Living Leadership: A Systemic Constructionist Approach Academic Article

abstract

• This article offers a practical theory of leadership grounded in systemic thinking and social constructionism. A systemic constructionist approach conceptualizes leadership as a co-created, performative, attributional, and contextual process where the ideas articulated in talk or action are recognized by others as progressing tasks that are important to them. Using a systemic constructionist framework, we argue that leadership theory and research needs to give attention to three important discursive practices: (1) sensemaking, (2) positioning, and (3) play. The implications for theory, research, and practice from a systemic constructionist perspective are highlighted.

authors

• Barge, James

published proceedings

• LEADERSHIP

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Barge, J. K., & Fairhurst, G. T.

citation count

• 88

publication date

• August 2008

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

keywords

• Discourse
• Leadership
• Play
• Positioning
• Practical Theory
• Sensemaking
• Social Constructionism
• Systemic

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/1742715008092360

start page

• 227

end page

• 251

volume

• 4

issue

• 3

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1177%2F1742715008092360