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Black Leader or Leader Who Happens to be Black? Racial Identity Politics Among African American Leaders

Collins, Brittany L.

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2009, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Communication.
This study advances a racially inclusive approach to Leadership Studies. Specifically, this analysis focuses on the various linguistic tools (e.g., terms, metaphors, habitual forms of arguments, and anecdotes) African American leaders use to describe the multiple Discourses they encounter functioning within the organizational setting. By analyzing the sensemaking accounts (Weick et al., 2005) participants' offer to describe racial obstacles faced as they maneuvered through government and corporate hierarchies, the researcher finds strategic identity management techniques being enacted. While the data suggests the presence of certain indicators of Fordham's (1988) racelessness persona, the researcher offers a reconceptualization of this identity management strategy that better aligns with a “both/and” (racially inclusive) approach (Fairhurst, 2005).
Gail Fairhurst, PhD (Committee Chair)
Suzanne Boys, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
MJ Woeste, PhD (Committee Member)
83 p.

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  • Collins, B. L. (2009). Black Leader or Leader Who Happens to be Black? Racial Identity Politics Among African American Leaders [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243355653

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Collins, Brittany. Black Leader or Leader Who Happens to be Black? Racial Identity Politics Among African American Leaders. 2009. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243355653.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Collins, Brittany. "Black Leader or Leader Who Happens to be Black? Racial Identity Politics Among African American Leaders." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243355653

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)