LEADER 03068oam 2200637I 450 001 9910791879903321 005 20230725020034.0 010 $a1-136-88942-6 010 $a1-136-88943-4 010 $a1-283-04378-5 010 $a9786613043788 010 $a0-203-84012-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203840122 035 $a(CKB)2560000000058470 035 $a(EBL)667791 035 $a(OCoLC)701718575 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000520223 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11336478 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520223 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10508425 035 $a(PQKB)11487434 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC667791 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL667791 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10446808 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL304378 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000058470 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMetaphors we lead by $eunderstanding leadership in the real world /$fedited by Mats Alvesson & Andre Spicer 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-56845-5 311 $a0-415-56844-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP; CHAPTER 3: METAPHORS FOR LEADERSHIP; CHAPTER 4: LEADERS AS SAINTS: Leadership through moral peak performance; CHAPTER 5: LEADERS AS GARDENERS: Leadership through facilitating growth; CHAPTER 6: LEADERS AS BUDDIES: Leadership through making people feel good; CHAPTER 7: LEADERS AS COMMANDERS: Leadership through creating clear direction; CHAPTER 8: LEADERS AS CYBORGS: Leadership through mechanistic superiority 327 $aCHAPTER 9: LEADERS AS BULLIES: Leadership through intimidationCHAPTER 10: COMMUNICATING LEADERSHIP METAPHORS; CHAPTER 11: CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX 330 $aWe live in a leadership-obsessed society. The result is that we assume nearly any social or economic ill can be mended through better leadership. Sometimes, this commitment to leadership is followed by hero worshipping, wishful thinking and misplaced hope. Seeking to understand the faith we place in leadership, the authors draw on a number of in-depth studies of managers trying to ""do"" leadership. It presents six metaphors for the leader: as gardener, cosy-crafter, saint, cyborg, commander and bully. Some of these offer unexpected insights into how leadership does and does n 606 $aLeadership 606 $aMetaphor 615 0$aLeadership. 615 0$aMetaphor. 676 $a303.3/4 701 $aAlvesson$b Mats$f1956-$0115971 701 $aSpicer$b Andre$0741492 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791879903321 996 $aMetaphors we lead by$93706614 997 $aUNINA