Publications
This list of publications provides an overview of our work, and subject to copyright permit, enables you to download leadership research.
Most articles and reports are available for download in their entirety; for others we provide a summary and links to the journals that own the copyright. In some cases we can provide a ‘working paper’ version, or updates on the leadership research, so feel free to contact authors directly.
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| Author(s) | Publication | Source | Year Published | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahern, Geoffrey | Implementing Environmental Sustainability in 10 Multinationals | Corporate Finance Review May/June | 2009 | Journal Article |
Ahern, Geoffrey | Sun at Midnight. The Rudolf Steiner Movement and Gnosis in the West | 2nd ed. Cambridge: James Clarke & Co. | 2009 | Book |
Bolden, R. and Kirk, P. | African Leadership: surfacing new understandings through leadership development | International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 9(1), 69-86. | 2009 | Journal Article |
Bolden, R., Connor, H., Duquemin, A., Hirsh, W. and Petrov, G. | Employer Engagement with Higher Education: Defining, Sustaining and Supporting Higher Skills Provision | A South West Higher Skills Project Research Report: University of Exeter and CIHE. | 2009 | Report |
Bolden, R., Hirsh, W., Connor, H., Petrov, G. and Duquemin, A. | Strategies for Effective HE-Employer Engagement | A South West Higher Skills Report, Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter and CIHE, London | 2009 | Report |
Bolden, R., Petrov, G., Gosling, J. and Bryman, A. | Leadership in Higher Education: Facts, Fictions and Future - Introduction to the Special Issue | Leadership, 5(3), 291-298 | 2009 | Journal Article |
Bolden, R., Petrov, G. and Gosling, J. | Distributed Leadership in Higher Education: Rhetoric and Reality | in Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 37(2) 257-277 | 2009 | Journal Article |
Bolden, R. | Leadership, collaboration and the higher skills agenda | Business Leadership Review, 6(1). | 2009 | Journal Article |
French, R., Case, P. and Gosling, J. | Betrayal and Friendship | Society and Business Review 4(2) 146-158 | 2009 | Journal Article |
Gosling, J., Bolden, R. and Petrov, G. | Distributed leadership: what does it accomplish? | Leadership, 5(3), 299-310 | 2009 | Journal Article |
Lynette Mitchell | Cyrus the Great and the obedience of the willing | CLS Extended Essay Series | 2009 | Working Paper |
Bolden, R. and Petrov, G. | Employer Engagement with Higher Education: A literature review | A South West Higher Skills Report, Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter | 2008 | Report |
Bolden, R., Gosling, J., Adarves-Yorno, I. and Burgoyne, J. | High Performance Leadership: Narratives of identity and control in corporate leadership development and performance management | in Business Leadership Review | 2008 | Journal Article |
Bolden, R., Petrov, G. and Gosling, J. | Tensions in Higher Education Leadership: Towards a multi-level model of leadership practice | Higher Education Quarterly Volume 62, No. 4, October 2008, pp 358–376 | 2008 | Journal Article |
Jonathan Gosling | A wiki-model for business education | Harvard Business Review – Russian edition | 2008 | Journal Article |
Nick Obolensky | Chaos Leadership and Polyarchy – countering leadership stress? | CLS Extended Essay Series | 2008 | Working Paper |
Walton, M | In consideration of a Toxic Workplace: A suitable place for treatment | in Kinder, A, Hughes, R and Cooper, C (eds) Employee Well-Being Support John Wiley & Sons, Chichester | 2008 | Book Chapter |
Bolden, R., Petrov, G. and Gosling, J. | Developing Collective Leadership in Higher Education | for Leadership Foundation for HE (82 pages) | 2007 | Report |
