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- Title
What Leadership Metaphors Matter Most and Why Metaphors Matter.
- Authors
Shoup, John R.; Xinhui Wu; Crate, Janet
- Abstract
Apt leadership metaphors uniquely reveal the essence of leadership and shape organizational practices and outcomes. This study evaluated how and why metaphors matter and which leadership metaphors matter most in the study and practice of leadership. Leaders and scholars from different disciplines across the globe were asked to provide a leadership metaphor and corresponding explanation. More than 500 metaphors were received and evaluated using grounded theory and narrative analysis. The metaphors predominately fell into one of three themes: navigational, nurturing, or performance related. The three meta-metaphors provide relevant frames of reference for leaders to construct desirable social realities consistent with good leadership and a conceptual definition of leadership congruent with those found in the literature.
- Subjects
METAPHOR; LEADERSHIP; GROUNDED theory; SOCIAL reality
- Publication
International Leadership Journal, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 3, p51
- ISSN
1944-7426
- Publication type
Article