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Leadership studies—A Scandinavian inspired way forward?

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Summary, in English

This paper highlights three important problems characterizing much of current leadership studies: the hegemonic ambiguity problem, the idyllic problem, and the methodological problem(s). I suggest three broad routes forward – taking the concept, the ideological aspects, and the epistemic challenges more seriously - which in various ways address, and in best case mitigate, the three problems. Recognising that this is an on-going, global debate within leadership studies with many distinguished non-Scandinavian scholars taking part, I highlight some interesting, important, and rather recent Scandinavian/Nordic voices and new thinking that in various ways bring hope and suggest possible ways forward.

Publishing year

2016

Language

English

Pages

106-111

Publication/Series

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volume

32

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Economics and Business

Keywords

  • Leadership
  • Leadership studies
  • Scandinavian leadership research

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0956-5221