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Leadership : a critical text

Providing a critical review and analysis of the key debates within leadership, this book challenges the notion of the individual or 'hero' leader
eBook, English, 2008
Sage Publications, Los Angeles, 2008
1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations
9780857029485, 9781446280294, 0857029487, 1446280292
731667689
Why a critical theory approach to leadership?
What is leadership?
Leadership, power and authority
Leadership and diversity
Asymmetric leadership
The discourses of leadership
The leader as controller
The leader as therapist
The leader as Messiah
Religious fundamentalism: looking awry at the Messiah leadership discourse
Christian fundamentalism and corporate America
An overview of the leadership discourses
Emergent leadership: the eco-leader discourse
Reflections: leadership formation