1st Edition

Leadership Communication Theory and Practice An Advanced Introduction

410 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

410 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Through the theorization of leadership from various communicative perspectives, this book offers a comprehensive, multi-perspectival framework and actionable insights for building responsible, relational, and inclusive leadership practices. This book presents three distinct perspectives on how sub-disciplines in communication studies understand, utilize, and theorize the intersections between... Read more

Foreword  

Robyn Remke

Introduction  

Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway, Nilanjana Bardhan, and Sean M. Eddington

SECTION ONE: DEIA, Intercultural, and Critical Approaches to Leadership and Communication

1. Feminist Communication Theory of Resilience as Design for Leadership in a Culturally Complex World  

Evgeniya Pyatovskaya, Willow Craine, and Patrice M. Buzzanell

2. Intersectional Leadership, Leadership-as-Medium, and Institutional Change  

Sharmila Pixy Ferris and Kathleen Waldron

3.  Authentic Leadership: A Step Backward from a Communication Perspective  

Jeff Youngquist

4. Embracing Difference in Leadership and Organizational Life: A Critical Intercultural Communication Perspective  

Ahmet Aksoy, Amy N. Heuman, Soham Sen, and Jayita Chakraborty

5. Leadership and Building Inclusive Organizational Cultures through Microaffirmations  

Sherri Lynch

6. A Critical Dialectical Perspective for Intercultural Leadership Communication  

Nilanjana Bardhan

SECTION TWO: Relational, Discursive, and Collective Approaches to Leadership and Communication  

7. Integrating Communication and Leadership Theories for Enhanced Leadership in Federal Agencies  

William Brantley, Mary Z. Ashlock, and Kerry McCaig

8. Accidentally Visible and Unmuted: Communication Privacy Management and Adaptive Leadership in Evolving Workplaces  

Jessica M. Welsh, Shannon K. McManimon, and Diane M. Monahan

9. Relational Styles and Social Cognition in Leadership Communication: Balancing Warmth and Competence  

Christine E. Crouse-Dick, Amanda Friesen, and Jamie Hong Chow

10. Leadership Mythodology, Narrative, and Communication Ethics: Engaging the Other  

Janie M. H. Fritz, Jen Jones, and Sovi Herring

11. Leader-Member Exchange Theory, Theory of Independent-Mindedness, and Superior-Subordinate Relationships  

Scott A. Myers, Melissa F. Tindage, Stephen M. Kromka, and Sara Pitts

12. Serving up Sustainability: Institutionalized Leadership Communication in the Restaurant Industry  

Craig Engstrom, Rose Helens-Hart, and Jenna Haugen

13. The Dialogic Spectrum of Leadership-as-Practice Development  

Brandon W. Kliewer, Andrew Wefald, and David Barnhart

14. Leveraging Digital Affordances for Collective Leadership: Insights from Mutual Aid Organizing  

Sean M. Eddington, Lauren B. Hearit Klug, Timothy Betts, and Brett W. Robertson

SECTION THREE: Pedagogical and Training Approaches to Leadership and Communication  

15. Humanistic Leadership: Transforming Business through Communication Education  

Lisa A. Waite

16. Social Construction of Leadership and Change: Cases from Higher Education  

Stacy Smulowitz, Ralph A. Gigliotti, Carolyn Cunningham, Chrys Egan, and Dorine Lawrence-Hughes

17. Moral Map of DEI Leadership Pitfalls: Developing Inclusive Servant Leadership  

C. Kyle Rudick, Amy Aldridge, Robin VanMeter, Dylan Medeiros, and Jennifer Martin Emami

18. The Integration of Relational Resilience into a Leadership Communication Course for Military Students  

Lauren Mackenzie

19. Communicating Mission Command: A Four-Part Framework for Leaders  

John M. Hinck

20. Authenticity in Leadership Communication: Storytelling and Mission-Driven Messaging as Pedagogical Tools  

Jacy King Gross

21. #SwarmHunger: Mobilizing Feminist Communication Pedagogies and Adaptive Leadership to Combat Food Insecurity  

Jasmine R. Linabary

22. Advancing Systems Change through Doctoral Education: Leveraging Publicly Engaged Leadership Scholarship  

Kerry L. Priest, Sean M. Eddington, Mac T. Benavides, and Saya Kakim

23. Freire’s Revolutionary Leadership and Critical Communication Pedagogy  

Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway

Biography

Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication Studies at Southern Illinois University, USA.

Nilanjana Bardhan is a Professor of public relations and intercultural communication in the School of Communication Studies at Southern Illinois University, USA.

Sean M. Eddington is an Associate Professor of organizational communication in the A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication at Kansas State University, USA.