Troubling Method

Rita A. Gardiner
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Rita A. Gardiner: The University of Western Ontario

Chapter 6 in Gender, Authenticity and Leadership, 2015, pp 108-129 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In the last chapter, I suggested that authenticity requires not just an internal sense of purpose, but also responsiveness towards others. Such a responsive orientation necessitates a willingness to think from different perspectives so as to enrich one’s understanding. Arendt described this pursuit as ‘thinking without a bannister’, an activity that requires a person to move beyond the constraints of their own assumptions. As part of my attempt to ‘think without a bannister’, and enhance my understanding of the connections among gender, authenticity and leadership, I conducted a qualitative study. The purpose of this chapter is to explore my qualitative approach, which is in the tradition of existential, hermeneutic phenomenology, coupled with a feminist orientation.

Keywords: Research Participant; Authentic Leadership; Feminist Theory; Phenomenological Inquiry; Woman Leader (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137460455_6

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