Philosophy of leadership
Other Publication ResearchOnline@JCUAbstract
We do not intend this chapter to be simply a dry chronicle or catalogue of leadership philosophies. For one thing, even were such an audacious project pursued, it would doubtless prove to be more than anyone could possibly accomplish in a lifetime and, for certain, could not be confined to an 8,000-word chapter. More productive, we suggest, is the task of doing philosophy of leadership. But what exactly might that 'doing' entail? At least four strategies of enquiry suggest themselves: (1) to consider the explicit and implicit philosophies informing contemporary leadership studies; (2) to examine the semantics and meaning- in-use of the terms 'lead', 'leader', 'leadership' and their putative relationship to 'philosophy'; (3) to consider the explicit and implicit philosophies of leadership that may be discovered through an examination of the history of ideas pertaining broadly to 'leadership'; and (4) to suggest ways in which 'leadership philosophy', in contrast to 'philosophy of leadership', might be developed. Each of these four strategies, moreover, reveals a set of problematics and enables the establishment of some general parameters for the philosophical study and practice of leadership.
Journal
N/A
Publication Name
The SAGE Handbook of Leadership
Volume
N/A
ISBN/ISSN
978-1-84860-146-8
Edition
N/A
Issue
N/A
Pages Count
13
Location
N/A
Publisher
Sage
Publisher Url
N/A
Publisher Location
London, UK
Publish Date
N/A
Url
N/A
Date
N/A
EISSN
N/A
DOI
N/A