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Resistance and struggle in leadership development

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Author

  • Brigid Carroll
  • Helen Nicholson

Summary, in English

That leadership development is a contested terrain, like any organizational terrain, can scarcely be considered a new idea, yet research into the intricacies of resistance in this context is very much in its infancy. This article takes recent critical scholarship on resistance as its starting point to explore the interdependencies of power, resistance and struggle in a leadership development environment. Drawing on extensive online interactions collected from an 18-month, cross-sector programme with emergent leaders, this article asks whether the different stakeholders in leadership development could benefit from a more open exploration of power and resistance. Such dynamics offer new insights into the relationship between participants and facilitators and raise a series of alternative questions, challenges and strategies for leadership development.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

1413-1436

Publication/Series

Human Relations

Volume

67

Issue

11

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Business Administration

Keywords

  • leadership development
  • learning
  • power
  • resistance
  • social
  • constructionism

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0018-7267