Debating Leaderless Management: Can Employees Do Without Leaders?

Hertel, Frederik; Örtenblad, Anders; Jørgensen, Kenneth Mølbjerg

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?

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2022-12-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783031045929

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-04593-6

Dimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm

Pages: 364.0