Bolden, R. | The Shadow Side of Leadership | Published in Effective Executive, 9(2), 42-43, February 2007. | 2007 | Journal Article |
Bolden, R. | Distributed Leadership | in Marturano, A. and Gosling, J. (eds) (2007) Leadership: Key Concepts London: Routledge | 2007 | Book Chapter |
Bolden, R. | Integrated framework for developing leaders | Leadership Excellence, 24(7), 14 | 2007 | Journal Article |
Bolden, R. | Editorial: Moving Forward by Looking Back | Business Leadership Review, 4(3) | 2007 | Journal Article |
Bolden, R. | A Yearning for the Vast and Endless Sea: from competence to purpose in leadership development | presented at the RAF Leadership Centre Conference, ‘Air Force Leadership - Changing Culture?’ RAF Museum, Hendon, London, 18-19 July | 2007 | Conference Paper |
Bolden, R | Trends and Perspectives in Management and Leadership Development | Business Leadership Review IV:II, April 2007 | 2007 | Journal Article |
Bolden, R | Leadership Development in SMEs: Designing a customised solution | Published in GITAM Journal of Management, 5(3), 40-53, July 2007 | 2007 | Journal Article |
Case, P. and Gosling J. | Signs of the Spirit: Critical Reflections on the Instrumentality of Workplace Spirituality | Standing Conference on Organisational Symbolism, Ljubljana | 2007 | Conference Paper |
Case, P. and Gosling, J. | Wisdom of the Moment: Premodern Perspectives on Organizational Action | Social Epistemology, special issue on Wisdom and Stupidity in Management, Vol 21:2, 87-111 | 2007 | Journal Article |
Gosling J. Wright, L | Leading from the other place: Beauty, discipline and deliberation in community leadership | Academy of Management Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA | 2007 | Conference Paper |
Gosling J. | In Search of Distributed Leadership | in Foundation for Church Leadership conference proceedings (12 pages) | 2007 | Conference Paper |
Gosling J. | Change and Continuity | in Marturano, A. and Gosling, J. (eds) (2007) Leadership: Key Concepts London: Routledge | 2007 | Book Chapter |
Gosling J. | Quiet Leadership | in Marturano, A. and Gosling, J. (eds) (2007) Leadership: Key Concepts London: Routledge | 2007 | Book Chapter |
Gosling J. | Introduction | in Marturano, A. and Gosling, J. (eds) (2007) Leadership: Key Concepts London: Routledge | 2007 | Book Chapter |
Gosling J. | Chairman's Introduction and Horatio Nelson: lessons from the great commander | in Historical Leaders in Europe, European Leadership Centre, Slovenia | 2007 | Conference Paper |
Gosling, J. and Purg, D. | How to be Sanguine in Sarajevo: Leadership as Transformation or Tragedy? | Case Wetherhead University Working Paper Series 1(3), pp. 85-98 | 2007 | Working Paper |
Gosling, J., Witzel, M. and Case, P. (eds) | John Adair: Foundations of Leadership | London, Palgrave | 2007 | Book |
Markov, S. and Gosling, J. | Female Entrepreneurship in the South West of England: Findings relating to Financial Resources for business start-ups | for SWRDA, (4 pages) | 2007 | Report |
Marturano, A. and Gosling, J. (eds) | Leadership: The Key Concepts | London: Routledge | 2007 | Book |
Walton, M | Beyond the Leader-as-Hero: The ACE Framework for Leader Success | Business Leadership Review IV:II, April 2007 | 2007 | Journal Article |
Walton, M | Leadership Toxicity - An Inevitable Affliction of Organisations? | Organisations & People, February 2007, Vol 14. No 1 | 2007 | Journal Article |
Walton, M | Toxic Leadership | in Maturano, A and Gosling, J (eds) Leadership Concepts London, Routledge | 2007 | Book Chapter |
Walton, M | Derailment | in Maturano, A and Gosling, J (eds) Leadership Concepts London, Routledge | 2007 | Book Chapter |
