TY - JOUR
T1 - The Art of Creating Leaders
T2 - Popular Culture Artifacts as Pathways for Development
AU - Callahan, Jamie L.
AU - Whitener, J. Kori
AU - Sandlin, Jennifer A.
PY - 2007/5/1
Y1 - 2007/5/1
N2 - The problem and the solution. Leadership development is arguably one of the most important activities undertaken by human resource development (HRD) professionals.The process of leadership development has implications for each of the three primary categories of action that characterize the field of HRD: career development ; training and development; and organization development. Thus, exploring alternative and innovative approaches to understanding leadership should take a prominent role in the practice of HRD. Although not a new concept, popular culture is one such innovative approach to teaching leadership. Although there has been increasing interest in techniques of leadership development in HRD, the field of HRD has not fully explored how popular culture artifacts—such as film, television, and fiction/nonfiction books—can be used in leadership development. This article explores the literature regarding popular culture as it relates to shaping audience perceptions, the role of popular culture as a teaching tool, and key characteristics for choosing effective popular culture artifacts for leadership development.
AB - The problem and the solution. Leadership development is arguably one of the most important activities undertaken by human resource development (HRD) professionals.The process of leadership development has implications for each of the three primary categories of action that characterize the field of HRD: career development ; training and development; and organization development. Thus, exploring alternative and innovative approaches to understanding leadership should take a prominent role in the practice of HRD. Although not a new concept, popular culture is one such innovative approach to teaching leadership. Although there has been increasing interest in techniques of leadership development in HRD, the field of HRD has not fully explored how popular culture artifacts—such as film, television, and fiction/nonfiction books—can be used in leadership development. This article explores the literature regarding popular culture as it relates to shaping audience perceptions, the role of popular culture as a teaching tool, and key characteristics for choosing effective popular culture artifacts for leadership development.
KW - fiction
KW - film
KW - leadership development
KW - nonfiction
KW - popular culture
U2 - 10.1177/1523422306298856
DO - 10.1177/1523422306298856
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84990317244
VL - 9
SP - 146
EP - 165
JO - Advances in Developing Human Resources
JF - Advances in Developing Human Resources
SN - 1523-4223
IS - 2
ER -