The quest for a general theory of leadership

A quest for a grand theory of leadership / J. Thomas Wren -- Leadership and the human condition / Michael Harvey -- The theory and metatheory of leadership : the important but contested nature of theory / Mark C. Walker -- Power / Michael Harvey -- Leader-follower relations : group dynamics and the...

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Main Author: Goethals, George R.
Other Authors: Sorenson, Georgia Jones
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, U.K Edward Elgar c2006
Series:New horizons in leadership studies
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:A quest for a grand theory of leadership / J. Thomas Wren -- Leadership and the human condition / Michael Harvey -- The theory and metatheory of leadership : the important but contested nature of theory / Mark C. Walker -- Power / Michael Harvey -- Leader-follower relations : group dynamics and the role of leadership / Crystal L. Hoyt, George R. Goethals and Ronald E. Riggio -- A framework for a general theory of leadership ethics / Terry L. Price and Douglas A. Hicks -- Causality, change and leadership / Gill Robinson Hickman and Richard A. Couto -- A constructionist lens on leadership : charting new territory / Sonia Ospina and Georgia L.J. Sorenson -- Contemplating context / J. Thomas Wren and Elizabeth Faier -- What we learned along the way : a commentary / Joanne B. Ciulla -- Afterword / James MacGregor Burns
In this compelling book, top scholars from diverse fields describe the progress they have made in developing a general theory of leadership. Led by James MacGregor Burns, Pulitzer Prize winning author of the classic Leadership (1978), they tell the story of this intellectual venture and the conclusions and questions that arose from it
Physical Description:xvii, 250 p ill
ISBN:9781845425418
9781847203243
9781847202932
1845425413