ABSTRACT
In this chapter, it is argued that leadership scholars need philosophy to do ethics and that leadership studies is incomplete without the humanities. The chapter opens with some historical background on why research in the humanities appears to be less valuable than research in the social sciences. After that, it turns to discussion of method in the humanities and some of the common mistakes that social scientists make when they attempt to draw from the humanities literature in their research. The chapter then compares and contrasts research methods in the social sciences and the humanities as a means of showing how work in both areas may produce a deeper grounding for research and a richer understanding of leadership.
