The Sociomateriality of Leadership: A Ventriloquial Perspective
About this ebook
Focusing on the ventriloquial approach to organising originating from the Montreal School, which emphasizes the analyses of “actions through which someone or something makes someone or something else say or do things”, the book offers a new and exciting way of looking at the materiality of leadership. Drawing on ventriloquial analyses of naturally-occurring workplace interaction; interviews with key organisational players; and training sessions about leadership, the author posits that other-than-human actants affect many areas of leadership and organisational communication.
Offering fresh insight into leadership practice, this book will be an essential read for scholars and students of organisational communication, leadership, and management.
About the author
Jonathan Clifton is an Associate Professor at the Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, France. His research interests are centred on leadership and the analysis of workplace interaction. He has published widely in such journals as Leadership, Management Communication Quarterly, and Human Relations. He has also published several books, most notably, The Language of Leadership Narratives which was co-authored with Stephanie Schnurr and Dorien Van De Mieroop.
