Taking leadership fashions seriously as a vehicle for leadership learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 135050762110096
Author(s):  
Eric Guthey ◽  
Nicole Capriel Ferry ◽  
Robyn Remke
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Collective Leadership ◽  
Setting Process ◽  
The Many ◽  
Leadership Research ◽  
Emotional Norms ◽  
Broad Understanding ◽  
Leadership Discourse

Popularized and commercialized leadership ideas are often criticized as mere fashions that dumb down leadership discourse, research, and learning. By contrast, we take leadership fashions seriously as an important vehicle for individual and collective leadership learning. We extend the neo-institutional theory of management fashions to define leadership fashions as a process that constantly reconfigures the rational norms and expectations attached to leadership, and that elevates certain approaches as the best way to fulfill those norms and expectations. Combining Weber’s broad understanding of rationality with our own concept of affective rationality, we account for the many different instrumental, practical, moral, and sometimes deeply personal and emotional norms and expectations that drive the leadership fashion setting process. This approach contributes a theoretical foundation for understanding the sociological significance of leadership fashions, for exploring the leadership industries that produce and promote them, and for researching further the ways that leadership fashions and the leadership industries influence leadership research, learning, and practice.

Mental Workload Beyond Computational Complexity

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (21) ◽  
pp. 3-468-3-471
Author(s):  
Pamela S. Tsang
Keyword(s):  
Computational Complexity ◽  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Mental Workload ◽  
Strategic Control ◽  
Power Utility ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Multiple Task ◽  
Information Processing Approach

The information processing approach traditionally has been the theoretical foundation of mental workload. Computational neurocognitive models are emerging approaches to understanding how the brain performs cognitive functions. Computational complexity refers to the many possibilities and ambiguities intrinsic in the environmental stimuli. These models agree that the brain has limited computational power. Utility and implications of the computational approaches to the understanding of mental workload, especially that of higher-level activities such as strategic control of dynamic multiple-task performance and situation awareness will be explored.

Collective leadership with power symmetry: Lessons from Aboriginal prehistory

Leadership ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl-Erik Sveiby
Keyword(s):  
Distributed Leadership ◽  
Leadership Theory ◽  
Symmetric Model ◽  
Collective Leadership ◽  
Australian Aboriginal ◽  
Leadership Models ◽  
First Peoples ◽  
Leadership Research

This article draws upon Australian Aboriginal knowledge in traditional law stories and anthropological studies of contemporary African bands. It applies the DAC ontology ( Drath et al., 2008 ) to analyse two collective leadership models developed by forager peoples: one egalitarian ‘upside-down hierarchy’ and one power-symmetric model. Their existence has several implications for leadership research. Firstly, it encourages shared/distributed leadership scholars to shift their current reactive stage toward building theory of collective leadership on its own terms. This may require exploration of alternatives outside the mainstream both in terms of ontology and cases, and this article attempts to show the value in doing so. Secondly, it highlights the importance of power; the concept needs to be considered more explicitly in collective leadership theory. Finally, it shows that collective leadership is not a recent phenomenon confined to modern organizations – but rather a form for achieving conjoint action in human groups, developed by the first peoples on Earth, and still practised.

scholarly journals Exploring the development of humble leaders in the context of agriculture

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Austin Council ◽  
Matthew Sowcik
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Style ◽  
Leadership Programs ◽  
Complex Problems ◽  
Agricultural Leadership ◽  
Unethical Practices ◽  
The Many ◽  
Human And Social Capital ◽  
Leadership Research ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Shed Light

The complexity of the world today requires leadership that is interconnected rather than self-serving. This is particularly important within the context of agriculture, a field at the forefront of the complex problems associated with the impact of climate change. In recent years, the role virtues play in effective leadership has gained a significant amount of attention. One particular virtue that has seen increased attention in the leadership research is humility. Humility has been identified as a way to counteract the negative outcomes of self-serving leadership, namely, unethical practices and leader narcissism. Over the past several decades, researchers and scholars have begun to shed light on the many benefits this elusive virtue brings to leadership, however, many questions remain, notably, “How do humble leaders develop their leadership?” The present qualitative study found that humble agriculture leaders develop their leadership style through (a) the development of strong personal values, (b) investments in human and social capital, and (c) supportive feedback. The findings from this research provide recommendations for agricultural leadership educators to consider when building leadership programs that have the goal of developing humble leaders ready to address complex problems in the context of agriculture and natural resources.

A tale of three approaches: Leveraging organizational discourse analysis, relational event modeling, and dynamic network analysis for collective leadership

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 572-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia K Maupin ◽  
Maureen E McCusker ◽  
Andrew J Slaughter ◽  
Gregory A Ruark
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Network ◽  
Dynamic Network Analysis ◽  
Collective Leadership ◽  
Organizational Discourse ◽  
Event Modeling ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Leadership Research

How can we enhance theory-method alignment when studying collective leadership? We propose that leveraging methodological approaches that are powerful enough to address three primary challenges of collective leadership—the incorporation of time, context, and multiple levels—will promote a more robust body of collective leadership research and practice. In particular, we review and integrate three complementary methodological approaches—organizational discourse analysis, relational event modeling, and dynamic network analysis—which have the flexibility to address these challenges. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the utility of these methodological approaches for addressing major methodological challenges within the field of collective leadership. Through this effort, we aim to facilitate conversation across disparate streams of research and encourage researchers to explore how novel research questions and perspectives might be advanced through leveraging these methods, either in isolation or in combination.

