1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786545603321

Autore

Prestage Edgar <1869-1951., >

Titolo

Chivalry : a series of studies to illustrate its historical significance and civilizing influence / / Edgar Prestage

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2009

ISBN

1-136-19929-2

1-136-19922-5

0-203-04022-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (411 p.)

Disciplina

394.7

Soggetti

Chivalry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 2004 by Kegan Paul Limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; ChivalRy: A SERIES OF STUDIES TO ILLUSTRATE ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND CIVILIZING INFLUENCE; Copyright; EDITORIAL PREFACE; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY; CHAPTER II KNIGHTHOOD; CHAPTER Ill EDUCATION, LIFE IN CASTLES, &c; CHAPTER IV WAR; CHAPTER V TOURNAMENTS; CHAPTER VI THE CRUSADES; CHAPTER VII HERALDRY; CHAPTER VIII CEREMONY; CHAPTER IX LITERATURE; CHAPTER X THE MILITARY ORDERS; CHAPTER XI INTERNATIONAL; CHAPTER XII POSITION OF WOMEN; CHAPTER XIII RELIGION; CHAPTER XIV PEOPLE; CHAPTER XV DECLINE; CHAPTER XVI MERITS AND FAULTS

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973453703321

Autore

Evans Paul <1943-, >

Titolo

Critical leadership : leader-follower dynamics in a public organization / / Paul Evans, John Hassard and Paula Hyde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-26407-8

1-136-26408-6

0-203-10800-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

Routledge critical studies in public management ; ; 13

Routledge critical studies in public management ; ; 11

Altri autori (Persone)

HassardJohn <1953->

HydePaula

Disciplina

352.23/6

Soggetti

Public administration

Leadership

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Critical Leadership; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I Literature, context, methodology and design; 2 Leadership studies; 3 The public sector in context; 4 Methodological considerations; Part II Field research: data illustrations and interpretations; Introduction to Chapters 5-10; 5 The challenge to leadership and the dynamic of ambiguity; 6 The limitations to leadership and the dynamic of the environment; 7 The negotiation of leadership and the dynamic of resource acquisition

8 The balance within leadership and the dynamic of symbiosis9 The negotiation of leadership and the dynamic of politics; 10 The agency of followers and the dynamic of game playing; Part III Discussion and conclusions; 11 Discussion and conclusions; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Critical approaches to leadership studies have sought to challenge the normative position of leadership as residing solely within the formal leader and have gone as far as to undermine the traditionally held assumption of leadership as a ""real"" phenomenon. The book offers a



critical account of the nature of leadership and management in modern organizations. Specifically it examines the forces that affect the influence relationships between leaders and followers in public sector organizational settings and thus, how these relationships inform social influence processes. Although the