Leadership and the Australian Greens

Abstract

This paper examines the inherent tension between a Green political party's genesis and official ideology and the conventional forms and practices of party leadership enacted in the vast bulk of other parties, regardless of their place on the ideological spectrum. A rich picture is painted of this ongoing struggle through a case study of the Australian Greens with vivid descriptions presented on organisational leadership issues by Australian state and federal Green members of parliaments. What emerges from the data is the Australian Green MPs' conundrum in retaining an egalitarian and participatory democracy ethos while seeking to expand their existing frame of leadership to being both more pragmatic and oriented towards active involvement in government.

Burns, Senge, and the Study of Leadership

“…Within this category are articles in which references to Burns appear in lists of references or lists within texts and articles in which there is very little of the substance of Burns' writings (e.g., articles that mention transactional or transforming leadership without defining the terms). Here, references to Burns are largely too brief to convey any sense of the complexity of his thought (Albritton, Oswald, & Anderson, 2008;Alvesson & Jonsson, 2016;Andersen, 2016;Barisione, 2009;Beck, 2014;Bligh & Kohles, 2008;Carter, 2012;Chace, 2015;Choi, 2006;Clark & Waldron, 2016;Collinson, 2005Collinson, , 2017Collinson & Grint, 2005;Conger, 2013;Conrad, 2008;Crossman & Crossman, 2011;Cunningham & Jackson, 2011;Delbecq, House, de Luque, & Quigley, 2013;Edwards, 2017;Erickson, Shaw, & Agabe, 2007;Ewest, 2015;Flanigan, 2017;Fourie, van der Merwe, & van der Merwe, 2015;Frawley, 2009;Gabriel, 2005Gabriel, , 2015Gabriel, , 2017Gleeson & Knights, 2008;Goethals, 2017;Gormley-Heenan, 2006;Griffey & Jackson, 2010;Gronn, 2005;Groves & LaRocca, 2012;Harris, 2005;Harter, Ziolkowski, & Wyatt, 2006;Hetland, Sandal, & Johnsen, 2008;…”