Leadership the key concept
Leadership is the topic of a vast literature, and is a central concern of
all the social sciences and most of the humanities. Yet this book is an
attempt to summarize some of the key concepts employed by theorists
across this very broad range of disciplines, each a metaphorical battlefield
of competing vocabularies and interpretations. We might well be
mad to try, but we draw strength from the tradition of leadership
studies itself, which seems to proceed with a blithe disregard for – or at
least a healthy scepticism of – the sensitivities of theoretical purists.
Leadership studies are a domain for those who revel in their hybrid
status. We may be academic mongrels, but we have a lot of fun with
some of the most exciting problems in social science. In editing this
volume we seek to communicate the inventiveness of the field, as well
as its thoughtfulness. Contributors include many of the most prominent
writers in the field today, as well as some of the most controversial.
As editors we have tried to maintain the original authorial voice
of the contributors while ensuring a reasonably comprehensive treatment
of each ‘key concept’.
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