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Living Leadership: A Systemic Constructionist Approach

J. Kevin Barge

Texas A&M University, USA, kbarge{at}tamu.edu

Gail T. Fairhurst

University of Cincinnati, USA

This article offers a practical theory of leadership grounded in systemic thinking and social constructionism. A systemic constructionist approach conceptualizes leadership as a co-created, performative, attributional, and contextual process where the ideas articulated in talk or action are recognized by others as progressing tasks that are important to them. Using a systemic constructionist framework, we argue that leadership theory and research needs to give attention to three important discursive practices: (1) sensemaking, (2) positioning, and (3) play. The implications for theory, research, and practice from a systemic constructionist perspective are highlighted.

Key Words: discourse • leadership • play • positioning • practical theory • sensemaking • social constructionism • systemic

Leadership, Vol. 4, No. 3, 227-251 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1742715008092360
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