Intellectual Shamans: Management Academics Making a Difference - Softcover

Waddock, Sandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107448379 ISBN 13: 9781107448377

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

In traditional cultures, the shaman is the healer, the connector, and the spiritual leader or sensemaker. Today in the management academy, some individuals use their intellectual gifts to perform a similar role - mediating between various disciplines, ideas and theories, as well as making sense of ideas, insights, and research for others. This book, based on the work and lives of 28 very well-known management academics, describes what it means - and what it takes - to be an intellectual shaman. It is a fascinating insight into the career paths and the sometimes maverick behaviour that has allowed these individuals to achieve success. Based on extensive interviews, Intellectual Shamans provides both a roadmap to junior scholars and a critique of the current system of academic career progression.

About this title

Book Description:

Based on the work and lives of 28 well-known management academics, this book describes what it means - and what it takes - to be an intellectual shaman. Based on extensive interviews, Intellectual Shamans provides both a roadmap to junior scholars and a critique of the current system of academic career progression.

About the Author:

Sandra Waddock is the Galligan Chair of Strategy, Carroll School Scholar of Corporate Responsibility, and Professor of Management at Boston College's Carroll School of Management.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1107448379
• ISBN 13: 9781107448377
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 382