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Downplaying leadership. Researching how leaders talk about themselves

French, Robert; Simpson, Peter

Authors

Robert French



Contributors

D.S. Bell
Editor

Abstract

This chapter identifies the notion of downplaying leadership. Whilst some attempt is made to explore the meaning of this practice, our primary intention is to describe a method and framework for analysing the transcripts of leadership interviews. This method has been developed to help identify how leaders may sometimes use language in research interviews to play down the importance of their own leadership and of leadership in general.

Citation

French, R., & Simpson, P. (2011). Downplaying leadership. Researching how leaders talk about themselves. In D. Bell (Ed.), Political Leadership. Sage

Publication Date Jan 1, 2011
Deposit Date Nov 24, 2010
Publicly Available Date Apr 29, 2016
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Book Title Political Leadership
ISBN 9780857020888
Keywords linguistic analysis, leadership, metaphor, research method
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/968306
Publisher URL http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book235100?q="Political%20Leadership"