Tibbett, Jeffrey R. (2022) Behind the mask: unmasking the social construction of leadership amongst officer cadets of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Doctoral thesis, Northumbria University.
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Abstract
This thesis explores Officer Cadets' social construction of leadership at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS). It addresses calls for more research into leadership behaviours.
Taking a social constructionist perspective, the thesis focuses on unmasking the social construction of Leadership amongst Officer Cadets. This study adopts a reflexive approach, acknowledging the centrality of the researcher in the co-construction of the data. The thesis develops interdisciplinary links between the theoretical areas of Dark Leadership to problematize and inform contemporary understandings of Officer Cadets' social construction of leadership through the emergent findings of the study.
This qualitative study employed a mono-method research design consisting of semi-structured interviews. Through these, participants shared their lived experiences and gave descriptions and understandings of their past leadership experiences before and current experiences within Sandhurst with a reflexive interview approach. The thesis utilises Reflexive Thematic analysis to interpret the data, with the results presented thematically.
The thesis uses reflexive thematic analysis to explore dark leadership through a social constructionist lens; the research has evidenced functional changes to practices within Sandhurst and developed a model of what dark leadership at Sandhurst is from an Officer Cadets view.
This approach highlights the importance of contextuality, the person and the situation through a holistic Leadership approach. The thesis proposes a holistic framework for leadership, which would advance toward de-coupling the dichotomies of leadership.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | gender in leadership, military leadership, construction of leadership, military followership, British army officers |
| Subjects: | L900 Others in Social studies N600 Human Resource Management |
| Department: | Faculties > Business and Law > Newcastle Business School University Services > Graduate School > Doctor of Business Administration |
| Depositing User: | John Coen |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Aug 2023 11:27 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2023 11:35 |
| URI: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/51625 |
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