A Pluralistic Approach to Leadership

Interdisciplinary Perspectives
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-88947-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 328 g

Reihe: Leadership: Research and Practice

This thought-provoking book adopts a pluralistic framework to examine leadership and raises important questions about how leadership studies scholars see and do their work.

This book begins with an interdisciplinary discussion of what a pluralistic mindset is – a distinct framework for acknowledging and managing a diversity of opinions while retaining an abiding faith in the merits of rigorous investigation. Nathan W. Harter argues that pluralism is an important consideration for leadership scholars, and threads this throughout a series of chapters that explore such topics as the proper duration of leadership episodes, the benefits of dedifferentiation in leadership, the importance of grievance as a motive, the prevalence of noise in decision-making, and the evolving utility of OODA loops. It concludes with a phenomenological experience in the spirit of Michel Serres that considers the role of leadership amid a welter of multiplicities. Throughout, readers are introduced to a number of scholars whose work is not often cited in leadership literature, including Julia Kristeva, Richard McKeon, Pierre Hadot, Eric Voegelin, and John Boyd.

Bringing together important lessons and themes from literature, philosophy, and social science, this book offers a novel approach to leadership studies for advanced students and scholars.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harter, Nathan W.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Angewandte Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the book 1. Methodological pluralism for theory work: Incessantly swinging around on a pivot 2. Limits of time in the investigation of leadership: The present moment and the longue durée 3. Going back to basics in the investigation of leadership: The logical benefits of de-differentiating 4. Getting back at them: Grievance and resentment as a motive for leadership 5. The generative presence of noise in decision-making 6. John Boyd and the idea of OODA Loops 7. Using the principles of analogism: Nothing is identical, but resemblances abound Appendix: Confessions of a Pollyanna, in sonata form: A literary experiment inspired by Michel Serres

Über Autor(innen)

Nathan W. Harter is completing 14years as Professor of Leadership Studies at Christopher Newport University in Virginia, USA, after devoting 22 years to Purdue University in Indiana, USA. This is his eighth book about leadership.