Discursive leadership

Abstract

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.

From hierarchical to matrix structure: tensions in negotiating shared leadership configurations

“…Historically, leadership has been approached as an individual, heroic and romantic phenomenon, with "a tendency to see leaders as heroes and thus to use 'leadership' as a catch-all explanation for the successes and failures of organizations" (Denis et al, 2012). Reacting to this tradition of romanticizing and individualizing leadership, many researchers IJOTB 27,1 took a different approach, constructing leadership as a collective phenomenon (Montaudon-Tomas et al, 2023;Edelmann et al, 2023). In the literature, I note investigations of the functioning, contexts and conditions for success of various forms of shared leadership arrangements (Gibeau et al, 2016).…”