Index

Michael J. Urick (Saint Vincent College, USA)

Leadership in Middle-Earth: Theories and Applications for Organizations

ISBN: 978-1-80071-528-8, eISBN: 978-1-80071-525-7

Publication date: 25 May 2021

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Urick, M.J. (2021), "Index", Leadership in Middle-Earth: Theories and Applications for Organizations (Exploring Effective Leadership Practices through Popular Culture), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 131-134. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-525-720211015

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INDEX

Actions
, 8, 35, 62, 113–114

communication through
, 58–61

immoral
, 18

negative
, 35

Ages
, 77, 114

Ainur
, 62, 105

Allen & Unwin publishing company
, 14

American Tolkien Society
, 3, 73

Anti-business
, 16, 93

Anti-leadership
, 8, 18

Anti-technology
, 16

Arkenstone
, 80, 95

Artifacts
, 2, 62–63, 90

Assumptions
, 62–63

Attributes and purposes of meetings
, 116

Bases of power
, 8, 16, 29–32, 36–39, 41–42, 111–112

coercive
, 30–31, 36, 38–39

expert
, 30–36

legitimate
, 30–38, 45

referent
, 30–33, 35–41

reward
, 30–39

Battle of Five Armies
, 38–39, 41, 79

Beer
, 40, 63, 103–104

Behaviors in communication
, 8

Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics (Tolkien)
, 2

Bible, The
, 98

Bookend celebration
, 104

Brainstorming techniques
, 89

Cardinal Virtues
, 25–26, 56

prudence
, 25

justice
, 25–26, 65

fortitude
, 25

temperance
, 25

Care for resources
, 93

ents
, 95–96

environmentalism and Tolkien’s faith
, 99–100

examples from middle-earth
, 93–95

waste minimization
, 96–98

Catholic faith
, 25, 98, 110

Celebrations
, 9, 103

music
, 104–105

Road Goes Ever On And On (song)
, 106

of success
, 103–104

Change
, 78

agents
, 60

times of
, 77

Charismatic leadership
, 56

Citizenship behaviors
, 88

Coercive bases
, 31, 36, 39

Collective memory
, 77, 79

Collins, Jim
, 41

Communication
, 8, 55

through actions
, 58–61

behaviors in
, 8

Saruman and Gandalf wizards
, 55–58

song
, 62–63

styles
, 113–114

Conflict
, 48, 65–66, 112, 114

identity-based
, 66–69

Contact hypothesis
, 68

Council of Elrond
, 42, 48, 89–90

COVID-19
, 85

Culture
, 62–63, 70, 73, 77, 114

elements
, 15

group’s
, 62, 116

of Middle-earth
, 78

pop
, 1–2

popular
, 1–2, 6–7

Decision making
, 24, 27, 84, 89, 111

Defects
, 97

“Dungeons and Dragons” games
, 1, 15

Dwarves
, 32–33, 39–41, 45, 50, 58, 60, 68, 86, 88, 95, 109

band of
, 38

meeting
, 9

quest
, 40, 50

Elves
, 22, 38, 58, 60–61, 66–68, 73, 75, 77, 80, 90, 93–94, 103, 109

Ents
, 9, 59, 77–78, 95–96, 100

Environmentalism
, 93, 99–100

Equity theory
, 51

Erebor
, 32, 36, 38–39, 80, 85, 95

