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Trade Union Leadership: Biography and the Role of Historical Context

University of Sydney, Australia, h.knowles{at}econ.usyd.edu.au

The leadership of trade unions is a much neglected aspect in the field of contemporary leadership studies despite the growing importance of the role as these organizations struggle to survive in the current political and economic climate extant in most Western countries. By employing a methodology which uses a series of biographical case studies of leaders to examine the leadership in a single trade union, this article evaluates the significance of union leadership and demonstrates the importance of historical context in leadership study. It also shows how leadership and the organization's environment inter-connect to shape the way unions develop over time together and discusses some of the implications of the study for theory.

Key Words: biography • history • leadership • methodology • trade unions

Leadership, Vol. 3, No. 2, 191-209 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1742715007079052


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