Doris Schedlitzki
Working with Language: A Refocused Research Agenda for Cultural Leadership Studies
Schedlitzki, Doris; Ahonen, Pasi; Wankhade, Paresh; Edwards, Gareth; Gaggiotti, Hugo
Authors
Pasi Ahonen
Paresh Wankhade
Gareth Edwards Gareth3.Edwards@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of Leadership and Community Studies
Hugo Gaggiotti Hugo.Gaggiotti@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Human Resource Management
Abstract
© 2016 British Academy of Management and John Wiley & Sons Ltd This paper critically reviews existing contributions from the field of cultural leadership studies with a view to highlighting the conceptual and methodological limitations of the dominant etic, cross-cultural approach in leadership studies and illuminating implications of the relative dominance and unreflective use of the English language as the academic and business lingua franca within this field. It subsequently outlines the negative implications of overlooking cultural and linguistic multiplicity for an understanding of culturally sensitive leadership practices. In drawing on lessons from this critical review and the emergent fields of emic, non-positivist cultural leadership studies, this analysis argues that the field of cultural leadership studies requires an alternative research agenda focused on language multiplicity, which enables the field to move towards emic, qualitative research that helps to empower individual cultural voices and explore cultural intra- and interrelationships, tensions and paradoxes embedded in leadership processes. The paper concludes by offering suggestions on methodological approaches for emic cultural leadership studies that are centred on the exploration of language as a cultural voice.
Citation
Schedlitzki, D., Ahonen, P., Wankhade, P., Edwards, G., & Gaggiotti, H. (2017). Working with Language: A Refocused Research Agenda for Cultural Leadership Studies. International Journal of Management Reviews, 19(2), 237-257. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12100
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 15, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 19, 2016 |
Publication Date | Apr 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Feb 24, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 19, 2018 |
Journal | International Journal of Management Reviews |
Print ISSN | 1460-8545 |
Electronic ISSN | 1468-2370 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 237-257 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12100 |
Keywords | leadership, culture, language, multiplicity, methodology |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/890218 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12100 |
Additional Information | Additional Information : This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Schedlitzki, D., Ahonen, P., Edwards, G., Gaggiotti, H. and Wankhade, P. (2016) Working with language: A refocused research agenda for cultural leadership studies. International Journal of Management Reviews, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12100. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
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