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Title:
Leaders & the leadership process : readings, self-assessments & applications
Author:
Pierce, Jon L. (Jon Lepley)
ISBN:
9780072311228
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Boston : Irwin/McGraw Hill, ©2000.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 375 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents:
Perspective on Leadership from Homer's Odyssey / Readings -- Introduction to Leadership -- On the Meaning of Leadership / A Study of the Leadership Process / Contemporary Trends in the Analysis of the Leadership Process / Leadership : The Management of Meaning / Leaders and the Role of Personal Traits -- Self Assessment : Positive and Negative Affect -- Self-Assessment : Leadership Motivation -- Personal Factors Associated with Leadership : A Survey of the Literature / Leadership : Do Traits Matter? / Leadership and the Role of Gender -- Self-Assessment : Masculinity/Femininity -- Effects of Sex and Gender Role on Leader Emergence / Gender and Leadership Style : A Meta-Analysis / Leader Emergence -- Self-Assessment : Self-Monitoring -- Emergent Leadership and Social Influence / Who Gets Power : And How They Hold on to It / The Role of Self-Monitoring and Gender on Leader Emergence : A Laboratory and Field Study / Leadership as an Influence Process -- Self-Assessment : Influence Tactic -- Self-Assessment : Personal Power Profile -- The Bases of Social Power / Consequences of Influence Tactics Used with Subordinates, Peers and the Boss / Leadership and Leader Behaviors -- Self-Assessment : Michigan Organizational Assessment -- Self-Assessment : Initiating Structure and Consideration -- Predicting Organizational Effectiveness with a Four-Factor Theory of leadership / The Leader Behavior and Effectiveness of Aircraft Commanders / Patterns of Leadership Behavior Related to Employee Grievances and Turnover / Relationship between Leadership Patterns and Effectiveness Ratings among Israeli Foremen / Effects of Leader Warmth and Directiveness on Subordinate Performance on a Subsequent Task / Leadership and Situational Differences -- Self-Assessment : Least Preferred Co-Worker -- Path-Goal Theory of Leadership / How Do You Make Leaders More Effective : New Answers to an Old Puzzle / Situational Leadership / The Case for Directive Leadership / Multidirectional Approach Toward Leadership : An Extension of the Concept of Behavioral Complexity / Leadership in the Cross-Cultural Context -- Self-Assessment : Individualism- Collectivism -- Cultural Constraints in Management Theories / Leadership in Western and Asian Countries : Commonalties and Differences in Effective Leadership Processes Across Cultures / Followers and The Leadership Process -- Self-Assessment : Extraversion/Introversion -- Self-Assessment : Leader-Member Exchange -- The Reciprocal Nature of Influence Between Leader and Subordinate / The Follower's Role in Leadership Phenomena / Leader-Follower Exchange Quality : The Role of Personal and Interpersonal Attributes / Leadership, Followership, Self, and Others / Participative Leadership -- Self-Assessment : Participatory Leadership Attitudes -- Supervisory Style and Productivity : Review and Theory / A New Look at Managerial Decision Making / Participation, Satisfaction, and Productivity : A Meta-Analytic Review / Leadership : Substitutes, Neutralizers, and Enhancers -- Self-Assessment : Substitutes for Leadership -- Self-Assessment : Group Cohesiveness -- Self-Assessment : Organization-Based Self-Esteem -- Substitutes for Leadership : Their Meaning and Measurement / Substitutes for Leadership : Effective Alternatives to Ineffective Leadership / Charismatic and Transformational Leadership -- Self-Assessment : Transformational and Charismatic Leadership -- A 1976 Theory of Charismatic Leadership / Toward a Behavioral Theory of Charismatic Leadership / The Motivational Effects of Charismatic Leadership : A Self-Concept Based Theory / Relationship of Transformational and Transactional Leadership with Employee Influencing Strategies / Transformational Leader Behaviors and Their Effects on Followers' Trust in Leader, Satisfaction, and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors / Dysfunctional Aspects of Leadership -- Self-Assessment : Machiavellianism -- The Dark Side of Leadership / Narcissism and Leadership : An Object Relations Perspective / Does Leadership Really Make a Difference? -- Point : Leadership is but a Mirage : It Really Does Not Make a Difference -- The Ambiguity of Leadership / Point-Counterpoint : Leadership Really Does Make a Difference -- Executive Leadership and Organizational Performance : Suggestions for a New Theory and Methodology / Beyond Theory and Into the Practice of Leadership -- Applications : Case Studies and Experiential Exercises -- What You See is (not necessarily) What You Get -- A Different Style of Leadership -- Sam Perkins -- A Different Style of Leadership -- Donny is My Leader -- Tinkertoy Construction -- Choosing a Leader -- Characteristics of Superior Leaders -- Leader-Subordinate Friendships (LSF) -- Leadership (Locker-Room) Talks -- Follow the Leader -- Leadership Through Film : Power and Influence.
Abstract:
Leaders and Leadership is a collection of readings on leadership intended to give students a feel for the breadth and richness of this study. The set of readings aims to provide students with a sense of the complexity associated with organizational leadership as well as an understanding of the pieces that serve to define leadership. The text encourages students to engage in dialogue and to think critically about the leaders and the leadership process.
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