1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Organizational Leadership Communication

Edited By Guowei Jian, Gail T. Fairhurst Copyright 2025
438 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

438 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

438 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This handbook captures a rapidly developing body of scholarship to map out the terrain of leadership communication and stimulate interdisciplinary dialogue among leadership communication scholars for future research. The Routledge Handbook of Organizational Leadership Communication surveys various areas of leadership communication, critically assesses their development, and proposes guidance... Read more

Introduction - Guowei Jian and Gail Fairhurst

Section I: Theory

Chapter 1        Leadership Communication from Collective Leadership Approaches

                        Renato Souza and Brad Jackson

Chapter 2        Dialogical Leading

                        Kevin Barge

 Chapter 3        Dialectical and Paradoxical Leadership Communication

                        Gail T. Fairhurst

Chapter 4        Leadership Communication from a CCO Perspective

                        Jonathan Clifton and Jakob Rømer Barfod

Chapter 5        Leadership Communication from the Perspective of Leadership-as-Practice

                        Brigid Carroll

Chapter 6        Critical Perspectives on Leadership Communication

                        David L. Collinson

Chapter 7        The Dark Side of Leadership Communication

                        Dennis Tourish

Chapter 8        The Ethics of Leadership Communication

                        Ryan S. Bisel and Justin Mahutga

Chapter 9        Identity-Constitutive Leadership Communication: Discourse, Crisis, and Morality

                        Mathew L. Sheep

Chapter 10      Leadership Communication and Social Influence

                        Ralph A. Gigliotti and Brent D. Ruben

Section II: Context

Chapter 11      Leadership Communication from the Perspective of Leader-Member Exchange

                        Leah M. Omilion-Hodges

Chapter 12      Leadership Communication and Workplace Mentoring

                        Ziyu Long

Chapter 13      Leadership Communication in Work Teams

                        Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock and Clara Sofie Hemshorn de Sanchez

Chapter 14      Leadership Communication in Hybrid and Virtual Contexts

                        Stacey L. Connaughton, Ryan Funkhouser, and Katelyn Brooks

Chapter 15      Leadership Communication in Interorganizational Collaboration

                        Matthew Koschmann

Chapter 16      Leadership Communication in the Context of Organizational Change

                        Guowei Jian

Chapter 17      Leadership Communication and Resistance

                        Zhuo Ban, Heather M. Zoller, and Bhoopali K. Nandurkar

Chapter 18      Crisis as a Leadership Context: Roles and Responsibilities

                        Matthew W. Seeger and Robert S. Littlefield

Section III: Practice

Chapter 19      Leadership Framing and Tactics of Influence

                        Scott E. Shank Jr., Leah M. Omilion-Hodges, and Vernon D. Miller

Chapter 20      Narratives in Leadership Communication

                        Dorien Van De Mieroop and Stephanie Schnurr

Chapter 21      Leadership Communication as Materiality, Embodiment, and Aesthetics

                        Christian Dyrlund Wåhlin-Jacobsen and Magnus Larsson

Chapter 22      Leadership Communication and Technology

                        Keri K. Stephens and Yifan Xu

Chapter 23      Emotion and Humor in Leadership Communication

                        Karen Kroman Myers, Courtney Wong Davis, and David R. Seibold

Chapter 24      Leadership Communication and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

                        Patrice M. Buzzanell and Evgeniya Pyatovskaya

Chapter 25      Leadership Communication and Organizational Learning and Development

                        Jeremy P. Fyke and Amy Schmisseur

Chapter 26      The Intersection of Leadership, Strategy, and Communication

                        Paul A. Argenti and John A. Haynes

Biography

Guowei Jian is Professor in the School of Communication at Cleveland State University, USA.

Gail T. Fairhurst is Distinguished Research Professor in the School of Communication, Film, and Media Studies at the University of Cincinnati, USA.