Abstract
Leadership plays a relevant role in the improvement of organisations and its study has influenced the analysis of dynamics of social change in current societies. There is a trend to analyse leadership considering issues such as its distribution or transformative dimension. According to recent developments in this field, dialogic leadership implies the whole community in the process of creation, development and consolidation of leadership practices. However, less is known about the role of dialogic leadership in relation to men´s movements and masculinities, particularly in the field of the New Alternative Masculinities (NAM). This article presents the results of a qualitative case study developed in an adult school being part of the Learning Communities project. It illustrates existing synergies between dialogic leadership and the NAM movement. It is explored in which ways the school influence transformative processes beyond its organisation and contributes to make more visible the NAM movement. The paper shows evidence on how dialogic leadership contributes to create an environment in which emerging leadership practices of the community in relation to the NAM movement have flourished.
Highlights
Leadership plays a relevant role in the improvement of organisations, and its study has influenced analysis of the dynamics of social change in current societies
Less is known about the role of dialogic leadership in relation to the mens movement and masculinities, in the field of the New Alternative Masculinities (NAM)
Evidence is presented regarding the manner in which dialogic leadership contributes to create an environment in which emerging leadership practices of the community in relation to the NAM movement have flourished
Summary
Leadership plays a relevant role in the improvement of organisations, and its study has influenced analysis of the dynamics of social change in current societies. The MCS – Masculinities and Social Change, 5(1) 73 dialogic turn in societies and the social sciences (Flecha, Gómez & Puigvert, 2003) illuminates the ways in which the analysis of dialogue contributes to a deepening comprehension of social reality. This contribution includes the role of the human agency and the structures that either favour or hamper dialogue, which provides an inspiring framework of analysis to advance leadership research. Less is known about the role of dialogic leadership in the analysis of the mens movements and masculinities, in the New Alternative Masculinities (Flecha, Puigvert & Ríos, 2013)
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