Discourse on leadership : a critical appraisal /

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Author / Creator:	Spector, Bert, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 314 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Leadership. Leadership -- Research. Leadership Leadership Leadership -- Research
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/14138294

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ISBN:	9781107279162 110727916X 9781316714171 1316714179 1316713989 9781316713983 9781107049789 1107049784 1316713229 1316713601 110762813X 9781107628137 110762813X 9781316713600 1316713601
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"In a wide-ranging and provocative new study, Bert A. Spector provides a critical analysis of past and present theories of leadership. Spector asserts that our perception of leadership influences who we vote for, who we hire and promote, and ultimately to whom we choose grant our authority. Focusing on leadership in discourse, the book sets out to explore how the notion of leadership has been articulated, studied, and debated by academics, but also by practitioners, journalists, and others who seek to influence the thoughts of others. Paying particular attention to the social, economic, political, intellectual, and historical forces that have helped shape the discussion, Discourse on Leadership offers an insightful historiography of leadership as a concept and how our understanding of it continues to evolve"--
Other form:	Print version: Spector, Bert. Discourse on leadership. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016 9781107049789

Table of Contents:

Prologue: a discussion without end, and the nature of this inquiry
The great man and the beginning of contemporary discourse
More who than do and the trait vs. behavior debate
Whistling in the dark and the insertion of power between followers and leaders
The sublime myth and the ideology of purpose
(White) men named John and the persistence of bias
No longer just managing and the misuse of ideal types
Globalization and the challenge of complexity
Epilogue: key moments in leadership discourse and a plausible chronological narrative.

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