Debating Leaderless Management: Can Employees Do Without Leaders?

Book Overview

Management research has traditionally assumed that leaders play an essential role in both public and private organizations and are required for a business to run smoothly. However, more recently, a vein of critical research has claimed that leaders can do more harm than good, creating confusion and putting their reputation before production and employee wellbeing. This book asks the question - what would happen if there were no leaders? Would employees be better off without formal (or informal) leaders? And even if such a utopia were desirable, would it be realizable in practice?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031045955
• ISBN13: 9783031045950
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"