The dark side of transformational leadership : a critical perspective
Dennis Tourish
Bok Engelsk 2013 Dennis. Tourish,· Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : Routledge , 2013
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| Omfang | VIII, 252 s.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front Cover; The Dark Side of Transformational Leadership; Copyright Page; Contents; List of boxes and tables; Acknowledgements; Part I:Leadership agency unravelled; 1.Why the dark side? Why now?; 2. Transformational leadership: the dynamics of excessive leader agency; 3. Coercive persuasion, power and corporate culturism; 4. Spirituality and leadership: using ideology to enhance leaders' power; 5.The dark side of leadership and silence in the workplace; 6. The folly and the dangers of leadership education in business schools; Part II:Case studies. - 7.The dark side of leadership in corporate America: Enron revisited8. The Militant Tendency's long march to oblivion: conformity and authoritarian leadership on the left; 9. Leadership, group suicide and mass murder: Jonestown and Heaven's Gate through the looking glass; 10.Accounting for failure: bankers in the spotlight; Part III:Conclusion; 11. Reimagining leadership and followership: a processual, communicationperspective; References; Index. - Most research into leadership has presented leaders as heroic, charismatic and transformational 'visionaries'. The leader, whether in business, politics or any other field, is the most important factor in determining whether organizations succeed or fail. Indeed, despite the fundamental mistakes which have, arguably, directly led to global economic recession, it is often still taken for granted that transformational leadership is a good thing, and that leaders should have much more power than followers to decide what needs to be done. The Dark Side of Transformational Lead
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| ISBN | 9780415564274. - 9780415564281
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