Leaders and the Leadership Process
6th Edition
Published on 16. January 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-0-07-128952-8 (ISBN)
Description
The Sixth Edition of Pierce and Newstrom's Leaders and the Leadership Process is a collection of readings, self-assessments, case studies and experiential exercises on leadership intended to give students a feel for the breadth and richness of this study. Leaders and the Leadership Process 6e provides students with a sense of the complexity associated with leadership in organizations as well as an understanding of the pieces that serve to define leadership. The authors create a "leadership mosaic," which encourages students to examine the concepts, propositions, perspectives, and theories individually as they build towards the student's ultimate unique leadership mosaic.
More details
Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 278 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
1086 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-128952-8 (9780071289528)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Respected teacher, widely published author, and consultant to organizations in the areas of training and supervisory development. He is Professor Emeritus of Management in the Management Studies Department of the Labovitz School of Business and Economics at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD).
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction to LeadershipChapter 2: The Leader-Follower Relationship: Leader-Member Exchange Quality, Justice, and Trust Chapter 3: The Leader: Personality, Motives and Other Personal QualitiesChapter 4: Leadership and the Role of Sex and Gender Chapter 5: Leader Emergence: A Dynamic ProcessChapter 6: Leadership as an Influence ProcessChapter 7: Leadership and Leader BehaviorsChapter 8: Contingency and Path-Goal Theories of Leadership: Situational and Follower DifferencesChapter 9: Leadership and the Cross-cultural ContextChapter 10: Followers and the Leadership ProcessChapter 11: Leadership Style: Participative, Directive, and Laissez-faireChapter 12: Substitutes for LeadershipChapter 13: Charismatic LeadershipChapter 14: Transformational LeadershipChapter 15: The Negative (Dark) Side of Leadership Chapter 16: Positive Leadership: Spiritual, Ethical, and Authentic