Quest for a General Theory of Leadership

Edited by George R. Goethals, E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professorship in Leadership Studies Emeritus, University of Richmond and the late Georgia L.J. Sorenson, formerly Research Professor and Founder, James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland, College Park, US and Chair and Professor of Transformation, US Army

'This book represents a most robust look at the study of leadership while representing multiple disciplines in a "quest" to find agreement about leadership and theory.'

• Contents: Introduction 1. A Quest for a Grand Theory of LeadershipJ. Thomas Wren2. Leadership and the Human Condition Michael Harvey3. The Theory and Metatheory of Leadership: The Important but Contested Nature of TheoryMark C. Walker4. PowerMichael Harvey5. Leader–Follower Relations: Group Dynamics and the Role of LeadershipCrystal L. Hoyt, George R. Goethals and Ronald E. Riggio6. A Framework for a General Theory of Leadership EthicsTerry L. Price and Douglas A. Hicks7. Causality, Change and LeadershipGill Robinson Hickman and Richard A. Couto8. A Constructionist Lens on Leadership: Charting New TerritorySonia Ospina and Georgia L.J. Sorenson9. Contemplating ContextJ. Thomas Wren and Elizabeth Faier10. What We Learned Along the Way: A CommentaryJoanne B. Ciulla11. AfterwordJames MacGregor BurnsIndex