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100			_aCrevani, Lucia _931161
245			_aIs there leadership in a fluid world? Exploring the ongoing production of direction in organizing
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520			_aAlthough the idea of leadership being a process is clearly stated in leadership definitions, most researchers focus on individuals rather than observing and studying processes. This contradiction has been highlighted by a number of scholars turning to leadership processes and practices, thereby drawing attention to the interactional and social aspects of the phenomenon. Such contributions mostly take process perspectives in which entities still play an important role. In this article, I therefore aim at contributing to leadership studies based on a process ontology by exploring one central aspect of leadership work, the production of direction, processually. I do so by building on geographer Massey’s conception of space, thus adding a spatial dimension that enables me to conceptualize direction as the development of an evolving relational configuration. In order to empirically explore such a conceptualization, two constructs are proposed: the construction of positions and the construction of issues. The reading of leadership work thus produced leads me to suggest ‘clearing for action’ as a means of conveying the spatio-temporal and constructive (reality constructing) character of leadership work.
653			_aLeadership work,
653			_aprocess ontology
653			_aspace
653			_atalk and leadership
653			_aspace of action
653			_aleadership practice,
653			_apositions, issues,
653			_adirection
653			_apositioning
773	0		_029449 _970295 _aCOLLINSON, DAVID _dNEW DELHI SAGE PUBLICATION PVT. LTD. _o5558640 _tLEADERSHIP _z1742-7150
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