Leadership studies and 'the fusion of horizons'

摘要

Leadership is a human phenomenon that is embedded in culture, which includes art, literature, religion, philosophy, language, history, and generally all those things that constitute what it means to be and to live as a human being. Since leadership is about people, leadership studies should be grounded in the human sciences. The human sciences consist of the disciplines that study people. This includes the humanities and the social sciences. The interesting question is: Why is the research and literature on leadership studies mostly from the social sciences? The simple explanation is because the field grew out of work in psychology and management.