scholarly journals Comparative analysis of socialist and bourgeois art in the social philosophical aspect

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 03049
Author(s):  
Alla Matveeva ◽  
Roman Krasnov ◽  
Ekaterina Yalunina ◽  
Andrey Romanov
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Modern Art ◽  
Scientific Understanding ◽  
Artistic Creation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Marxist Analysis ◽  
Philosophical Aspect ◽  
The Many

At the beginning of the XX century, bourgeois theorists of artistic culture declared dehumanization as one of the main features of the modernism art, one of the main tasks of the contemporary artists’ artwork. Getting to the scientific understanding of the complex and complicated phenomena of modern art culture, it is necessary to reveal not only the socio-economic reasons for their appearance; the philosophical prerequisites for the development of modern bourgeois art, the ideological orientation of its movements should be identified. In the article, the authors argue that modern bourgeois aesthetics objectively performs the opposite tasks: a) bourgeois art distracts artists and spectators from pressing issues of life, b) imposes ideals and tastes that are advantageous to the bourgeoisie, c) sow pessimism and disbelief in human forces. According to authors, as opposing the personality of society, bourgeois art contributes to the isolation of human from social problems, from issues and tasks of the struggle for a better future. The authors believe that the disclosure of the reactionary ideological essence for the many directions of modern bourgeois art enables a consistent Marxist aesthetic analysis of the content and form of artwork and the principles of bourgeois artists’ creativity. Naturally, the philosophical idealist teachings and aesthetic systems that make up the theoretical foundation of modern bourgeois art, embodied in its various directions not directly but indirectly. Only a Marxist analysis of artistic phenomena and techniques of artistic creation in their correlation with the creative method makes it possible to reveal the true interconnections of these phenomena and the essence of artistic techniques, makes it possible to detect and criticize scientifically based falsification ideas of bourgeois theoreticians of art.

A Memoir of Markets, Milestones, and Models

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Dienhart
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Grand Unified Theory ◽  
State University ◽  
Social Contracts ◽  
College Of Business ◽  
The Many ◽  
Social Contracts Theory

Abstract:I begin by recounting the market demands that created an opportunity for me to teach business ethics in the College of Business at St. Cloud State University. The AACSB and my educational institution focused amorphous social demands for better business practices into a specific demand for a philosophy Ph.D. to teach business ethics. I felt frustrated teaching business ethics because of my inexperience and the eclectic nature of the field. I, and many others, searched for something to unify the many topics of the field. This search was one of the factors that led to BEQ’s appearance in 1991. The first issue marked a milestone in the continuing search for theory and the legitimization of the field. It focused previous discussions and was remarkably prescient. While it is unlikely that we will reach a consensus about how to understand the field, if consensus ever comes close to occurring, I argue that it will not coalesce over stakeholder theory. I examine two theories that could be used as a grand unified theory (GUT) of business ethics: Integrated Social Contracts Theory and my own institutional theory that expands on the work of Douglass North’s view of economic institutions. I use the discussion of these GUTs to develop criteria of what a successful GUT might look like. Based on these criteria, I argue that the institutional theory has a better chance of succeeding, but recognize that business ethics GUTs are primarily heuristic; many different types of theories can be helpful. Lastly, I discuss whether it is pretentious and overbearing to argue for a GUT. I argue that it need not be.

scholarly journals Book Review: Rare Books and Special Collections

2015 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Rachel Lapkin
Keyword(s):  
Extensive Experience ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Rare Books ◽  
The Many ◽  
Broad Understanding

In the introduction to Rare Books and Special Collections, author Sidney E. Berger writes that the book aims to be an overview, “of the realm” (xv), and the text presents itself as an omnibus from someone who has extensive experience and knowledge of the field. A novice or an outsider to the rare books and special collections world will gain a broad understanding about its diversity from this work, but experienced librarians and other practitioners might consider it more for refreshing concepts or ideas introduced in their schooling, but not as a ready reference. Part memoir, part seminar, this book allows you to visit with Berger and glimpse at the many experiences that informed his career.

Differentiating leader hubris and narcissism on the basis of power

Leadership ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarosh Asad ◽  
Eugene Sadler-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Research And Practice ◽  
Positional Power ◽  
Leadership Research ◽  
Leadership Discourse

Hubris and narcissism overlap, and although extant research explores relationships between them in terms of characteristics, attributes, and behaviours, we take a different view by analysing their differences in relation to power and leadership. Drawing on a psychology of power perspective, we argue that narcissistic and hubristic leaders relate to and are covetous of power for fundamentally different reasons. Using the metaphor of intoxication, hubrists are intoxicated with positional power and prior success, but for narcissists, power facilitates self-intoxication and represents a means of maintaining a grandiose self-view. Unbridled hubris and narcissism (i.e. searching for and facilitated by unfettered power) have important ramifications for leadership research and practice. Leadership discourse, preoccupied with and predicated on positive aspects of leadership, should assess these two potent aspects of leadership because misuse of power by hubristic and narcissistic leaders can create conditions for, or directly bring about, destructive and sometimes catastrophic unintended outcomes for organizations and society.

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