Dissent and the Failure of Leadership

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Stephen P. Banks
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010 M01 1 - 250 pages
This timely collection of original papers explores the vital but largely unrecognized connections between leadership and dissent. In an era when leadership failures can mean homelessness and even death for countless flood victims, losses of life savings f
 

Contents

1 The troubles with leadership
1
2 Varieties of dissent
22
3 Dissent in times of crisis
37
4 Dissent and the generational divide
53
5 Organizational totalitarianism and the voices of dissent
75
6 Leading dissenting and public relations
97
7 Women leadership and dissent
119
8 Resistance dissent and leadership in practice
135
9 Press professionalization corporate rationalization and the management of dissent
149
10 The sanctity of dissent
169
11 Elevating dissent and transcending fearbased culture at war and at work
182
12 Making a place for the practice of dissenting
208
the promise of dissent for leaders
228
Index
233
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Edited by Stephen P. Banks, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho, US

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