Qualitative and historiometric methods in leadership research: A review of the first 25years of The Leadership Quarterly

Parry, Ken; Mumford, Michael D.; Bower, Ian; Watts, Logan L.

doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.11.006

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“…Since quantitative methods would be insufficient to capture the particular meanings of success factors and barriers to advancement to a leadership position as well as of leadership styles in different cultures (Avolio, Walumbwa, & Weber, 2009;Bryman, 2004Bryman, , 2008Parry, Mumford, Bower, & Watts, 2014;Pratt, 2009), we chose a qualitative approach and conducted personal interviews with female managers from the U.S. and Asia. This allowed us to examine how women advance to leadership positions and how they enact leadership in their specific cultural context.…”

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On becoming a leader in Asia and America: Empirical evidence from women managers

Peus

Braun

Knipfer

2015

The Leadership Quarterly

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On becoming a leader in Asia and America: Empirical evidence from women managers

Peus

Braun

Knipfer

2015

The Leadership Quarterly

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“…As such, contemporary historiometrics is a cousin of psychometric testing and Murray's 'Bell Curve' theory. It is therefore interesting to note that, in its 25-year existence, Leadership Quarterly has published 20 historiometric studies (Parry et al, 2014), including a recent paper, based on biographical data, on the likelihood of certain types of leaders being assassinated (Yammarino et al, 2013). This is in contrast to no published studies at all based on historical methods.…”

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Women leaders in the political field in Scotland: A socio-historical approach to the emergence of leaders

Robinson

Kerr

2017

Leadership

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Drawing on a contextualised case, we present a specific approach to leadership studies that brings together history, sociology and politics. We start with the following event. In August 2015, the election of Kezia Dugdale as leader of the Labour Party meant that, for the first time the leaders of the three main political parties in the Scottish Parliament were women. We approach the study of this significant leadership event, first, through a critique of aspects of leadership studies as a field. We next consider the potential for socio-historical approaches in understanding this event. Then, as a contextualised example of this alternative approach to studying leadership, we apply Bourdieu's theoretical concepts-in particular the political field-in order to historicise the conditions of possibility of this event. Finally, we consider issues of power and gender in relation to how the leaders position themselves in relation to their parties and to each other within the political field. In so doing, we contribute to critical leadership studies by developing and demonstrating a socio-historical approach that can help us to identify processes of organisation and change in relation to the emergence of leaders.

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“…Empirically, the field has seen a rise in the number and importance of qualitative research studies (Parry et al . ), particularly those taking a discursive or communicative approach (Fairhurst and Connaughton ; Tourish ) and those embracing aesthetic methods of enquiry (Edwards et al . ).…”

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“…With a view to methodologies, this further warrants a stronger focus on social constructionist rather than predominantly positivist approaches to cultural leadership studies (Parry et al . ; Zhang et al . ) and recognition that cultures are not stable and definite but evolving, multiple and shifting.…”

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Working with Language: A Refocused Research Agenda for Cultural Leadership Studies

Schedlitzki

Ahonen

Wankhade

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Int J Management Reviews

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This paper critically reviews existing contributions from the field of cultural leadership studies with a view to highlighting the conceptual and methodological limitations of the dominant etic, cross-cultural approach in leadership studies and illuminating implications of the relative dominance and unreflective use of the English language as the academic and business lingua franca within this field. It subsequently outlines the negative implications of overlooking cultural and linguistic multiplicity for an understanding of culturally sensitive leadership practices. In drawing on lessons from this critical review and the emergent fields of emic, non-positivist cultural leadership studies, this analysis argues that the field of cultural leadership studies requires an alternative research agenda focused on language multiplicity, which enables the field to move towards emic, qualitative research that helps to empower individual cultural voices and explore cultural intra-and interrelationships, tensions and paradoxes embedded in leadership processes. The paper concludes by offering suggestions on methodological approaches for emic cultural leadership studies that are centred on the exploration of language as a cultural voice.

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Qualitative and historiometric methods in leadership research: A review of the first 25years of The Leadership Quarterly

Cited by 85 publications

References 98 publications

On becoming a leader in Asia and America: Empirical evidence from women managers

On becoming a leader in Asia and America: Empirical evidence from women managers

Women leaders in the political field in Scotland: A socio-historical approach to the emergence of leaders

Working with Language: A Refocused Research Agenda for Cultural Leadership Studies

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