This special issue addresses a number of the key themes that have been surfacing from the literature on distributed leadership (DL) for some time. Together with those papers selected to be included in this special issue, the authors set out both to explore and contribute to a number of the...

1. Introduction -- 2. Governance, markets and managerialism; and a framework for alternative approaches -- 3. The individual manager and leader through a rational-objectivist lens -- 4. The reflective individual in management and leadership -- 5. Rational planning and control :...