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Leadership Understanding the Dynamics of Power and Influence in Organizations, Second Edition

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ISBN-10: 0268043671

ISBN-13: 9780268043674

Edition: 2nd 2007

Authors: Robert P. Vecchio

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Today a growing number of business schools, law schools, and continuing education programs in executive development and management training offer leadership classes. Despite the curricular recognition of this area, there is a shortage of strong college-level texts. Leadership, second edition-a completely up-to-date anthology of key writings by well-known contributors-meets the need for a textbook that encompasses the major theories in the field of leadership. Robert P. Vecchio has updated the second edition with eight new chapters. Aimed at upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level courses, Leadership continues to provide classic essays by the major figures in the field of leadership…    
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Book details

List price: $55.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date: 6/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 598
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction and Overview
Concepts of Leadership
What Leaders Really Do
The Manager's Job: Folklore and Fact
Crucibles of Leadership
Can Leadership Be Taught?
Power and Influence
Power, Politics, and Influence
Managing Your Boss
Effective Followership: Leadership Turned Upside Down
Intraorganizational Influence Tactics: Explorations in Getting One's Way
A Social Influence Interpretation of Worker Motivation
Dysfunctional Aspects of Leadership
Groupthink
The Power of Leader Expectations: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies in Organizations
The Long-Term Organizational Impact of Destructively Narcissistic Managers
The Dark Side of Leadership
Leaders Who Self-Destruct: The Causes and Cures
On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B
Models of Leadership
Path-Goal Theory of Leadership
Are You In or Out with Your Boss?
Can Leaders Learn to Lead?
WICS: A Model of Leadership in Organizations
From Transactional to Transformational Leadership: Learning to Share the Vision
Situational Leadership Theory: An Examination of a Prescriptive Theory
The Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness: Its Levels of Analysis
Alternative Views of Leadership
Substitutes for Leadership: Effective Alternatives to Ineffective Leadership
SuperLeadership: Beyond the Myth of Heroic Leadership
Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve
The Servant as Leader
The Case of a Servant Leader: John F. Donnelly, Sr.
A Man of Transactions
Entrepreneurship and Leadership: Common Trends and Common Threads
Emerging Issues
Cultural Constraints in Management Theories
Organizational Culture and Strategic Leadership: Issues in the Management of Strategic Change
Challenges to Leadership in the Implementation of Technological Change
Leadership and Gender Advantage
It's Not Easy Being Green: Jealousy and Envy in the Workplace
About the Editor