Bolden, R. (ed.) | Leadership Development in Context | Leadership South West Research Report, Centre for Leadership Studies, August | 2006 | Report |
Bolden, R. and Gosling, J. | Leadership Competencies: Time to change the tune? | Leadership, 2(2), 147-164 | 2006 | Journal Article |
Bolden, R. and Kirk, P. | Transforming Communities through Leadership Development: A Pan-African Example | British Academy of Management Conference, Belfast, 12-14 Sept. | 2006 | Conference Paper |
Bolden, R. and Kirk, P. | From Leaders to Leadership | Effective Executive, ICFAI University Press, October, 8(10), 27-33. | 2006 | Journal Article |
Bolden, R., Wood, M. and Gosling, J. | Is the NHS Leadership Qualities Framework Missing the Wood for the Trees? | In A. Casebeer, A. Harrison and A.L. Mark (Eds) Innovations in Health Care: A Reality Check. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 17-29. | 2006 | Book Chapter |
Burridge, B. | The Roller-Coaster Ride of Strategic Leadership | CLS Extended Essay Series | 2006 | Working Paper |
Gosling J. | Spirituality in Organizations | in Hooper, A., Leadership Perspectives, Ashgate Publishing Ltd. | 2006 | Book Chapter |
Gosling J. | XXX in Leadership and the Media | European Leadership Centre, Slovenia | 2006 | Conference Paper |
Gosling, J. and Mintzberg, H. | Leadership Education as if both matter | Management Learning, Vol. 37(4), 419-428 | 2006 | Journal Article |
Gosling, J. and Purg, D. | How to be sanguine in Sarajevo: Leadership as transformation or tragedy? | Business and an Agent of World Benefit: Management Knowledge Leading Positive Change, UN Global Compact, Cleveland, OH, October 2006 | 2006 | Conference Paper |
Gosling, J. | Quietness as a Virtue of Leadership | Professional Manager, January, 37 | 2006 | Journal Article |
Kirk, P. and Bolden, R. | African Leadership: Insights, meanings, and connotations | Leadership and Management Studies in Sub-Sahara Africa Conference, Zanzibar, 26-28 June | 2006 | Conference Paper |
Ladkin, D. | The Enchantment of the Charismatic Leader: Charisma reconsidered as aesthetic encounter | Leadership, 2(2), 165-180 | 2006 | Journal Article |
Ladkin, D. | When Deontology and Utilitarianism Aren't Enough: How Heidegger's notion of “dwelling” might help organisational leaders resolve ethical issues | Journal of Business Ethics, 65, 87-98 | 2006 | Journal Article |
Taylor, S. and Ladkin, D. | An Aesthetic Approach to Developing Authentic Leaders: Reflection, voice and practice | EGOS European Group of Organizational Studies Annual Conference, Bergen, 6-8 July | 2006 | Journal Article |
Bolden, R. and Kirk, P. | Leadership in Africa: Meanings, Impacts and Identities | Studying Leadership: Future Agendas', the 4th International Conference on Leadership Research, Lancaster University Management School, 12-13 December | 2005 | Conference Paper |
Bolden, R. | The True Face of Leadership | European Business Review, 21, 54-57 | 2005 | Journal Article |
Bolden, R. | What is Leadership Development: Purpose and Practice? | Leadership South West Research Report | 2005 | Report |
Chadwick, R. and Marturano, A. | Computing and the New Genetics: Public Policy Implications | in Tavani, H. (ed.), Ethics Computing and Genomics, Boston, Jones and Bartlett, 2005 | 2005 | Book Chapter |
Ferlie. E., L. Fitzgerald, M. Wood, and C. Hawkins | The (Non) Spread Of Innovations: The Mediating Role of Professionals | Academy of Management Journal | 2005 | Journal Article |
Gosling, J. and Wright, L. | Leadership in and of Communities: The case of the clergy wife | Studying Leadership Conference, Lancaster University, 12-13 December | 2005 | Conference Paper |
Gosling, J. | John Adair: A Lifetime's Contribution to Leadership Studies | Lifetime Contribution Award Ceremony, Hewitt Associates, London, 23 February | 2005 | Conference Paper |
