Diversity and Leadership

About this book

Although leadership theories have evolved to reflect changing social contexts they remain silent on issues of equity diversity and social justice. Diversity and Leadership offers a new paradigm for examining leadership by bringing together two domainsresearch on leadership and research on diversityto challenge existing notions of leadership and move toward a diverse and global view of society and its institutions. This compelling book delivers an approach to leadership that is inclusive promotes access for diverse leaders and addresses barriers that narrowly confine our perceptions and expectations of leaders. Redefining leadership as global and diverse the authors impart new understanding of who our leaders are the process of communication exchange between leaders and their members criteria for selecting training and evaluating leaders in the 21st century and the organizational and societal contexts in which leadership is exercised.