What is it about?
This article constitutes an interview between a new researcher of the field of Leadership-as-Practice (L-A-P), Jenny Robinson, with one of the co-creators of the field, Joe Raelin. It is dedicated to providing an update and refinement of leadership-as-practice “practice theory,” which has gone through a fair degree of transformation since this journal’s first article on the subject in 2008. The call for such an update is precipitated by the need for emerging L-A-P researchers to appreciate the subject’s conceptual boundaries for more consistent and integrated exploration. Not only has the field differentiated from other plural traditions in leadership but from other “as-practice” approaches in the wider management field. Some of the distinctions covered in this article comprise the role of theory in L-A-P, its contribution to leadership research and leadership development, its connection to other related fields such as relational leadership and strategy-as-practice, and its phenomenological, ethical, democratic, and post-humanistic foundations.
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Perspectives
There has been some emerging indefiniteness about the parameters of leadership-as-practice in recent years. For example, is it merely about the practices of current managers? Thus, the field has called for a more specific explanation about the potential contribution of L-A-P to leadership theory and application. This interview attempts to consolidate what we know about L-A-P and set some boundaries around its conceptual landscape.
Joe Raelin
Lancaster University Management School
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This page is a summary of: Update of leadership-as-practice “practice theory”: Featuring Joe Raelin Interviewed by Jenny Robinson, Leadership, June 2022, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/17427150221100594.
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