Exploring the Realization of Moments of Leadership: A Methodological Approach
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| Název: | Exploring the Realization of Moments of Leadership: A Methodological Approach |
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| Autoři: | Larsson, Magnus, Barfod, Jakob Rømer, Clifton, Jonathan, Schnurr, Stephanie |
| Přispěvatelé: | Lund University, Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM, Department of Business Administration, Strategy, Lunds universitet, Ekonomihögskolan, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, Strategi, Originator |
| Zdroj: | Organization Studies. 46(9):1307-1330 |
| Témata: | Social Sciences, Economics and Business, Business Administration, Samhällsvetenskap, Ekonomi och näringsliv, Företagsekonomi |
| Popis: | Post-heroic perspectives on leadership, which approach leadership as process, practice and a relational phenomenon, have shifted the theoretical understanding from individual characteristics to significant so-called moments of leadership, where direction emerges, and actions are re-oriented and organized. However, despite considerable theoretical development, research struggles to explore these processes in detail. Utilizing video and audio recordings, in this article, we present a systematic approach for analyzing the production and realization of moments of leadership as they happen. We propose a four-step procedure which combines an interpretative stance, guided by a sensitizing concept, with an ethnomethodologically inspired inductive analysis of the subtle moves and mechanisms of the construction of social order in interaction. We illustrate the procedure using data from a study of high-risk military leadership, showing how deliberate shifts of analytical stance between the steps - from reliance on researcher sensemaking to a close focus on participants’ own sensemaking, and finally to theoretical interpretation - enable both a unique assessment of the phenomenological nature of sequences selected for close analysis and support the development of theoretical contributions. The approach presented in this article enables a deep exploration of the realization of moments of leadership, complementing the existing emphasis on consequences of such moments of leadership. Such a detailed analysis of the realization of leadership offers new possibilities for empirically well-grounded theoretical developments of relational and processual perspectives. |
| Popis souboru: | electronic |
| Přístupová URL adresa: | https://lucris.lub.lu.se/ws/files/227974864/larsson-et-al-2025-exploring-the-realization-of-moments-of-leadership-a-methodological-approach.pdf |
| Databáze: | SwePub |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | Post-heroic perspectives on leadership, which approach leadership as process, practice and a relational phenomenon, have shifted the theoretical understanding from individual characteristics to significant so-called moments of leadership, where direction emerges, and actions are re-oriented and organized. However, despite considerable theoretical development, research struggles to explore these processes in detail. Utilizing video and audio recordings, in this article, we present a systematic approach for analyzing the production and realization of moments of leadership as they happen. We propose a four-step procedure which combines an interpretative stance, guided by a sensitizing concept, with an ethnomethodologically inspired inductive analysis of the subtle moves and mechanisms of the construction of social order in interaction. We illustrate the procedure using data from a study of high-risk military leadership, showing how deliberate shifts of analytical stance between the steps - from reliance on researcher sensemaking to a close focus on participants’ own sensemaking, and finally to theoretical interpretation - enable both a unique assessment of the phenomenological nature of sequences selected for close analysis and support the development of theoretical contributions. The approach presented in this article enables a deep exploration of the realization of moments of leadership, complementing the existing emphasis on consequences of such moments of leadership. Such a detailed analysis of the realization of leadership offers new possibilities for empirically well-grounded theoretical developments of relational and processual perspectives. |
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| ISSN: | 01708406 17413044 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/01708406251336017 |