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Dispersed leadership, power and change: An empirical study using a critical management framework

Year: 2008

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Using a critical management framework I provide a genealogical account of a police organization’sattempt to implement what senior officers in its behavioural change division described as a dispersedleadership (Bryman, 1996; Gordon, 2002) strategy. I describe the organization and provide a detailedaccount of the dynamics that emerge as groups and individuals who historically held positions of powerfound themselves reporting to one of many designated leaders. The account depicts how the organization’sdispersion of leadership, while on the surface represents a new and successful endeavour, is renderedproblematic by the organization’s historical constitution of pow

Source: Bond University Research Portal (Bond University)

Author: Raymond Gordon

Institution: Bond University

Language: English

Topic: Management and Organizational Studies

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1544840329