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The Nature of Leadership
from: Sage Publications, Inc
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.4092
EAN: 9780761927150
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0761927158
Label: Sage Publications, Inc
Manufacturer: Sage Publications, Inc
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: January 07, 2004
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Studio: Sage Publications, Inc
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Editorial Review:
“In The Nature of Leadership, Antonakis, Cianciolo, and Sternberg provide a thorough review of the state of leadership research. I was impressed with the reviews of research methods, leadership assessment, the influence of context, and ethics. It is a must read for those who teach leadership.” —Robert Hooijberg, Professor of Organizational Behavior, International Institute
for Management Development “The Nature of Leadership is a masterful state-of-the-art-and-science compendium written to appeal to researchers, students, and practitioners of leadership. This book covers the leadership landscape with both breadth and depth of knowledge and practice possible only from real experts and their protégés. It will be off my bookshelf often, as I plan to use it regularly.” —Fran Yammarino, Distinguished Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Leadership Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton"The Nature of Leadership will be useful to anyone with an interest in leadership. Its relevance extends beyond business to toher social sciences and humanities discplines as well..."
--CHOICELeadership scholars have made many inroads in understanding leadership. However, making sense of thousands of studies and hundreds of books is a difficult endeavor, which is why many still incorrectly think that leadership is an elusive phenomenon. The Nature of Leadership is the first concise and integrated volume that addresses current issues in leadership research, including emerging topics such as gender, culture, and ethics. More than ever before, leadership is seen as critical for the proper functioning of societies and social institutions. Written by a team of leading experts, The Nature of Leadership will provide 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?
Editors John Antonakis, Anna T. Cianciolo, and Robert J. Sternberg have compiled a landmark volume that addresses all of the above (answers to all of which are “yes”) and much more. As Warren Bennis notes in the book’s conclusion, in our time, we witness scandals, bankruptcies, war, misery, and suffering mostly because of corrupt and immoral leadership. Beginning with an introduction from the editors, and ending with Bennis’s concluding chapter, The Nature of Leadership takes students, scholars, and practicing managers through every facet of leadership from the perspective of the world’s leading experts. (20050106)
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - The nature of leadership
It's so useful, especialy with me, a young I/O psychologist in Vietnam. Thank so much.
Rating: - Definitively the state of the art
The Nature of Leadership is a book everybody claiming to speak about Leadership has to read. This book does not provide any easy method to be used to become a leader; instead, it demonstrates with scientific evidences what are the attributions of a leader. It will help any students interested by this field of research better understand what this matter is about.
Rating: - No pain, no gain--go for the straight and narrow!
The reviewer that refers to this book as being "painful" is partly right. This book is difficult to read, that's for sure. However, leadership, as a topic is not simple. There are no quick fixes. To learn about leadership you will have to read a lot, particularly what the researchers have written. The topic is not simple and certainly cannot be summarized in simple graphs or charts. You'll need some level of intelligence to understand "The nature of leadership"
Managers or students, ... Read More
Rating:  - Managers can read books, you know!
I get the feeling that some of the comments by readers suggest that managers cannot understand academic books. We can, if we buckle down and read them. Sure, the quick one-liners of a Covey or a Blanchard are cool and easy to understand. After a while, though, those books become a bit empty. Too much of "how too" and not enough of "why".
I kind of liked the challenge of reading a book that is written by researchers. All of the chapters (14 in total) were quite easy to follow except for ... Read More
Rating: - A book to help you evaluate other leadership books.
Some of the reviewers below are bit too excited about this book. Okay, it is a good book but a bit heavy (I got a hard cover)! For the almost 500 pages you do get good bang for your buck ($50/500=$0.10 per page). What I liked about the book is the way it's laid out. It's pretty well organized and covers leadership from many angles. That's an advantage of this book. It doesn't have one message but many messages. The authors of the chapters know what they are talking about. The editors are psychologists/leadership ... Read More
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