Managers doing leadership: The extra-ordinarization of the mundane
Författare
Summary, in English
Based on a case study of managers in a large, international knowledge-intensive company this article suggests a rethinking of leadership, taking the mundane, almost trivial, aspects of what managers/leaders actually do seriously. In the study, the managers interviewed emphasized the importance of listening and informal chatting. Managers listening to subordinates are assumed to have various positive effects, e.g. people feel more respected, visible and less anonymous, and included in teamwork. Rather than certain acts being significant in themselves, it is their being done by managers that gives them a special, emotional value beyond their everyday significance. Leadership is conceptualized as the extra-ordinarization of the mundane.
Publiceringsår
2003
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1435-1459
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Human Relations
Volym
56
Issue
12
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
SAGE Publications
Ämne
- Economics and Business
- Business Administration
Nyckelord
- extra-ordinarization
- leadership management
- mundane
- knowledge-intensive firm
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0018-7267