Jones, S. and Gosling, J. | Nelsons Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Commander | London: Nicholas Brealey | 2005 | Book |
Ladkin, D. | Leading Beautifully: How the theory of performative aesthetics might inform leadership practice | Studying Leadership Conference, Lancaster University, 12-13 December | 2005 | Conference Paper |
Leadership South West | Leadership Matters | Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter | 2005 | Newsletter |
Marturano, A. and Gosling, J. | Editorial | Business Ethics: A European Review, 14(4), 319-322 | 2005 | Journal Article |
Marturano, A. | Executive education: On being a moral agent - teaching business leaders to think ethically | European Business Forum, n.20, Winter | 2005 | Journal Article |
Marturano, A. | Molecular Biologists as Hackers of Human Data | Republished in Tavani, H. (ed.), Ethics Computing and Genomics, Boston, Jones and Bartlett, 2005. | 2005 | Journal Article |
Marturano, A. | On the use of Informational Models in Genetics | Eight Ethics and Technology Conference, John Cook School of Business, St. Louis University, June 24 & 25 | 2005 | Conference Paper |
Marturano, A. | Review of Ethics Computing and Genomics | Journal of Genomics, Society and Policy | 2005 | Journal Article |
Marturano, A. | Non-Cognitivism | in Fieser, J. and Dowden, B. (Eds.), The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, December. | 2005 | Book Chapter |
Potter,J. & Hooper,A. | Developing Strategic Leadership Skills | London: CIPD | 2005 | Book |
Wood, M. and P. Lyons | Leadership Identity and Difference | A. Hooper (ed.) Perspectives on Leadership, London: Random House | 2005 | Book Chapter |
Wood, M. | The Fallacy of Misplaced Leadership | Journal of Management Studies | 2005 | Journal Article |
Wood, M. | Nomad Aesthetics and the Global Knowledge Economy | Tamara | 2005 | Journal Article |
Bolden, R. and Gosling, J. | Leadership and Management Competencies: Lessons from the National Occupational Standards | SAM/IFSAM VIIth World Congress: Management in a World of Diversity and Change. 5-7 July, 2004, Göteborg, Sweden | 2004 | Conference Paper |
Bolden, R. | What is Leadership? | Leadership South West, Research Report | 2004 | Report |
Bolden, R. | Leadership and Economic Performance | AGENDA for Local Economic Development, Issue 73, November | 2004 | Journal Article |
Bolden, R. | The Map is Not the Terrain: the future of leadership competencies | Studying Leadership: 3rd International Workshop | 2004 | Conference Paper |
Case, P. and Phillipson, G. | Alchemy, Astrology and Retro-Organisation Theory: an Astro-genealogical Critique of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator | Organization, 11(4), 473-495 | 2004 | Journal Article |
Case, P. and Phillipson, G. | Astrology and alchemy - the occult roots of the MBTI | European Business Forum, Issue 17, Spring | 2004 | Journal Article |
Centre for Leadership Studies | Leadership Refrains: Encounters, Conversations and Enchantments | Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Studying Leadership | 2004 | Conference Paper |
Dawson, L., Dunn, E. and Gosling, J. | Creative Church Leadership: A Review of Leadership Literature and Leadership Development Centres | In John Nelson and John Adair (eds) (2004) Creative Church Leadership: A MODEM Handbook. Norwich: SCM Canterbury Press. | 2004 | Book Chapter |
Gosling, J. and Mintzberg, H. | The Education of Practicing Managers | Sloan Management Review, 45(4), 19-22 | 2004 | Journal Article |
Gosling, J. and Mintzberg, H. | Reflect Yourself | HR Magazine, 49 ( 9), September | 2004 | Journal Article |
Gosling, J. | Leadership Development in Management Education | Business Leadership Review vol 1, issue 1 | 2004 | Journal Article |
