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Leadership in Organizations
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This book presents a meta-leadership framework for a post-modern view of leadership that considers the role of language, identity, and self-consistency in the development of leaders.Abstract:
Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Managerial Work Chapter 3. Effective Leadership Behavior Chapter 4. Leading Change and Innovation Chapter 5. Participative Leadership and Empowerment Chapter 6. Leadership Traits and Skills Chapter 7. Contingency Theories and Adaptive Leadership Chapter 8. Power and Influence Tactics Chapter 9. Dyadic Relations and Followers Chapter 10. Leadership in Groups and Teams Chapter 11. Strategic Leadership in Organizations Chapter 12. Charismatic and Transformational Leadership Chapter 13. Ethical, Servant, Spiritual, and Authentic Leadership Chapter 14. Cross-cultural Leadership and Diversity Chapter 15. Developing Leadership Skills Chapter 16. Overview and Integrationread more
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Leadership: Current Theories, Research, and Future Directions
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Authentic Leadership: Development and Validation of a Theory-Based Measure†:
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Transformational leadership, transactional leadership, locus of control, and support for innovation: key predictors of consolidated-business-unit performance
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors used measures of leadership, locus of control, and support for innovation to predict the consolidated unit performance of 78 managers and found that three transformational-leadership measures were associated with a higher internal locus and significantly and positively predicted business-unit performance over a 1-year interval.
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Transformational, Transactional, and Laissez-Faire Leadership Styles: A Meta-Analysis Comparing Women and Men
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