This paper argues that although authentic leadership may be rooted in the notion of a 'true
self', it is through the embodiment of that 'true self'that leaders are perceived as authentic or …

The debate on short‐termism has focused on the economic factors of capital markets and
performance measurement systems. Laverty (1996) has advocated the inclusion of …

Purpose Strategic changes in an organization will face challenges not only related to the
changes as such but also with regard to how the vision of the future is interpreted and …

We introduce aesthetic leadership as a promising approach in leadership studies. Two
current movements in leadership research, the inclusion of followers in leadership models …

Each of the five approaches to the study of leadership covered in this section is generally
associated with a particular time period. The trait approach dominated the scene up to the …

Interest in ethical leadership has been spurred by the widespread reporting of corporate
malfeasance and corruption in the last decade. Although ethical leadership theories have …

This paper seeks to understand leaders as material presences. Leadership theory has
traditionally explored leaders as sites of disembodied traits, characteristics and abilities. Our …

Drawing on contemporary debates and responding to an analytic lacuna in organization and
management studies and calls from organizational practice, Phenomenology of the …

Managing Creativity in Organizations addresses the notion of organizational creativity and
innovation in general, and explores in some detail how it is achieved. The first part of the …

We describe the leadership activities of symphony orchestra conductors with an aesthetic
analysis. In contrast to a popular understanding of a conductor as an individual hero, we …