463-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-97462-0
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 242
- Topics