Ethical leaders
, 24–25

Excess inventory
, 97

Excess motion
, 97

Expectancy theory
, 51–52

Expert power
, 30–32, 34–35, 37, 40–41

Explicit knowledge
, 74–75

Extraversion
, 17, 24, 26–27, 111

Extrinsic motivator
, 51

Fairhurst, Gail (leadership scholar)
, 35, 57

Fairy stories
, 2, 15

Fairy tales
, 2, 15

Familial lineage
, 82

Fangorn Forest
, 18, 94, 96

Fellowship
, 23, 47–49, 65, 112–113

disbands
, 49

member
, 51

Fellowship of the Ring, The
, 8, 14, 22–23, 32–33, 37, 41–42, 50, 77, 89, 95

Fireworks
, 33, 56, 79, 103

Followers
, 8, 16, 18, 104

barriers
, 23

diverse group
, 17

foster growth and development of
, 115–116

Food
, 86

Frameworks
, 48

French, John R. P
, 16, 30

“Game of Thrones” television series (Martin)
, 1, 15

Gandalf (wizard)
, 8, 17–18, 25, 32–34, 43, 55–58, 86–87

Genders
, 114

and leadership
, 69–70

Goal setting theory
, 50–53

Gondor
, 5, 21–23, 26, 36–38, 52, 62, 74, 81–82, 93, 104

Great War, The
, 14

Green Dragon
, 40, 94, 106

“Harry Potter” series (Rowling)
, 1

Helping behavior (citizenship behavior)
, 88

Helm’s Deep
, 35–36, 96

“History of Middle-earth, The”
, 14, 68

“Hobbit, The”
, 1–2, 5–6, 9, 14–15, 18, 31–33, 38–43, 45, 50, 58, 60, 68–69, 73, 76–77, 79–80, 86, 95, 105

Hobbits
, 39–42

Humans
, 38, 48–49, 58, 60–61, 65–67, 80, 90, 98, 109

Human resources
, 88

Humility
, 41

Idealized influence, intellectual stimulation, individualized consideration, inspirational motivation (four I’s)
, 30

Identity
, 66–67

identity-based conflict
, 66–69

Information asymmetry
, 89

Inklings, The
, 15

Innovation
, 78

Intergenerational knowledge transfer
, 77, 82–83

Intrinsic motivation
, 50–51

Intrinsic motivators
, 51

Isengard
, 35–36, 57–58, 94, 96, 98

Jackson, Peter
, 14, 76–77, 88

Journal of Leadership and Management
, 6, 29

Kantian ethics
, 25

Kings
, 36–39

Knowledge transfer
, 74–79, 81–82

intergenerational
, 77, 82–83

in Middle-Earth
, 73–74

Labels
, 114

Laketown
, 38, 80

“Laudato Si” encyclical
, 98

“Lay of Luthien” song
, 63

Leader(s)
, 8, 18, 21, 79, 112–113, 118

bases of power
, 29–32

emergence and effectiveness
, 24–26

hobbits
, 39–42

influence
, 29

kings
, 36–39

power, wisdom, and simplicity
, 42–44

seeking power
, 21–23

servant leadership
, 23–24

wizards
, 32–36

Leader–member exchange theory (LMX theory)
, 56–57

Leadership
, 6, 13, 16–17, 21, 29

gender and
, 69–70

Tolkien’s views on
, 17–19

Lean
, 97, 117

Learning
, 6–7, 78–79, 115

Legitimate bases
, 31

Legitimate power
, 37

Level 5 leaders
, 41

Lewis, C. S.
, 15

“Lonely Mountain, The”
, 38, 68

“Lord of the Rings, The”
, 1–2, 5, 8–9, 14–15, 17–18, 21–22, 31–34, 36–37, 40–43, 45–46, 56, 68–69, 73, 77, 80, 95, 103–104

