Leaders & the leadership process : reasings, self-assessments and applications /
Jon L. Pierce.
- 5th
- New York : McGraw-Hill, 2008.
- xlvi, 530 p.: 28 cm.
Includes index
PART ONE: READINGS - THE CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL LEADERSHIP LITERATURE Chapter 1: Introduction to Leadership Chapter 2: The Leader-Follower Relationship: Fairness, Trust, and Ethical Behavior Chapter 3: Leaders and the Role of Personal Traits Chapter 4: Leadership and the Role of Gender Chapter 5: Leader Emergence: A Dynamic Process Chapter 6: Leadership as an Influence Process Chapter 7: Leadership and Leader Behaviors Chapter 8: Leadership and Situational Differences Chapter 9: Leadership in the Cross-cultural Context Chapter 10: Followers and the Leadership Process Chapter 11: Participative Leadership Chapter 12: Substitutes for Leadership? Chapter 13: Charismatic Leadership Chapter 14: Transformational Leadership Chapter 15: The Dark Side of Leadership Epilogue: Does Leader Imposed Leadership Really Make a Difference?
With figures and readings updated from the previous edition, this text brings a new perspective to the subject. There is significant material on transformational leadership. Self-assessment exercises, found in most chapters, give students the opportunity to profile themselves along several different dimensions.