Management Studies in Crisis

Autorentext
Dennis Tourish is Professor of Leadership and Organization Studies at the University of Sussex. He is editor of the journal Leadership, and widely regarded as one of the leading figures in the emerging area of 'Critical Leadership Studies'. His most recent authored book was The Dark Side of Transformational Leadership: A Critical Perspective (2013).

Klappentext

Management research is criticised for poor research practices and not addressing important problems. Tourish proposes fundamental changes to rescue it from crisis.

Inhalt

Introduction: the crisis in management studies; 1. Flawed from the get go: the early misadventures of management research; 2. How audit damages research and academic freedom; 3. 'When the levee breaks': academic life on the brink; 4. The corruption of academic integrity; 5. Paradise lost but not yet regained: retractions and management studies; 6. The triumph of nonsense in management studies; 7. Flawed theorising, dodgy statistics and (in) authentic leadership theory; 8. The promises, problems and paradoxes of evidence based management; 9. Reclaiming meaningful research in management studies; 10. Putting zest and purpose back into academic life.