Leadership for environmental sustainability / edited by Benjamin W. Redekop.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Redekop, Benjamin W., 1961-

Series:

Routledge studies in business ethics ; 3.

Routledge studies in business ethics ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the first book in the field of leadership studies to approach sustainability as a multi-faceted leadership challenge, Leadership for Environmental Sustainability will help to set the terms of the discussion on this topic among students, scholars, and practitioners of leadership for years to come. It explores the connection between leadership and sustainability from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including sociology, history, psychology, business, literature, communication, and the arts. With short chapters edited for readability, the book is aimed at scholars, practitioners, stu

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Connecting Leadership and Sustainability; 1 An Ecological Perspective on Leadership Theory, Research, and Practice; 2 Eco-Leadership: Towards the Development of a New Paradigm; 3 Challenges and Strategies of Leading for Sustainability; 4 Leadership and the Dynamics of Collaboration: Averting the Tragedy of the Commons; 5 Leadership for Sustainability in Business: It's all about the Stories We Tell; 6 Green Heroes Reexamined: An Evaluation of Environmental Role Models

7 Communicating Leadership for Environmental Sustainability: The Rhetorical Strategies of Rachel Carson and Al Gore8 Artists as Transformative Leaders for Sustainability; 9 The Agrarian Mind and Good Leadership: Harvesting Insights from the Literary Field of Wendell Berry; 10 Leadership from Below: Farmers and Sustainable Agriculture in Ethiopia; 11 The League of Nations and the Problems of Health and the Environment: Leadership for the Common Good in Historical Perspective; 12 Protest, Power, and "Political Somersaults": Leadership Lessons from the German Green Party

13 Religion, Leadership, and the Natural Environment: The Case of American Evangelicals14 The Turn to Spirituality and Environmental Leadership; 15 Deep Systems Leadership: A Model for the 21st Century; Conclusion: Towards a New General Theory of Leadership; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-93817-6

1-136-93818-4

1-282-65959-6

9786612659591

0-203-84699-0

9780203846995

OCLC:

646788178