Lothlorien
, 37, 69, 93

Meetings
, 9, 85

Council of Elrond
, 89–90

purposes
, 85–86

unexpected party
, 86–88

Mental models, strengthening of
, 47–50

Mentee
, 76, 78

Mentor
, 76, 81

behaviors
, 79–81

followers
, 17

Mentoring
, 75, 79, 115

behavior
, 81

intergenerational
, 9

relationships
, 116

Mentorship
, 9, 74–79

in Middle-Earth
, 73–74

pairs
, 77

Middle-earth (Tolkien)
, 3, 6–7, 9, 13, 29, 31, 36, 57, 59, 93–95, 109, 114

attributes and purposes of meetings
, 116

biography of Tolkien
, 110

celebrations in
, 103

characters
, 109

communication styles
, 113–114

creation
, 62

examples of mentorship and knowledge transfer in
, 73–74

fellowship
, 112–113

foster growth and development of followers
, 115–116

gender and leadership
, 69–70

identity
, 66–67

identity-based conflict
, 67–69

influence
, 111–112

music
, 118

poor leaders
, 110–111

representation in
, 65

steward of resources
, 117

stories
, 117

Mindsets
, 48

Mirkwood
, 79, 93

Mithril
, 95

Mordor
, 8, 25–26, 31, 38, 40–42, 49–52, 60–61, 78, 81

Morgan, Fr. Francis Xavier
, 13

Moria
, 49, 80, 95

Motion
, 97

Motivation
, 50–53

extrinsic
, 51, 53

intrinsic
, 50–51, 53

Mount Doom
, 8, 40–42, 49, 52, 61

Movies
, 7

Music
, 104–105, 114, 118

Nazgul, The
, 45

Negative leadership
, 18

Nepotism
, 47

Nine Walkers
, 45

Operational excellence
, 97, 117

Orcs
, 96

Organization
, 7, 10

Organizational behavior
, 6, 10–11

Orthanc
, 35

Over processing
, 97

Overproduction
, 97

Oxford
, 1, 14–15

Oxonmoot 2020
, 109

Palantiri
, 85

Pipe smoking
, 40, 43, 83, 105

Pollution
, 97, 99

Pop culture
, 1

Pope Francis
, 98–99

Popular books
, 7

Popular culture
, 1, 7

Positive leadership
, 17–18, 65

Power
, 29, 42–44

bases of
, 29–32

seeking
, 21–23

Prancing Pony
, 21, 37

Practical knowledge
, 74–75

Races
, 114

Raven, Bertram
, 16, 30

Real-world leaders
, 115

Referent power
, 30–31, 33, 41

Resilience
, 75

Resources
, 9, 17, 19, 31, 78, 88, 93, 95, 97–98, 100–101, 110, 117

“Return of the King, The”
, 14, 22, 34, 37–38, 41, 46, 94

Reward bases
, 31

Ringwraiths. (see Nazgul, The)

Road Goes Ever On and On, The (song)
, 63, 106

Rohan
, 31, 36, 38, 56, 58, 70, 74, 82

Roles
, 7, 17, 114

Saruman (wizard)
, 8, 18, 35, 43, 55–58, 60, 96, 98, 100

Schein, Edgar
, 62, 75, 86

Scouring of the Shire, The
, 94

Self-categorization theories
, 65

Servant leadership
, 16–17, 23–24

Shippey, Tom
, 15, 34–36, 40

Shire, The
, 23, 33, 46, 50, 56, 60–61, 63, 73, 75, 94, 98, 103–104

“Silmarillion, The”
, 6, 14, 62, 68, 105

Simplicity
, 42–44

Six Sigma
, 97, 117

Social identity theories
, 65

Socialization techniques
, 75

Song
, 62–63, 105, 114, 118

South Africa
, 13

Spiders
, 41, 80

Steward of resources
, 117

Super Bowl
, 106

Tacit knowledge
, 74–75

Team
, 45

considerations
, 45

effectiveness
, 46–47

goal setting and motivation
, 50–53

stages of team development
, 1, 48, 53

strengthening of mental models
, 47–50

Television shows
, 7

Tobacco
, 94, 98, 103, 106

Tolkien (Bratt), Edith Mary
, 14

Tolkien, Christopher
, 122

Tolkien, J. R. R.
, 2–3

biography of
, 110

faith
, 99–100

leadership
, 16–19

life and works
, 13–16

Tolkien Ensemble, The
, 5

Traits
, 24

Transactional leadership
, 30, 36, 39

Transformational leadership
, 16–17, 30

Trees
, 94–96

“Two Towers, The”
, 14, 34–35, 95

Utilitarianism
, 25

University of Leeds
, 14

Unexpected party
, 86–88

Values
, 62–63

Vocation
, 110

Voice of Saruman, The
, 35–36, 57

Volunteering
, 42

Waste minimization
, 96–98

Wisdom
, 42–44

Wise, The
, 43, 59

Wizards
, 32–36

“World of Warcraft” games
, 1

World War I
, 14, 16