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Contemporary Perspectives on Leadership
Editor: James C Sarros
ISBN: 9780734610683 / 978-0-7346-1068-3
Price: A$59.95 NZ$71.95 US$49.95
Binding: Softcover
Trim: 200 x 250 mm 286 pp
Copyright: 2009
Contemporary Perspectives on Leadership is about keeping us up-to-date on the research and practice of leadership during dynamic times, in organisations as well as in our everyday lives, as individuals and as members of groups, as leaders and as followers.
The contributors to this text show us that the skills required to lead in this changing workplace are multifaceted and demanding, but that there are some approaches that hold fast regardless of the circumstances or the objectives.
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Chapter 1 - An introduction to leadership
Part A - General Perspectives on Leadership
Chapter 2 - Transformational and charismatic leadership
Chapter 3 - The impact of culture on leadership
Chapter 4 - Metaphors in leadership
Chapter 5 - Servant leadership
Part B - Positive Leadership
Chapter 6 - Positive leadership
Chapter 7 - Wellbeing and transformational leadership
Chapter 8 - Positive leadership
Chapter 10 - The need for moral leadership not moral leaders
Part C - Not-For-Profit Leadership
Chapter 11 - Leadership in non-profit organisations
Chapter 12 - Succession planning
Part D - Emerging Themes in Leadership
Chapter 13 - Leadership development
Chapter 14 - Skills gaps in leadership
Chapter 15 - Leadership and CSR
James C Sarros is Professor of Management, Latrobe University. He received his PhD from the University of Alberta. His research interests are organisational leadership, culture, values, and character. He has published over 100 articles and five texts in the area and conducts corporate workshops on leadership character.
Contributors:
Alannah Rafferty, University of Queensland
Carol Dalglish, Queensland University of Technology
Ken Parry, Bond University
Sen Sendjaya, Monash University
Charmine Härtel, Monash University
Nell Kimberley, Monash University
Tui McKeown, Monash University
Margaret Lindorff, Monash University
Dianne A Vella-Brodrick, Monash University
Kathryn M Page, Monash University
Andrew Pirola-Merlo, Monash University
Loretta Inglis, Monash University
Joseph C Santora, Thomas Edison State College, USA
Peter FitzGerald, Executive Empowerment, Melbourne
Simon Moss, Monash University
Elizabeth Prior Jonson, Monash University