Abstract:Abstract. The present study focuses on the discursively performed leadership during periods of transition and change in the context of competition-driven organizations. It explores discourses of leadership in a diachronic perspective, scrutinising the ways in which they construct and re-construct corporate and culturerelated identities. Drawing on interviews and press conferences with several CEOs of two multinational companies, Nokia (Finland) and Ericsson (Sweden), an investigation of the challenges of leade… Show more
This chapter analyzes discursive leadership in first-time leadership and introduces a scale that was developed to measure discursive leadership abilities based on seven distinct dimensions: overall effectiveness, tools used, guidance, modulating, empowerment, non-verbal cues, and climate and bonding. The scale was developed and pilot-tested at a private business school in Puebla, Mexico, based on followers' perceptions. Theory on discursive leadership was analyzed as a form of organizational communication and as a process between leaders and followers. An overview of the state of research in the field of business and management, specifically basic constructs, fundamental notions, and elements are presented, as well as new lines of research in the area.
This research aims to conceptualize the phenomenon of leadership through the power of language. Effective language use leads to effective communication, which is quintessential in leadership practice. This paper views any person able to obtain followers or audience as a leader, regardless of the pertinent realm or domain. It is worth noting that the terms “audience” and “followers” are used interchangeably herein. This research adopts the communicative power of language while linking its significance to a non- specific domain leadership. Moreover, this study provides a combination of Howard Gardner’s and John C. Maxwell’s perspectives on leadership while highlighting the connection between effective language use and leadership communication through influence, socialization and change.
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