The Nature of Leadership

by David V. Day

• ISBN13: 9781412980203
• ISBN10: 1412980208
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-01
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

Written by a team of leading experts in leadership studies, The Nature of Leadership provides compelling answers to the most vexing questions surrounding leadership: Is leadership measurable? Are there traits that reliably distinguish leaders from nonleaders? Does the situation matter? Are there differences in women's and men's leadership styles? Is ethical leadership effective leadership? Are elements of leadership culturally bounded whereas other elements are universal? Does vision really matter? Can leadership be developed?The new volume includes 16 chapters divided into five parts: Introduction, Leadership: Science, Nature, and Nurture; The Major Schools of Leadership; Special Topics in Leadership; and Conclusion. Topical coverage within these parts include research methods, leader and leadership development, evolutionary and biological perspectives of leadership, individual differences, situational and contingency theories, transformational, charismatic, and shared leadership, followership, gender, identity, culture, and ethics.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction
Leadership: Past, Present, and Future	p. 3
Leadership: Science, Nature, and Nurture
Aggregation Processes and Levels of Analysis as Organizing Structures for Leadership Theory	p. 29
Advances in Leadership Research Methods	p. 66
The Nature of Leadership Development	p. 108
The Nature in Leadership: Evolutionary, Biological, and Social Neuroscience Perspectives	p. 141
The Major Schools of Leadership
Individual Differences in Leadership	p. 179
Contingencies, Context, Situation, and Leadership	p. 218
Transformational and Charismatic Leadership	p. 256
The Nature of Relational Leadership: A Multitheoretical Lens on Leadership Relationships and Processes	p. 289
In the Minds of Followers: Follower-Centric Approaches to Leadership	p. 331
The Nature of Shared Leadership	p. 363
Leadership and Special Domains
Leadership and Culture	p. 393
Leadership and Gender	p. 437
Leadership and Identity	p. 477
Ethics and Effectiveness: The Nature of Good Leadership	p. 508
Conclusion
The Crucibles of Authentic Leadership	p. 543
Author Index	p. 557
Subject Index	p. 579
About the Editors	p. 589
About the Contributors	p. 590
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