Performing leadership: Observations from the world of music

This paper explores leadership as an emergent social process. We begin by discussing and contesting the tradition privileging linear management processes, and offer as a counterpoint accounts of distributed leadership out of which our focus on leadership as a plural process grows. Our concept of lea...

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Published in:Administrative sciences 2012-03, Vol.2 (1), p.99-119
Main Authors: Bathurst, Ralph, Ladkin, Donna
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Communication
ensemble-consciousness
Group dynamics
group leadership
hierarchy
jazz
Leadership
Management theory
Musical performances
Musicians & conductors
narrative
orchestra
Orchestras
Strategic management
structure
Studies
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ensemble-consciousness
Group dynamics
group leadership
hierarchy
jazz
Leadership
Management theory
Musical performances
Musicians & conductors
narrative
orchestra
Orchestras
Strategic management
structure
Studies
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