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Getting rid of the L-word: Are our best aspirations for ‘leadership’ not leadership at all?

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Getting rid of the L-word: Are our best aspirations for ‘leadership’ not leadership at all? / Iszatt-White, Marian.
Routledge Companion to Critical Leadership Studies. ed. / David Knights; Helena Liu; Owain Smolović-Jones; Suze Wilson. London: Routledge, 2024.

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Iszatt-White, M 2024, Getting rid of the L-word: Are our best aspirations for ‘leadership’ not leadership at all? in D Knights, H Liu, O Smolović-Jones & S Wilson (eds), Routledge Companion to Critical Leadership Studies. Routledge, London. <https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Critical-Companion-to-Leadership-Studies/Knights-Liu-Smolovic-Jones-Wilson/p/book/9781032425153>

APA

Iszatt-White, M. (2024). Getting rid of the L-word: Are our best aspirations for ‘leadership’ not leadership at all? In D. Knights, H. Liu, O. Smolović-Jones, & S. Wilson (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Critical Leadership Studies Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Critical-Companion-to-Leadership-Studies/Knights-Liu-Smolovic-Jones-Wilson/p/book/9781032425153

Vancouver

Iszatt-White M. Getting rid of the L-word: Are our best aspirations for ‘leadership’ not leadership at all? In Knights D, Liu H, Smolović-Jones O, Wilson S, editors, Routledge Companion to Critical Leadership Studies. London: Routledge. 2024

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Iszatt-White, Marian. / Getting rid of the L-word : Are our best aspirations for ‘leadership’ not leadership at all?. Routledge Companion to Critical Leadership Studies. editor / David Knights ; Helena Liu ; Owain Smolović-Jones ; Suze Wilson. London : Routledge, 2024.

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abstract = "This chapter critiques the current state of play in leadership scholarship and asks what purpose leadership serves in addressing the {\textquoteleft}grand challenges{\textquoteright} we currently face. It goes on to suggest stewardship as a potentially useful replacement for the leadership construct, with all its capitalist and cultural baggage. It questions whether Enlightenment thinking – including leadership{\textquoteright}s harnessing of the human-nature dualism to claim control over resources and production capabilities in the name of shareholders - is a sound basis for solving these grand challenges. Through an exploration of the meaning of {\textquoteleft}stewardship{\textquoteright} across different domains, and a consideration of the relational ontologies of indigenous cultures, the chapter considers whether {\textquoteleft}stewardship{\textquoteright} could offer a better signifier for our future aspirations of {\textquoteleft}leadership{\textquoteright} than leadership itself. It may also offer a resonant narrative for practitioner leadership aspirations.",
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