Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience / Edition 5

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Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience,4e,was written for the general student to serve as a stand-alone introduction to the subject of leadership. The text consists of 13 chapters and a final section on Basic and Advanced Leadership Skills. Authors Hughes,Ginnett,and Curphy have drawn upon three different types of literature: empirical studies; interesting anecdotes,stories and findings; and leadership skills to create a text that is personally relevant,interesting and scholarly. The authors' unique quest for a careful balancing act of leadership materials will help students apply theory and research to their real-life experiences.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780072881202
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
  • Publication date: 3/7/2005
  • Edition description: Older Edition
  • Edition number: 5
  • Pages: 608
  • Product dimensions: 7.40 (w) x 9.40 (h) x 1.19 (d)

Table of Contents

1 Leadership Is Everyone's Business 3
2 Leadership Is Developed through Education and Experience 30
3 Leadership Involves an Interaction between the Leader, the Followers, and the Situation 59
4 Assessing Leadership and Measuring Its Effects 86
5 Power and Influence 117
6 Intelligence and Creativity 142
7 Personality 169
8 Values and Attitudes 195
9 Leadership Behavior 216
10 Leadership Skills I 242
11 Charisma and Transformational Leadership 276
12 Followers and Followership 313
13 Groups, Teams, and Their Effectiveness 333
14 Motivation, Satisfaction, and Performance 369
15 Leadership Skills II 401
16 Characteristics of the Situation 425
17 Leadership Skills III 458
18 Contingency Theories of Leadership 487
19 Changing Contexts and Conditions of Leadership 517
Name Index 594
Subject Index 603
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