Leaders and the Leadership Process : Readings, Self-Assessments, and Applications

by PIERCE JON L.

• ISBN13: 9780072482560
• ISBN10: 0072482567
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-13
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Summary

Pierce and Newstrom's Leaders and the Leadership Process, 3/e is a collection of readings, self-assessments, and applications on leadership intended to give students a feel for the breadth and richness of this study. This experiential paperback book provides 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. Self-assessments, which begin most chapters of the book, encourage students to look at their own personal leadership style. A capstone section of Applications, in the form of case studies and experiential exercises, asks students to move beyond theory to the practice of leadership. The authors use this combination of readings, self-assessments, and applications to create a "leadership mosaic" - one that encourages students to examine the concepts, propositions, perspectives, and theories one at a time as it builds towards the students

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Leadership

Chapter 2: The Leader-Follower Relationship: Fairness, Trust, and Ethical Behavior

Chapter 3: Leaders and the Role of Personal Traits

Chapter 4: Leadership and the Role of Gender

Chapter 5: Leader Emergence

Chapter 6: Leadership as an Influence Process

Chapter 7: Leadership and Leader Behaviors

Chapter 8: Leadership and Situational Differences

Chapter 9: Leadership in the Cross-cultural Context

Chapter 10: Followers and The Leadership Process

Chapter 11: Participative Leadership

Chapter 12: Leadership: Substitutes, Neutralizers, and Enhancers

Chapter 13: Charismatic and Transformational Leadership

Chapter 14: Dysfunctional Aspects of Leadership

Chapter 15: Does Leadership Really Make a Difference?

Part II Beyond Theory and Into the Practice of Leadership

Applications: Case Studies and Experiential Exercises