The Science of Leadership

Lessons from Research for Organizational Leaders

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

In The Science of Leadership, Julian Barling takes an evidenced-based approach, relying primarily on the knowledge generated from research on organizational leadership conducted around the world and personal reflections based on two decades of involvement in leadership research and leadership development with executives. While leadership has been studied within all the major social sciences, Barling mainly focuses on findings from psychological research. The first part of the book explains the nature of organizational leadership, responds to the question of whether leaders "matter," and explains how leadership works. A longstanding issue is whether leadership can be taught. Barling explores the debate over whether leadership is "born or made" as well as the effectiveness of leadership development interventions in organizations. He gives consideration to what can be learned from leadership in other contexts such as sports, the political arena, and schools, and devotes individual chapters to topics that include gender and leadership, destructive leadership, and followership.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-03-06
Mått:160 x 236 x 36 mm
Vikt:568 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780199757015

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Mer om författaren

Julian Barling is the Borden Chair of Leadership and Queens Research Chair at the Queen's School of Business. Barling is extensively involved in research, graduate teaching, and executive development focused on organizational leadership, and has received numerous awards for research and teaching. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2002, and is a Fellow of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the Association for Psychological Science, the European Association of Occupational Health Psychology, and the Canadian Psychological Society.

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It's written in a way that is accessible to those who want to use this knowledge to guide their everyday behaviors and for practitioners that want to use it design leadership programs. The book offers a thorough history of leadership theory and the data to support where leadership development initiatives have had success. This is a must read for human resource and leadership development practitioners to understand what we know and still are investigating around leadership.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Chapter 1: Organizational leadership ; Chapter 2: Do leaders matter? ; Chapter 3: How does leadership work? ; Chapter 4: The typical leadership study ; Chapter 5: Are leaders born or made ; Chapter 6: Can leadership be taught? ; Chapter 7: Leadership in difference contexts ; Chapter 8: Gender and leadership ; Chapter 9: When leadership goes awry ; Chapter 10: Enough about leadership: Let's talk about followership! ; Chapter 11: Leading into the Future