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Professor Jackie Ford's Outputs (7)

Introduction: The power of leaders (2015)
Book Chapter
Carroll, B., Ford, J., & Taylor, S. (2015). Introduction: The power of leaders. In Leadership Contemporary Critical Perspectives (xvii-xxvii). SAGE Publications

Followers in Leadership Theory: Fiction, Fantasy and Illusion. (2015)
Journal Article
Ford, J., & Harding, N. (2018). Followers in Leadership Theory: Fiction, Fantasy and Illusion. Leadership, 14(1), 3 - 24. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715015621372

This article introduces a critical approach to follower/ship studies through exploring the unarticulated but highly influential implicit academic theory of follower/ship that informs dominant paradigms of leadership. Research into follower/ship is de... Read More about Followers in Leadership Theory: Fiction, Fantasy and Illusion..

The expectations and aspirations of a late-career professional woman. (2015)
Journal Article
Atkinson, C., Ford, J., & Harding, N. (2015). The expectations and aspirations of a late-career professional woman. Work, Employment and Society, 29(6), 1019-1028. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017015581987

This article presents a powerful account of one late-career woman’s lived experiences. Little is known about women who continue professional careers into their 50s and beyond. Here insights are offered into her aspirations and expectations, as she re... Read More about The expectations and aspirations of a late-career professional woman..

Going beyond the hero in leadership development: the place of healthcare context, complexity and relationships; Comment on "Leadership and leadership development in healthcare settings – a simplistic solution to complex problems?" (2015)
Journal Article
Ford, J. (2015). Going beyond the hero in leadership development: the place of healthcare context, complexity and relationships; Comment on "Leadership and leadership development in healthcare settings – a simplistic solution to complex problems?". International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 4(4), 261-263. https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2015.43

There remains a conviction that the torrent of publications and the financial outlay on leadership development will create managers with the skills and characters of perfect leaders, capable of guiding healthcare organisations through the challenges... Read More about Going beyond the hero in leadership development: the place of healthcare context, complexity and relationships; Comment on "Leadership and leadership development in healthcare settings – a simplistic solution to complex problems?".