Gosling, J. | Public Oration for Pen Hadow | University of Exeter | 2004 | Conference Paper |
Gosling, J. | Future of Europe: Leadership at the Public/Private Sector Interface | European Leadership Centre, 10-11June | 2004 | Conference Paper |
Gosling, J. | Misty Visioning | BizImp, June | 2004 | Press Article |
Gosling, J. | Focus on Leadership | Training Journal, October 2004, p.52 | 2004 | Journal Article |
Linstead, S., Gosling, J., Fulop, L., Greene, A. and Richards, D. | Managing Conflict and Negotiation | In Lilley, S., Fulop, L. and Linstead, S. (eds.) Management and Organisation: A critical text London: Palgrave MacMillan. | 2004 | Book Chapter |
Marturano, A. and Chadwich, R. | How the role of computing is driving new genetics' public policy | Ethics and Information Technology Journal, Vol. 6, n.1. | 2004 | Journal Article |
Marturano, A. | On the Use of Informational Models in Genetics | Ethical Challenges in the 3rd Millennium - 7th Ethics and Technology Conference, Loyola University, Chicago (Ill.), 25-26 June | 2004 | Conference Paper |
Marturano, A. | Bionic: a link between Computer ethics and Bioethics | The Ethicomp Journal, Vol. 1 No. 2, published: 2004-06-01 | 2004 | Journal Article |
Marturano, A. | Transformational and Transactional leadership: a Critique | 3rd Leadership Workshop, University of Exeter, 15-16 December | 2004 | Journal Article |
Marturano, A . | Internet Measurement | Kempf-Leonard K. et al (eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, Elsevier, London | 2004 | Book Chapter |
Bolden, R., Gosling, J., Marturano, A. and Dennison, P. | A Review of Leadership Theory and Competency Frameworks | Centre for Leadership Studies | 2003 | Report |
Bolden, R. | Leadership Development in SMEs | International Council for Small Business Conference | 2003 | Conference Paper |
Ferlie, E. and M. Wood | Novel Modes of Knowledge Production? Producers and Consumers in Health Services Research | Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 8/4 Supplement 2: 51-57 | 2003 | Journal Article |
Gosling, J. and Mintzberg, H. | The Five Minds of a Manager | Harvard Business Review, Nov. 2003, pp 54-63 | 2003 | Journal Article |
Gosling, J. | A Worldly Mindset: Satisfying the needs of stakeholders | Creating an Agenda for European Leadership - Conference Proceedings, Bled 10-11 June 2003 | 2003 | Conference Paper |
Gosling, J. | The Role of Major Stakeholders in the Creation of European Leadership: A WORLDLY MINDSET | Creating an Agenda for European Leadership, Bled, 10th and 11th June | 2003 | Conference Paper |
Jonathan Gosling in interview with Nicholas Pike | Leadership lessons from the soaps | The Independent, 8 May 2003 | 2003 | Press Article |
Marturano, A. | Molecular Biologists as Hackers of Human Data: Rethinking IPR for Bioinformatics Research | Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society (ICES), Vol 1, Issue 4, October 2003 pp. 207-215. | 2003 | Journal Article |
Mintzberg, H. and Gosling, J. | Educando Administradores Alem Das Fronteiras | Revista de Administracao de Empresas (RAE), 4(2), 29-43 | 2003 | Journal Article |
Wood, M. and Ferlie, E. | Journeying from Hippocrates with Bergson and Deleuze | Organization Studies 24(1): 47-68 | 2003 | Journal Article |
Wood, M. and Gosling, J. | Is the NHS Leadership Qualities Framework Missing the Wood for the Trees? | Centre for Leadership Studies | 2003 | Working Paper |
Wood, M. | The Fallacy of Misplaced Leadership | Centre for Leadership Studies | 2003 | Working Paper |
Wood, M. | The Process of Organising Knowledge: Exploring the In-between | Process Studies Special Issue: Process Studies and Organisation Theory 32/2: 225-243 | 2003 | Journal Article |
