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Western, Simon.

Leadership : a critical text / Simon Western. - Second edition. - xxiv, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Previous edition: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-348) and index.

Pt. I: Deconstructing Leadership -- 1. Why a critical theory approach to leadership? -- 2. What is leadership? -- 3. Asymmetric leadership: a brief case study -- 4. Against leadership: autonomist leadership -- 5. Leadership and diversity -- 6. Leadership and organizational culture -- 7. Corporate fundamentalism -- -- Pt. II: Reconstructing Leadership -- 8. The four discourses of leadership -- 9. The controller leadership discourse -- 10. The therapist leadership discourse -- 11. The Messiah leadership discourse -- 12. The eco-leadership discourse -- 13. An overview of the leadership discourses -- 14. Leadership formation: creating spaces for leadership to flourish -- 15. Epilogue: leadership in the aftermath

ISBN: 9781446269893 1446269892 1446269906 9781446269909

LCCN: 2012954157

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB317825 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016284708 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Leadership.
Critical management studies.

LC Class. No.: HD57.7 / .W4558 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 658.4092