The ironies of leadership: Insights from a narrative analysis of the TV Western drama series, Rawhide

Organization

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 924-935

  Watson, Cate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ironic epiphany; irony; leader; leadership as irony; narrative; paradox; parody; repetition with difference; TV Western; unreliable narrator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888018023     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508412464896     Document Type: Article

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