Axtell C.; Wall T.; Stride C.; Pepper K.; Clegg C.; Gardner P.; Bolden R. | Familiarity breeds content: The impact of exposure to change on employee openness and well-being | Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 1 June 2002, vol. 75, no. 2, pp. 217-231(15) | 2002 | Journal Article |
Case, P. and Selvester, K. | Watch Your Back: Reflections on Trust and Mistrust in Management Education | Management Learning 33(2): 231-247 | 2002 | Journal Article |
Fitzgerald, L., Ferlie, E., Wood, M. and Hawkins, C. | Interlocking interactions, the diffusion of innovations in health care | Human Relations Volume 55(12): 1429-1449 | 2002 | Journal Article |
Marturano, A. | The role of metaethics and the future of computer ethics | Ethics and Information Technology 4: 71-78 | 2002 | Journal Article |
Mintzberg, H. and Gosling, J. | Educating Managers Beyond Borders | Academy of Management Learning and Education, Vol 1, No 1, 64-75 | 2002 | Journal Article |
Mintzberg, H. and Gosling, J. | Reality Programming for MBAs | Strategy + Business, Issue 26, First Quarter 2002 | 2002 | Journal Article |
Wood, M. | Mind the Gap? A Processual Reconsideration of Organizational Knowledge | Organization, Volume 9(1): 151-171 | 2002 | Journal Article |
Wood, M. | Nomad Leadership and the Corporate War Machine | Centre for Leadership Studies | 2002 | Working Paper |
Bolden, R. | Leadership Development in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Final Report | Centre for Leadership Studies | 2001 | Report |
Bolden R. and Moscarola J. | Bridging the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide: The Lexical Approach to Textual Data Analysis | Social Science Computer Review, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 450-460(11) | 2000 | Journal Article |
Bolden, R. and Terry, R. | Leadership Development in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Phase 1 Report | Centre for Leadership Studies | 2000 | Report |
Case, P. | Remember Reengineering: The Rhetorical Appeal of a Managerial Salvation Device | Journal of Management Studies, 36(4): 419-441 | 1999 | Journal Article |
Haynes C. E.; Wall T. D.; Bolden R. I.; Stride C.; Rick J. E. | Measures of perceived work characteristics for health services research: Test of a measurement model and normative data | British Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 257-275(19) | 1999 | Journal Article |
Waterson P. E.; Clegg C. W.; Bolden R.; Pepper K.; Warr P. B.; Wall T. D. | The use and effectiveness of modern manufacturing practices: a survey of UK industry | International Journal of Production Research, vol. 37, no. 10, | 1999 | Journal Article |
Wood, M. | Cyborg: a Design for Life in the Borderlands | EMERGENCE, 1(3), 92-104 | 1999 | Journal Article |
Wood, M. | Agency and Organization : Toward a Cyborg-Consciousness | Human Relations, Vol. 51, No. 10 | 1998 | Journal Article |
Bolden R.; Waterson P.; Warr P.; Clegg C.; Wall T. | A new taxonomy of modern manufacturing practices | International Journal of Operations & Production Management,, vol. 17, no. 11, pp. 1112-1130(19) | 1997 | Journal Article |
Clegg C.; Carey N.; Dean G.; Hornby P.; Bolden R. | Users reactions to information technology: some multivariate models and their implications | Journal of Information Technology, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 15-32(18) | 1997 | Journal Article |
TD Wall, RI Bolden, CS Borrill, AJ Carter, DA Golya, GE Hardy, CE Haynes, JE Rick, DA Shapiro and MA West | Minor psychiatric disorder in NHS trust staff: occupational and gender differences | British Journal of Psychiatry 171: 519-523 | 1997 | Journal Article |
Wood, M. | Upstream Thinking in Management | Management Development Review, Vol. 7 No. 4, pp. 3-4 | 1994 | Journal Article |
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