In line with recent developments in leadership research which conceptualise leadership as a discursive and collaborative process rather than a set of static attributes and characteristics displayed by individuals, this paper explores some of the discursive processes through which leadership emerges in a sports team. Drawing on over ten hours of naturally occurring interactions among the players of a women’s netball team in the UK, and applying the concepts of deontic and epistemic status and stance, we identify and describe some of the specific processes through which leadership is claimed and assigned, as well as rejected, passed on, and eventually accepted by different team members at different points throughout an interaction. While the processes outlined in our analysis contribute to theoretical discussions regarding the notion of emergent leadership, this paper also demonstrates the benefits of taking a discourse analytical approach to leadership, and outlines how such an approach enables researchers to empirically capture emergent leadership in situ.

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探索无板篮球队中的紧急领导过程：通过话语分析提供经验证据

根据领导力研究的最新发展，将领导力概念化为一个话语和协作过程，而不是个人表现出的一组静态属性和特征，本文探讨了领导力在运动队中出现的一些话语过程。借鉴英国女子无板篮球队球员之间十多个小时自然发生的互动，并应用道义和认知状态和立场的概念，我们确定并描述了要求和分配领导权的一些具体过程，以及在整个交互过程中的不同点被不同的团队成员拒绝、传递并最终接受。