Leadership as a Relational and Discursive Process: Exploring Rhetorical and Material Dynamics
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Building on an ontological and epistemological shift away from the essentialization of leadership (Grint, 2000), the works in this issue expand the understanding of leadership as a discursive, co-constructed, and materially influenced phenomenon.The concept of discursive leadership challenges traditional views that focus on individual characteristics or static organizational structures.Instead, it emphasizes leadership as an ongoing process shaped by rhetorical and material dynamics.Fairhurst and Uhl -Bien (2012) highlight how leadership is deeply embedded in socio -cultural and material environments, where interactions between leaders and followers are co-constructed.Rhetoric
Source: Discourses on Culture
Authors: Iga Maria Lehman, Keith Grint
Institutions: WSB University, University of Warwick
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405623629