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Causality, Change And Leadership, Gill Robinson Hickman
Causality, Change And Leadership, Gill Robinson Hickman
Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications
Conceptual perspective on leadership and change: in general essentialists maintain that social and natural realities exist apart from our perceptions of reality and that individuals perceive the world rather than construct it (Rosenblum and Travis 2003, p. 33). Conversely, constructionists believe that humans construct or create reality and give it meaning through social, economic and political interactions. Specifically, reality cannot be separated form the way people perceive it (Rosenblum and Travis 2003, p. 33). According to the constructionist view, therefore, people can change reality by changing their perceptions of it.
A Quest For A Grand Theory Of Leadership, J. Thomas Wren
A Quest For A Grand Theory Of Leadership, J. Thomas Wren
Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications
What happens when a collection of scholars from differing disciplines comes together to create a grand theory of leadership? This is the question philosopher Joanne B. Ciulla came to identify as particularly intriguing as a group of academics assembled to attempt precisely that. Although the substantive challenges of creating a grand theory of leadership had always been the group's focus, it gradually dawned on the participants that how they were going about the task of coming together across disciplines to create an integrated product was as significant as what they were creating. Political scientist Georgia Sorenson noted that 'there is …