This conceptual-theoretical article revisits the work of Parry and Hansen on the nature of the organizational story as leadership. The present article is written in the autoethnographic style. The original narrative work is re-examined through the lenses of autoethnography, narrative theory,...

In this textbook Alan Bryman provides a detailed and critical examination of the literature on leadership in organizations, giving special recognition to the needs of students of organizational behaviour and the social psychology of organizations. After an examination of the complexity of the...

1. The idea of leadership and the methodology of leadership research -- 2. Traits and abilities -- 3. Leadership style I : early approaches and normative programmes -- 4. Leadership style II : participation, rewards, motivation and control -- 5. Contingency approaches to the study of leadership...