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dc.contributor.authorParry, Kenneth
dc.contributor.authorHansen, Hans
dc.contributor.editorDavid Collinson and Keith Grint
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:28:52Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:28:52Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2009-11-24T05:24:55Z
dc.identifier.issn17427150
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1742715007079309
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/15648
dc.description.abstractLeaders are often noted for providing a compelling vision that inspires followers to act to fulfill the vision, often by telling stories. Here, we begin a separation of the notion of 'leader as person' from the notion of leadership as the discourse that represents such a vision. We transcend the notion that leaders tell stories, to the proposition that stories themselves operate like leaders. We suggest that people follow the story as much as they follow the storyteller or author, hence the story becomes the leader. In discussing the characteristics that stories share with leadership, we generate two propositions. First, within the context of organizational development, leadership development can move from 'people' development to the development of the narratives that resonate within organizations. Second, we decouple leader as person or position, from leadership as process in order to illustrate stories as leaders. We conclude with specific messages that individuals can take away.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttp://lea.sagepub.com/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom281
dc.relation.ispartofpageto300
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLeadership
dc.relation.ispartofvolume3
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBusiness and Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1503
dc.titleThe organizational story as leadership
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Dept of Employment Relations and Human Resources
gro.date.issued2007
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorParry, Kenneth W.


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