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Bass Handbook of Leadership Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications

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ISBN-10: 0743215524

ISBN-13: 9780743215527

Edition: 4th 2008

Authors: Bernard M. Bass, Ruth Bass, Ruth R. Bass

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For thirty-three years and through three editions,Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadershiphas been the indispensable bible for every serious student of leadership. Since the third edition came out in 1990, the field of leadership has expanded by an order of magnitude. This completely revised and updated fourth edition reflects the growth and changes in the study of leadership over the past seventeen years, with new chapters on transformational leadership, ethics, presidential leadership, and executive leadership. Throughout theHandbook,the contributions from cognitive social psychology and the social, political, communications, and administrative sciences have been expanded.As in the third…    
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Book details

List price: $125.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 11/11/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1536
Size: 7.37" wide x 9.25" long x 2.30" tall
Weight: 5.654
Language: English

Foreword
In Memory
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Concepts of Leadership
Myths, Legends, and Religious Texts
The Modern Study of Leadership
Universality of Leadership
Defining Leadership
Leadership, Headship, and Management
An Evolving, Expanding Conceptualization of Leadership
Summary and Conclusions
Types and Taxonomies
Types of Leadership in Small Groups
Types of Leadership in Organizations and Institutions
Taxonomies of Leaders According to Their Functions, Roles, Perceptions, and Behaviors
Taxonomies of Leaders According to Their Styles and Patterns of Behavior
Commonalities in Types and Taxonomies
Summary and Conclusions
Models and Theories of Leadership
Good and Bad Theories
Sources of Current Models and Theories
Methods and Measurements
Summary and Conclusions
Personal Attributes of Leaders
Traits of Leadership (1904-1970)1904-1908
Conclusions as of 1948
Traits of Leadership (1948-1970)
Factor Analyses of the Traits of Leadership
Conclusions by 1970
Traits of Leadership (1970-2006)Situationalism
Heritability, Genes, and Biological Bases of Leadership in Behavior
Personality Traits Correlated with Emergent and Effective Leadership
Task Competence
Socioeconomic and Interpersonal Competence
Summary and Conclusions
Activity Level
Antecedents of Active Leadership
Effects of Active Leadership on Followers
The Motivation to Manage
Inactive or Laissez-Faire Leadership
Summary and Conclusions
Authoritarianism, Power Orientation, Machiavellianism, and Leadership
The Authoritarian Personality
Authoritarianism and Leadership
Power Motivation
Machiavellianism
Political Psychology and Leadership in Organizations
Summary and Conclusions
Values, Self-Esteem, Well-Being, and Leadership
Values
Motives
Concepts of the Self
Satisfaction with the Leadership Role
Health, Well-Being, and Leadership
Summary and Conclusions
Ethics and Leadership
Philosophies of Ethical Leadership
Ethical Leader Behavior
Ethics and Effectiveness
Spiritual Leadership
Moral Reasoning
Character
Vices of Leadership
Dealing with Ethical and Unethical Practices
Impact of the Internet
Summary and Conclusions
Personal Attributes of Leadership
Leadership and Accorded Status, Esteem, and Trust
Status
Esteem
Trust
Summary and Conclusions
Power and Leadership
Definitions of Social Power
Personal versus Positional Power
Varied Uses of Power
Power and Emergence as a Leader
The Bases of Power
Antecedents and Consequences of the Bases of Power
Summary and Conclusions
Leadership and the Distribution of Power
Importances of Differences in Power
Distribution of Power in Communities and Organizations
The Power of the Group
Power, Leadership, and Structure
Empowerment
Industrial Democracy
Power Sharing in Planning Change
Summary and Conclusions
Resolution of Conflict
Sources of Conflict
Conditions That Resolve or Reduce Conflicts
Managing Conflict
Legitimatization and Conflict
Constructive Conflict
Summary and Conclusions
Authority, Responsibility, Accountability, and Leadership
Authority
Responsibility
Accountability
Delegation
Summary and Conclusio