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The Need for Reflexive Leadership in Inter-Organizational Networks Read chapter Read first chapter

2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

5. A Practice-Theoretical Model of Reflexive Leadership in Networks

Author : Matthias Mitterlechner

Published in: Leading in Inter-Organizational Networks

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter offers a novel practice-theoretical model of reflexive leadership in inter-organizational networks. The model builds on practice-theoretical conceptions of networks, leadership, and reflexivity. At its core, it proposes that leadership action and structure are in a recursive relationship, assuming a duality rather than a dualism. As such, leading in networks cannot be attributed to the behaviors, traits, and activities of individual “leaders”, nor to certain structural features of a network. Rather, it conceives of leading in networks as a reflexive practice through which actors collectively question traditional inter-organizational practices and explore new ways of coordinating their activities across organizational boundaries.

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Metadata
Title
A Practice-Theoretical Model of Reflexive Leadership in Networks
Author
Matthias Mitterlechner
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Leading in Inter-Organizational Networks

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-97978-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-97979-3

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97979-3_5