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Film Narratives and Lessons in Leadership: Insights From the Film & Leadership Case Study (FLiCS) Club
Author(s) -
Long Brad S.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of leadership studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.219
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1935-262X
pISSN - 1935-2611
DOI - 10.1002/jls.21498
Subject(s) - narrative , leadership studies , transactional leadership , shared leadership , sociology , leadership , neuroleadership , servant leadership , public relations , club , educational leadership , leadership style , political science , pedagogy , literature , medicine , art , anatomy
Feature films are used as case studies to highlight key leadership concepts in an undergraduate course in a business school. How each film constructs leadership in a particular way is problematized by noting the prevailing leadership discourses to which their narratives contribute, and the strengths and limitations of each. This analysis enables students to consider how a film's portrayal of leadership reflects and influences the various practices of leadership, for good and bad. Films also allude to the emergence of a critical leadership discourse that may produce a more timely understanding of leadership for modern organizations.