Exploring the processes of emergent leadership in a netball team: Providing empirical evidence through discourse analysis
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In: Discourse and Communication, Vol. 15, No. 1, 01.02.2021, p. 98-116.
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T1 - Exploring the processes of emergent leadership in a netball team
T2 - Providing empirical evidence through discourse analysis
AU - Schnurr, Stephanie
AU - File, Kieran A.
AU - Clayton, Daniel
AU - Wolfers, Solvejg
AU - Stavridou, Anastasia
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2021/2/1
Y1 - 2021/2/1
N2 - In line with recent developments in leadership research which conceptualise leadership as a discursive and collaborative process rather than a set of static attributes and characteristics displayed by individuals, this paper explores some of the discursive processes through which leadership emerges in a sports team. Drawing on over ten hours of naturally occurring interactions among the players of a women’s netball team in the UK, and applying the concepts of deontic and epistemic status and stance, we identify and describe some of the specific processes through which leadership is claimed and assigned, as well as rejected, passed on, and eventually accepted by different team members at different points throughout an interaction. While the processes outlined in our analysis contribute to theoretical discussions regarding the notion of emergent leadership, this paper also demonstrates the benefits of taking a discourse analytical approach to leadership, and outlines how such an approach enables researchers to empirically capture emergent leadership in situ.
AB - In line with recent developments in leadership research which conceptualise leadership as a discursive and collaborative process rather than a set of static attributes and characteristics displayed by individuals, this paper explores some of the discursive processes through which leadership emerges in a sports team. Drawing on over ten hours of naturally occurring interactions among the players of a women’s netball team in the UK, and applying the concepts of deontic and epistemic status and stance, we identify and describe some of the specific processes through which leadership is claimed and assigned, as well as rejected, passed on, and eventually accepted by different team members at different points throughout an interaction. While the processes outlined in our analysis contribute to theoretical discussions regarding the notion of emergent leadership, this paper also demonstrates the benefits of taking a discourse analytical approach to leadership, and outlines how such an approach enables researchers to empirically capture emergent leadership in situ.
KW - Language Studies
KW - deontic stance
KW - deontic status
KW - emergent leadership
KW - epistemic stance
KW - epistemic status
KW - sports discource
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097605592&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1750481320961658
DO - 10.1177/1750481320961658
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 15
SP - 98
EP - 116
JO - Discourse and Communication
JF - Discourse and Communication
SN - 1750-4813
IS - 1
ER -