1st Edition

Researching Leadership-As-Practice The Reappearing Act of Leadership

By Vasilisa Takoeva Copyright 2021
232 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

One current challenge of conducting research from the leadership-as-practice perspective is a practical one: how to capture and analyse the elusive practice of leadership within the web of mundane organising processes. Although a number of researchers have attempted to address the issue, there is not yet a definitive ‘how to’ guide to making sense of the empirical manifestations of leadership... Read more

1. What Is Leadership-As-Practice? An Introduction 2. Why Is There a Need for Practice View on Leadership? A History of Leadership Representations 3. Where Is Leadership Practice? An Adaptation of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory for Studying Organisations 4. How to Uncover Leadership Practice? An Example of Applied Methodology 5. What Are the Practices of Leadership? Findings from The Fieldwork 6. So What? Implications for Leadership Research and Practice Development 7. What Next? Conclusion and Ideas for the Future

Biography

Vasilisa Takoeva is a Management Consultant at Deloitte UK.