Entrepreneurial Leadership Development: Theory and Practice (Routledge Studies in Leadership and Leadership Development)

This book offers a pioneering and comprehensive examination of entrepreneurial leadership as an emerging and transformative approach to leadership theory and practice.Moving beyond traditional leadership models that emphasise innate personality traits and end outcomes, the book advances a dynamic, holistic perspective that foregrounds leadership development across diverse and often underexplored organisational contexts, including corporations, higher education institutions, and small and medium-sized enterprises. Addressing the fragmented nature of existing scholarship, the book consolidates theoretical and empirical perspectives on entrepreneurial leadership, outlining its core attributes, antecedents, and developmental pathways.It adopts a multi-level lens, examining entrepreneurial leadership development at the individual, team, and organisational levels, and proposes practical development strategies such as experiential, reflective, and social learning, leadership development progr