Schumpeter’s theory of leadership: a brief sketch

So far, it has hardly been recognized that the great Austrian thinker Joseph Alois Schumpeter had developed a general theory of leadership. In this paper, we analyze how leaders promote change by building on Schumpeter’s understanding of entrepreneurial leadership which fuses the concepts of entrepr...

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Published inThe journal of philosophical economics Vol. III; no. 2; pp. 122 - 133
Main Authors Michaelides, Panayotis, Kardasi, Ourania
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Rosetti International Publishing House 2010
Editura Rosetti International
Subjects
Economy
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Social Sciences
Social Theory
Socio-Economic Research
Sociology
Special Branches of Philosophy
Schumpeter
society
entrepreneurship
leadership
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Summary:So far, it has hardly been recognized that the great Austrian thinker Joseph Alois Schumpeter had developed a general theory of leadership. In this paper, we analyze how leaders promote change by building on Schumpeter’s understanding of entrepreneurial leadership which fuses the concepts of entrepreneurship and leadership. Also, we analyze Schumpeter’s shift in emphasis regarding his leadership theory. Specifically, Schumpeter in his early works defined entrepreneurs as individuals whose acts have significant effects on firms. However, in his late works he seems to have realized the need to extend further the boundaries of his early approach, to account for social forces.
ISSN:1843-2298
1844-8208