18 From container to concerns On the criticality of the communicative constitution of leadership development research

Brigid Carroll and Frank Meier

DOI: 10.4324/9781003363125-22

Introduction

In this chapter we turn the gaze of CCO back “on us” (scholars and researchers) in the leadership development field and propose that it offers three points of critical engagement which we wish to make accessible for readers of this Companion. We offer three such points here 1) the need for critical inquiry to be located on the terra firma of interaction (Cooren, 2010) or the site of the organization where the interaction is the focus (as opposed to in the heads of participants or in particular the analyst.) 2) the centrality of naturally occurring data ...

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