The Routledge Critical Companion to Leadership Studies

"A fabulous collection of articles and authors for anyone interested in critical approaches to leadership and a worthy stand against the complacency and conceit that passes for so much literature in the leadership field. This is a veritable beacon of light amidst the conventional sea of leadership fog and formulae that promise so much and deliver so little." Keith Grint, Emeritus Professor, Warwick Business School

"The articles in this Critical Companion take leadership studies from a dismal science to a dazzling art. The authors poke at the field's positivist dogma, tackle pressing questions about today's leaders, and even take to task the word "leadership." They do this to offer new and better ways of understanding and imagining leaders and followers." Professor Joanne B. Ciulla, Rutgers University

"This invaluable collection features the most interesting and insightful scholars writing about leadership today. A critical perspective is front and centre, with an essential focus on power and inequality and how these shape theory, development and practice. An essential book for those concerned with how we do leadership now, and how this can change." Professor Kate Kenny, Professor of Business and Society, University of Galway