The study of leadership has attracted scholarly attention for decades and has been studied
from various disciplines and analytical approaches; yet leadership remains an ambiguous …

In line with recent developments in leadership research which conceptualise leadership as
a discursive and collaborative process rather than a set of static attributes and …

In sports teams, the way in which leaders such as coaches and captains communicate with
players is vital to the success of the team. However, despite extensive psychological and …

This paper examines leadership discourse in a small, non-commercial organisation with a
hierarchical structure, a rugby club. The focus of the research is the captain of the club and …

Using the concept of distributed leadership, this paper demonstrates not only that having
multiple leaders in an organisation is an effective way of structuring leadership, but that it …

While a wide range of studies have analysed and discussed mainly different types and
characteristics of leadership, the aim of this book is to explore the contributions made by …

Most readers would agree that interaction is integral to all conceptions of leadership.
Nevertheless, the scholarly literature on leadership has included very few observational …

Goffman's dramaturgical model of interaction is often used to examine how communicative
events are framed differently in public and private settings. However, this idea has …

Drawing on literature conceptualising leadership as a discursive accomplishment, this paper
defines leadership as leadership work: a process unfolding through talk and depending on a …

What makes a good leader? How does a person become a leader and, more importantly,
how does a leader maintain their status? In this paper I shall look at these questions from a …