Book
Leadership and Sexuality
(2017)
Abstract
What is the relationship between sexuality and leadership? What comes to mind first are vivid instances where individuals, thought to be acting as trusted stewards of their constituents’ best interests, become embroiled in a sex-related scandal. It is not hard to find examples of leaders whose careers and notable accomplishments are tarnished permanently by one revealed indiscretion. Technically, although guilty of marital infidelity, Bill Clinton’s crime with regard to Monica Lewinsky was not the affair but charges of perjury that stemmed from lying about the affair. Of course, he only lied because he knew there would be a scandal if the affair hit the newspapers. In other cases, such as the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal, the New York State governor and ex-attorney general, engaged in criminal activity by patronizing prostitutes. The purpose of this volume is to explore the largely ignored relationship between sexuality and leadership.
Keywords
- sexuality,
- leadership,
- sexual leadership,
- heroic leadership
Disciplines
Publication Date
2017
Publisher
Elgar
Citation Information
James Beggan and Scott T. Allison. Leadership and Sexuality. (2017) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/scott_allison/49/