Gareth Edwards Gareth3.Edwards@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of Leadership and Community Studies
From the Black Square to the Red Square: Rebel leadership constructed as process through a narrative on art
Edwards, Gareth
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Abstract
© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. The contribution this paper makes to leadership studies is to advance leadership theory towards a process based perspective based on an appreciation of art. The article does this by using a narrative on art in Russia. The narrative forms the basis for discussing the role that symbolism and aesthetics play in (re)interpreting rebel leadership. The article also explores James Downton’s work alongside the narration to develop a socially constructed process based interpretation of rebel leadership. Building on this interpretation fundamental aspects of process-based leadership so far missing from the literature are highlighted. One such aspect is the ridicule (in this case through caricature) of existing leaders and leadership by the incumbent leader and/or leadership process – a pre-stage to the emergence of rebel leadership. Other aspects include stages of social and organizational liminality and introspection. From here suggestions are made for further theoretical and empirical enquiry and practical implications are highlighted.
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Edwards, G. (2017). From the Black Square to the Red Square: Rebel leadership constructed as process through a narrative on art. Leadership, 13(1), 100-119. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715015626242
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 18, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 28, 2016 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Jan 6, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 7, 2017 |
Journal | Leadership |
Print ISSN | 1742-7150 |
Electronic ISSN | 1742-7169 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 13 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 100-119 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715015626242 |
Keywords | rebel leadership, narrative, process, art and revolution |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/900730 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1742715015626242 |
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