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In Leadership, Look to the Practices Not to the Individual

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This article introduces readers to a new approach to leadership that has come on the scene in recent years, and it is called “Leadership-as-Practice.” As an offshoot of the so-called “practice turn” in the social sciences, referring to the study of everyday activities, it challenges some of our traditional views of leadership that have relied on the grandeur of particular traits and behaviors of gifted individuals, who are accorded power over those called followers. And followers are those told to take their place in line. In leadership-as-practice, or L-A-P, we look for leadership in everyday practices, those regularized and sometime emergent activities performed by various actors within an organization or community. In L-A-P, to find leadership, we must look to the practices within which it is occurring.

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  • Raelin, Joseph A., 2020. "In Leadership, Look to the Practices Not to the Individual," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 1-6.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:espost:268435
    DOI: 10.20935/AL34
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    Keywords

    leadership; practice; leadership development; leadership ethics;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • M53 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Training
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management

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