Authentic leadership in context: An analysis of banking CEO narratives during the global financial crisis

Volume: 70, Issue: 6, Pages: 694 - 724
Published: Nov 19, 2016
Abstract
The concept of authentic leadership rose to prominence through its idealization as an inherently moral and universally desirable trait. We problematize this romantic notion by exploring how the ‘authenticity’ of the CEOs of four major Australian banks was discursively constructed before and during the global financial crisis (GFC). Using multimodal discourse analysis of media texts, we show how what it meant to be an ‘authentic leader’ was...
Paper Details
Title
Authentic leadership in context: An analysis of banking CEO narratives during the global financial crisis
Published Date
Nov 19, 2016
Volume
70
Issue
6
Pages
694 - 724
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