11 Leading
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J. Kevin Barge
Abstract
This essay focuses on discursive approaches to leading as opposed to leadership psychology by centering on leading’s linguistic and interactional accomplishment. It presents the primary task of leading as the management of meaning and the coordination of networks of human and nonhuman actants, giving attention to issues regarding framing, sense making, temporal sequencing, materiality, and hybrid forms of agency. Future research should explore how leadership studies can integrate quantitative and qualitative linguistic analysis, facilitate uptake of theory and research on leading by leadership practitioners, and take seriously the role of ethics and morality within leading practices. The chapter begins by distinguishing leading discursively from leadership psychology and unpacking key linguistic practices as well as analytical choices and tools that academic scholars and leadership practitioners may engage when analyzing leadership interaction, and concludes by examining future research directions
Abstract
This essay focuses on discursive approaches to leading as opposed to leadership psychology by centering on leading’s linguistic and interactional accomplishment. It presents the primary task of leading as the management of meaning and the coordination of networks of human and nonhuman actants, giving attention to issues regarding framing, sense making, temporal sequencing, materiality, and hybrid forms of agency. Future research should explore how leadership studies can integrate quantitative and qualitative linguistic analysis, facilitate uptake of theory and research on leading by leadership practitioners, and take seriously the role of ethics and morality within leading practices. The chapter begins by distinguishing leading discursively from leadership psychology and unpacking key linguistic practices as well as analytical choices and tools that academic scholars and leadership practitioners may engage when analyzing leadership interaction, and concludes by examining future research directions
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface to the Handbooks of Applied Linguistics Series V
- Contents VII
- Introducing 1
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Part I: Practices of management communication
- 1 Speaking 27
- 2 Writing 47
- 3 Deciding 69
- 4 Creating by communicating 87
- 5 Networking 105
- 6 Controlling and resisting 123
- 7 Tweeting 143
- 8 Documenting 161
- 9 Posting 177
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II. Forms of management communication
- 10 Strategizing 195
- 11 Leading 213
- 12 Planning and designing 231
- 13 Routinizing 247
- 14 Branding 263
- 15 Managing communication 279
- 16 Mentoring 295
- 17 Counseling 313
- 18 Developing organizations 335
- 19 Accounting 355
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Part III: Contexts of management communication
- 20 Managing communication in multilingual workplaces 373
- 21 Exploring and analyzing linguistic environments 389
- 22 Managing high reliability organizations 409
- 23 Building communities 427
- 24 Managing CSR Communication 443
- 25 Rating social and environmental performances 459
- 26 Managing in hospitals 477
- 27 Crowdsourcing 493
- 28 Managing and being managed by emotions 511
- 29 Changing through communication 529
- About the contributors 549
- Index 559
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface to the Handbooks of Applied Linguistics Series V
- Contents VII
- Introducing 1
-
Part I: Practices of management communication
- 1 Speaking 27
- 2 Writing 47
- 3 Deciding 69
- 4 Creating by communicating 87
- 5 Networking 105
- 6 Controlling and resisting 123
- 7 Tweeting 143
- 8 Documenting 161
- 9 Posting 177
-
II. Forms of management communication
- 10 Strategizing 195
- 11 Leading 213
- 12 Planning and designing 231
- 13 Routinizing 247
- 14 Branding 263
- 15 Managing communication 279
- 16 Mentoring 295
- 17 Counseling 313
- 18 Developing organizations 335
- 19 Accounting 355
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Part III: Contexts of management communication
- 20 Managing communication in multilingual workplaces 373
- 21 Exploring and analyzing linguistic environments 389
- 22 Managing high reliability organizations 409
- 23 Building communities 427
- 24 Managing CSR Communication 443
- 25 Rating social and environmental performances 459
- 26 Managing in hospitals 477
- 27 Crowdsourcing 493
- 28 Managing and being managed by emotions 511
- 29 Changing through communication 529
- About the contributors 549
- Index 559
