Title
Leadership and organization theory
Date of this Version
2-1-2011
Document Type
Book Chapter
Abstract
Extract:
Organization theory and organizational behaviour are the chief areas within which leadership theory and research have developed. However, these fields are more uncoupled than they perhaps should be. A number of conceptual similarities exist between organization theory and leadership studies, but more paradoxes emerge than there are inherent similarities to be identified. A paradox within these parallel studies is that organizational power is usually generated within a structure, whereas leadership power is often generated from relations and processes that go on between people. Organization theory is more usually studied as a formal creation, while leadership increasingly is studied as the result of relationships between people and social processes at play in organizations.
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Publication Details
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Parry, K. W. (2010). Leadership and organization theory. In A. Bryman, D. Collinson, K. Grint, B. Jackson and M. Uhl-Bien (Eds.), Sage handbook of leadership (pp. 53-70). London: Sage Publications.
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