All Outputs (2)

In Search of the Perfect Manager? Work-life balance and managerial work. (2011)
Journal Article
Ford, J., & Collinson, D. (2011). In Search of the Perfect Manager? Work-life balance and managerial work. Work, Employment and Society, 25(2), 257-273

Leadership and charisma: a desire that cannot speak its name? (2011)
Journal Article
Harding, N., Lee, H., Ford, J., & Learmonth, M. (2011). Leadership and charisma: a desire that cannot speak its name?. Human Relations, 64(7), 927-949. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726710393367

Leadership has proved impossible to define, despite decades of research and a huge number of publications. This article explores managers’ accounts of leadership, and shows that they find it difficult to talk about the topic, offering brief definitio... Read More about Leadership and charisma: a desire that cannot speak its name?.