Leadership That Settled the Frontier

This idea brief explores the leadership lessons displayed by the characters of Louis L'Amour's western novels. Western fiction can be a powerful tool to engage students and demonstrate many leadership theories and models. This brief examines how L'Amour's characters can be used t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of leadership education 2014-01, Vol.13 (2), p.169-175
1. Verfasser: Boyd, Barry L
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This idea brief explores the leadership lessons displayed by the characters of Louis L'Amour's western novels. Western fiction can be a powerful tool to engage students and demonstrate many leadership theories and models. This brief examines how L'Amour's characters can be used to illustrate Kouzes and Posner's Five Practices of Exemplary Leaders. The author will demonstrate how western literature, specifically L'Amour's novels, can be a tool to help students see leadership in a new light.
ISSN:1552-9045
1552-9045
DOI:10.12806/V13/I2/I1