Gareth Edwards' Outputs (55)

Critical and alternative approaches to leadership learning and development (2013)
Journal Article

This article is the introduction to the special issue on 'Critical and Alternative Approaches to Leadership Learning and Development'. This article reviews the past approaches to researching and theorising about leadership learning and development an... Read More about Critical and alternative approaches to leadership learning and development.

A Cultural Approach to Evaluating Leadership Development (2013)
Journal Article

The Problem. Current thinking around the evaluation of leadership development programs pays insufficient attention to the way that learning to lead becomes embedded and affected by the cultural context within which leaders and leadership operate. The... Read More about A Cultural Approach to Evaluating Leadership Development.

The MLQ factor structure in a UK context (2012)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factor structure of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) in a UK context. For a number of years studies have failed to reproduce the original MLQ factor structure. A paper published i... Read More about The MLQ factor structure in a UK context.

Transformational leadership across hierarchical levels in UK manufacturing organizations (2012)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on an empirical study of the effectiveness of transformational, transactional and laissez-faire leadership across hierarchical levels in manufacturing organizations in the UK. The aim was to develop a f... Read More about Transformational leadership across hierarchical levels in UK manufacturing organizations.

Worldly leadership and concepts of community (2012)
Book Chapter

Worldly leadership: Alternative wisdoms for a complex world (2011)
Book

National language and its importance for worldly leadership (2011)
Book Chapter

Concepts of community: A framework for contextualizing distributed leadership (2011)
Journal Article

This review of the literature on community and distributed leadership marks out the potential for a more context-rich understanding of the nature of leadership. We begin by reviewing the literature on distributed leadership, noting a shift from clich... Read More about Concepts of community: A framework for contextualizing distributed leadership.

The changing face of leadership (2009)
Book Chapter

Toxic celluloid: Representations of bad leadership on film and implications for leadership development (2008)
Journal Article

Departmental affiliation, leadership and leadership development (2008)
Book Chapter

Developing leadership for sustainable development (2008)
Book Chapter

Are penalty shootouts racist? (2007)
Journal Article

Leadership Development for Organizational Change in a New U.K. University (2005)
Journal Article

The problem and the solution. This article reports on the findings of a case study of an organizational development intervention within a new university in the United Kingdom. Previous research into the leadership of higher education has highlighted... Read More about Leadership Development for Organizational Change in a New U.K. University.

Using a 'Twist in the Tale' to teach critical leadership studies: Reflections and implications
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper augments recent discussions around teaching Critical Leadership Studies (CLS) by suggesting that tutors should not only consider the content of CLS-centric teaching, but also how the narrative of critical modules impacts on efficacious lea... Read More about Using a 'Twist in the Tale' to teach critical leadership studies: Reflections and implications.