Description

About The Book

Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities worldwide, the market-leading text owes its success to the unique way in which it combines an academically robust account of the major theories and models of leadership with an accessible style and practical exercises that help students apply what they learn. Each chapter follows a consistent format, allowing students to contrast the various theories. Three case studies in each chapter also provide practical examples of the theories discussed.

Table Of Contents

Preface

Special Features

Audience

Introduction

Trait Approach

Skills Approach

Style Approach

Situational Approach

Contingency Theory

Path – Goal Theory

Leader – Member Exchange Theory

Transformational Leadership

Servant Leadership

Authentic Leadership

Team Leadership

Psychodynamic Approach

Women and Leadership

Culture and Leadership

Leadership Ethics

Summary

References

Author Index

Subject Index

Reviews
“This is a great textbook that provides the foundational theories of leadership. The book achieves a critical balance of providing scholarly research and practitioner perspectives. Case studies, class activities and leadership surveys provide an integrative perspective of individual, team and organizational leadership styles and practices”

Meera Alagaraja
University of Louisville
What a great resource!Great book – Great case studies for the students – Easy to use. My students fine this book very sharpened and readable. I describe this bookas a pinch of background of what leadership is. This book is one of the rare book that presents Servant leadership in a new form for both instructors and students.

Dr. Oris Guillaume
Shorter University
A seminal work; a keeper!

Paul W. Decker
Woodbury University
It provides a comprehensive and concise coverage of many leadership approaches. This text has the best on-line support for instructors and students I have ever seen.

Tom Taylor
Florida State University
What a great resource!Great book – Great case studies for the students – Easy to use. My students find this book very sharpened and readable. I describe this book as a pinch of background of what leadership is. This book is one of the rare book that presents Servant leadership in a new form for both instructors and students.

Dr. Oris Guillaume
Shorter University
This book will appeal to a variety of upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses in management, leadership, education, public administration, nursing, social work, criminal justice…With an in-depth presentation of leadership theory and a discussion of how it applies to real-life situations, it can help direct the way leadership is practised.

The Asian Age
This edition reviews and analyses a selected number of leadership theories, highlighting how each theoretical approach could be applied in real world organisations.

The Times of India
Though the book would be very useful as textbook for students, it will also offer a comprehensive guide to those who are already in the business. This revised edition has new chapter that examines the latest research on culture, its dimensions and ways in which culture affects the leadership process.

Indian Management