期刊名称：Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies
印刷版ISSN：1239-2685
电子版ISSN：1239-2685
出版年度：2014
卷号：19
期号：1
页码：4-5
出版社：Business and Organization Ethics Network
摘要：During the last two decades storytelling has gained a strong position in leadership theory and practice. Stories can be seen as a particular doctrine, even a certain phi-losophy of leadership. However, stories are used as leadership tools – either as an instrument, or often in a subconscious sense. In terms of leadership theory – di-verting from traditional leader-centred approaches – storytelling is interested in discursive resources that construct and convey leadership power. In terms of power, storytelling is not attached to sovereign power but social interaction in organisational processes, where leader-ship-influenced power is constructed and conveyed, or contested. In any organisa-tion, a wide range of different forms of stories exist, such as myths, sagas, leg-ends of heroes or the defeated, strategic projects and humorous anecdotes. Some of the stories circulating in organisations are coherent, well established and public-ly expressed narratives with a clear plot. Some stories, instead, are fragmented, spontaneous or even hidden from public discourse. Regardless, stories are inform-ative-rich entities for organisational val-ues and beliefs, and contain moral posi-tions – dealing with issues such as good and bad. Hence, storytelling is an appro-priate vehicle for studying ethics
