Chapter: Being Leaders: Identities and Identity Work in Leadership
Leaders come under many pressures to produce and perform a coherent, convincing self, a memorable ‘brand’ or a persona that ‘looks’ like a leader. But what are the risks in this obsession to ‘be’ a leader, to those around them and perhaps leaders themselves. In this chapter Amanda casts a critical eye over the business of being a leader.
Chapter Authors: Amanda Sinclair
Chapter Title: Being Leaders: Identities and Identity Work in Leadership
Book Title: The Sage Handbook of Leadership
Editors: A. Bryman, D. Collinson, K. Grint, B. Jackson and M. Uhl-Bien
First Published: 17th February 2011
Publisher: Sage Journals
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