The majority of authentic leadership literature focuses on the individual leader. However, the authors in this volume expertly focus on the premise that leadership is a relational phenomenon and not something that can be distilled down to the actions of one leader, be they authentic or not. What is authentic leadership? Does it require a leader to express his or her true self even if that true self is less than 'wonderful'? How do followers know the difference between real and fake leaders anyway? What happens when cultural expectations of what constitutes authenticity clash? Can a leader be 'authentic' within virtual contexts? International scholars and practitioners from the fields of philosophy, sociology, psychology, leadership, business and the arts address these and other provocative questions, often with surprising results, in this cutting-edge update of the theory and practice of authentic leadership. This book updates, critiques and extends the theory of authentic leadership in a way that will prove invaluable for academics and graduate students in leadership studies. Human resource practitioners or individuals who are responsible for leadership development within their organizations will also find plenty of invaluable information in this important book.
Contents: Foreword 1. Introduction: Authentic Leadership: Clashes, Convergences and Coalescences Donna Ladkin and Chellie Spiller PART I: GROUNDINGS: HISTORIC, CRITICAL AND SUBJECTIVE PERSPECTIVES 2. Essay: Authentic Leadership and History Owain Smolovic Jones and Keith Grint 3. Essay: Authentic Leadership Critically Reviewed Mats Alvesson and Stefan Sveningsson 4. Viewpoint: The Authentic Leader Reconsidered: Integrating the Marvellous, Mundane and Mendacious Suze Wilson 5. Cameo: A Powerful Antidote: Hannah Arendt's Concept of Uniqueness and the Discourse of Authentic Leadership Rita Gardiner 6. Viewpoint: What 'Selves' is Authentic Leadership True To? A Heideggerian Contribution Dominik Heil PART II: BEING TRUE TO THE SELF: FIGMENTS, FRAGMENTS OR FACETS 7. Essay: Laboring under False Pretences? The Emotional Labor of Authentic Leadership Caroline Clarke, Clare Kelliher and Doris Schedlitzki 8. Essay: Life Stories, Personal Ambitions and Authenticity: Can Leaders be Authentic Without Pursuing the "Higher Good"? Galit Eilam-Shamir and Boas Shamir 9. Essay: Authentic Leadership: Demonstrating and Encouraging Three Ways of Knowing Niki Harre PART III: MARKERS: READING THE SIGNS OF AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP 10. Essay: Followers' Assessments of a Leader's Authenticity: What Factors Affect How Others Deem a Leader to be Authentic? Dail Fields 11. Essay: Searching for Mandela: The Saint as a Sinner Who Keeps on Trying Joanne B. Ciulla 12. Essay: Authentic Leadership and the Status Trap Steven S. Taylor 13. Viewpoint: Why Authenticity is Most Critical in the Virtual Space Ghislaine Caulat PART IV: RELATIONAL SPACES: COMING INTO AUTHENTICITY THROUGH OTHERS 14. Essay: From Authenticity to Communitas: An Ecology of Leadership Ralph Bathurst and Trudie Cain 15. Cameo: Authentic Followership in the Knowledge Economy Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones 16. Viewpoint: Responsible Investment and Authentic Leadership Rodger Spiller 17. Viewpoint: Authentic and Political Leadership: Opposite Ends of the Same Continuum? B. Parker Ellen III, Ceasar Douglas, Gerald R. Ferris and Pamela L. Perrewe PART V: AUTHENTICITY AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF IDENTITY AND INSTITUTIONS 18. Essay: Can I Really be Me? The Challenges for Women Leaders Constructing Authenticity Amanda Sinclair 19. Cameo: Developing Authentic Leadership as a Racial Minority Doyin Atewologun 20. Cameo: The Challenge for Authentic Leadership in Multi-cultural Settings Lake Wang and Kim Turnbull James 21. Cameo: Authentic Canadian Aboriginal Leadership: Living by the Circle Mark Julien, Barry Wright and Deborah McPhee 22. Viewpoint: Institutional Ethics and the Spirit of Chinese Business Leaders Yi Han PART VI: DEVELOPING AUTHENTIC LEADERS 23. Cameo: Spinning Authentic Leadership Living Stories of the Self David M. Boje, Catherine A. Helmuth and Rohny Saylors 24. Viewpoint: An Authentic Jerk. Authentic Leadership Can be Bad Leadership Lauren Zander 25. Cameo: Developing Authentic, Innovative Leaders Lotto Darso 26. Essay: So You Want to be Authentic in Your Leadership: To Whom and for What End? Helen Nicholson and Brigid Carroll Index
