Intellectual Shamans: Management Academics Making a Difference

by Sandra Waddock and Sandra A. Waddock

Book Overview

In traditional cultures, the shaman is the healer, the connector, and the spiritual leader or sensemaker. Today in the management academy, some individuals use their intellectual gifts to perform a similar role - mediating between various disciplines, ideas and theories, as well as making sense of ideas, insights, and research for others. This book, based on the work and lives of 28 very well-known management academics, describes what it means - and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107448379
• ISBN13: 9781107448377
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"