Neil Sutherland Neil.Sutherland@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer
Investigating leadership ethnographically: Opportunities and potentialities
Sutherland, Neil
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Abstract
© 2016, The Author(s). Whilst recent years have seen increasingly ethnographic-focussed writings in Organisation Studies, similar developments have not been mirrored within Leadership Studies, where the field is still dominated by positivistic approaches. Various theorists have noted problems with this, often pointing toward ethnography as a way of investigating leadership from new angles. However, to date it remains underrepresented. Potentially, this could be due to the fact that leadership is an ill-defined concept, and this paper suggests developing a clearer understanding of the phenomenon – building on the work of Smircich and Morgan and Fairhurst. That is, understanding leadership as constituted by meaning-making and reality definition, which is performed through discourse (or: intersubjective talk, communication, language and interaction) as well as being influenced by Discourse (or: extrasubjective frames of reference). This paper suggests that ethnographic methodologies are apt for studying both, and may be able to shed new light on leadership practice.
Citation
Sutherland, N. (2018). Investigating leadership ethnographically: Opportunities and potentialities. Leadership, 14(3), 263-290. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715016676446
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 1, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 12, 2016 |
Publication Date | Jun 1, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Mar 23, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Leadership |
Print ISSN | 1742-7150 |
Electronic ISSN | 1742-7169 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 14 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 263-290 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715016676446 |
Keywords | leadership, ethnography, discourse, language, meaning-making |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/867284 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1742715016676446 |
Additional Information | Additional Information : © 2018. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications |
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