Horses for Courses: Exploring the Limits of Leadership Development through Equine-Assisted Learning
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| Title: | Horses for Courses: Exploring the Limits of Leadership Development through Equine-Assisted Learning |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Kelly, Simon |
| Source: | Journal of Management Education. Apr 2014 38(2):216-233. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Evaluative Journal Articles |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Animals, Leadership Training, Personal Narratives, Interaction, Individual Development, Interpersonal Relationship, Leadership Qualities, Self Actualization, Epistemology, Learning Processes, Administrator Qualifications, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1052562913489027 |
| ISSN: | 1052-5629 |
| Abstract: | This article draws on insights taken from Lacanian psychoanalysis to rethink and resituate notions of the self and subjectivity within the theory and practice of experiential leadership development. Adopting an autoethnographic approach, it describes the author's own experience as a participant in a program of equine-assisted learning or "horse whispering" and considers the consequences of human-animal interactions as a tool for self-development and improvement. Through an analysis of this human-animal interaction, the article presents and applies three Lacanian concepts of "subjectivity," "desire," and "fantasy" and considers their form and function in determining the often fractured relationship between self and other that characterizes leader-follower relations. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 39 |
| Entry Date: | 2014 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1020329 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This article draws on insights taken from Lacanian psychoanalysis to rethink and resituate notions of the self and subjectivity within the theory and practice of experiential leadership development. Adopting an autoethnographic approach, it describes the author's own experience as a participant in a program of equine-assisted learning or "horse whispering" and considers the consequences of human-animal interactions as a tool for self-development and improvement. Through an analysis of this human-animal interaction, the article presents and applies three Lacanian concepts of "subjectivity," "desire," and "fantasy" and considers their form and function in determining the often fractured relationship between self and other that characterizes leader-follower relations. |
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| ISSN: | 1052-5629 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1052562913489027 |
