Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice

by Nohria, Nitin

• ISBN13: 9781422138793
• ISBN10: 1422138798
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-26
• Publisher: Harvard Business School Pr

Summary

The study of leadership suffers intellectual neglect and has yet to be considered a serious academic discipline. And though the mission statements of most business schools profess to "develop leaders who make a difference in the world," these same schools produce hardly any serious scholarship or research to advance our understanding of leadership. To fill this void, Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana have invited leading scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds to take stock of what we know about leadership and to set an agenda for future research.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xii
The Impact of Leadership: Performance and Meaning
Advancing Leadership Theory and Practice	p. 3
When Does Leadership Matter? A Contingent Opportunities View of CEO Leadership	p. 27
Revisiting the Meaning of Leadership	p. 65
What is this thing Called Leadership?	p. 107
The Theory of Leadership: Personal Attributes, Functions, and Relationships
Chapters that take stock of different disciplinary perspectives on leadership and articulate an agenda for future research
Leadership Through an Organization Behavior Lens: A Look at the Last Half-Century of Research	p. 119
Psychological Perspectives on Leadership	p. 159
A Clinical Approach to the Dynamics of Leadership and Executive Transformation	p. 183
Classical Sociological Approaches to the Study of Leadership	p. 223
Economists' Perspectives on Leadership	p. 239
An Economic Perspective on Leadership	p. 265
Leadership and History	p. 291
Power and Leadership	p. 305
The Variability of Leadership: What's Core and Contingent
Chapters exploring similarities and differences in leadership across task, culture, and identity
Leadership and Cultural Context: A Theoretical and Empirical Examination Based on Project Globe	p. 335
Women and Leadership: Defining the Challenges	p. 377
A Contingency Theory of Leadership	p. 411
The Practice of Leadership: Agency and Constraint
Chapters on the multiple facets of leadership practice
What Is Leadership? The CEO's Role in Large, Complex Organizations	p. 433
What Makes Teams of Leaders Leadable?	p. 475
Decision Making as Leadership Foundation	p. 507
Leading Change: Leadership, Organization, and Social Movements	p. 527
Leadership in a Globalizing World	p. 569
Unlocking the Slices of Genius in Your Organization: Leading for Innovation	p. 611
The Development of Leaders: Knowing, Doing, and Being
Chapters on the development of leaders
Identity-Based Leader Development	p. 657
The Experience Conundrum	p. 679
Leadership Development Interventions: Ensuring a Return on the Investment	p. 709
Pursuing Authentic Leadership Development	p. 739
Adult Development and Organizational Leadership	p. 769
Index	p. 789
About the Contributors	p. 807
About the Editors	p. 821
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