A rigorous analysis of the implications of leadership being seen literally ormetaphorically as a performance. The book introduces a framework which examines the performance of leadership through the dimensions of enactment, narrative and audience, focusing throughout on the ways in which managers can apply these ideas in their own leadership. INDICE: Acknowledgements - Overall Introduction - PART I: PUTTING PERFORMANCE IN THE PICTURE - Introduction - In Search of the Leaderful Self: The Rise and Rise of the Psychological Paradigm of Leadership - The Dogs that Rarely Barked: Alternative Conceptions of Leadership - Performing Leadership: Leadership 'is' and Leadership 'as' Performance - PART II: ENACTMENT, NARRATIVE AND AUDIENCE - Introduction - Rowan Williams not Rowan Atkinson: Rituals and Performative Leadership - The Warp and Weft of Organizational Life: Relationships and Performative Leadership - A Beginning, a Middle and an End: Narratives in Organizations - Is There Anybody There: The Nature of Audiences - PART III: IMPLICATIONS OF PERFORMING LEADERSHIP - Introduction - Leadership Performance and Leadership Development - Leadership Performance and the Attribution of Authenticity - Epilogue
- ISBN: 978-0-230-21811-6
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 232
- Fecha Publicación: 29/09/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés