Leadership Discourses in Symphony Orchestras

University of Tampere,
01 April 2003, Finland

Although often romanticized as 'artistic' organizations, symphony orchestras depend on management and leadership as much as any other organization. At the same time, musicians and managers in symphony orchestras must coexist in the same organization despite the fact that they hold very different views on leadership. This paper explores how the notion of leadership is constructed in symphony orchestras.

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