"This stimulating collection tackles the question that is uppermost
in most of humanity's minds and hearts right now. The novel
debating approach that is taken generates a rich understanding of
the range of ways in which bad leadership is created, manifested
and most importantly, remedied." - Professor Brad Jackson, Waikato
Management School, The University of Waikato, New Zealand "In the
midst of a world full of incompetent and incoherent leaders this
book is exactly what we need: a veritable cornucopia of critical
leadership studies." - Keith Grint, Professor Emeritus, Warwick
Business School, UK "While we like to have leaders who guide,
looking at the present state of the world, there are far too many
leaders who misguide. It makes this anthology on bad leadership
more than timely. The various contributors, taking many different
perspectives, highlight the ways leaders can go astray. In these
very difficult times, this book will be a must read for anybody
interested in this subject." - Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries,
Clinical Professor of Leadership "Debating Bad Leadership, edited
by Anders OErtenblad, is a book for this time! The rise of populism
and the emergence of so-called 'strong' leaders in many countries
have created a social, political, and economic climate that begs
for closer examination of the origins, characteristics, and forms
of, especially, bad leadership. Taking as its starting-point the
question of why there are so many bad leaders in the corporate
world, the impressive collection of chapters compiled in Debating
Bad Leadership canvasses a comprehensive array of issues ranging
from toxic, psychopathic, leadership and ethical failure to issues
of poor selection, ill-considered recruitment, leader
(in)competence, conflicted or weak followership, to the very
concept of leadership itself. In debating these fundamental issues,
this book illuminates and educates, and offers some remedies, both
theoretically and practically. Debating Bad Leadership challenges
scholars, students and practitioners of leadership to continue this
fundamental discussion, for the benefit of us all." - Gabriele
Lakomski Professor Emeritus, Melbourne Centre for the Study of
Higher Education, University of Melbourne, Australia. In this book,
leadership experts explore why there are so many bad leaders, and
suggest remedies for how the current situation could be improved.
Some of the experts suggest that reasons for why bad leaders are so
common are searched for in people: more specifically
leaders-to-become, acting leaders or followers. Others suggest that
reasons are to be found in the leadership role (or expectations on
those having such role), in the lack of support for leaders, or in
beliefs about leadership. On the backdrop of their suggested
explanations as to why there are so many bad leaders, the experts
suggest remedies that could be taken to decrease the number of bad
leaders as well as their negative impact. The very presumption that
this book rests upon also gets its fair share of critique, by some
of the experts. Anders OErtenblad is Professor of Working Life
Science at the University of Agder, Norway. He is the editing
founder of the book series Palgrave Debates in Business and
Management.
General
Imprint: |
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
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Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
Series: |
Palgrave Debates in Business and Management |
Release date: |
April 2021 |
First published: |
2021 |
Editors: |
Anders OErtenblad
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Dimensions: |
210 x 148mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
406 |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2021 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-065024-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Business & management >
Business strategy
|
LSN: |
3-03-065024-3 |
Barcode: |
9783030650247 |
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