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All-inclusive and all good: the hegemonic ambiguity of leadership

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

This paper examines the reasons behind the popularity of leadership and leadership studies. We claim that at least part of the answer to why leadership is so celebrated and ubiquitous – in academia as well in society at large – can be found in how the term typically is (not) defined and presented. Leadership discourses are almost always persuasive; constructed to appeal and seduce audiences of the value and significance of leadership. Given their ambiguity, almost everything can be squeezed in and benefit from the aura of leadership. We propose the concept of hegemonic ambiguity to capture this and point at some basic problems associated with it, and argue for a more reflexive approach in relation to the signifier.

Publiceringsår

2015

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

480-492

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volym

31

Issue

4

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Business Administration

Nyckelord

  • Leadership
  • Leadership studies
  • Followership
  • Reflexivity

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0956-5221