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The quest for a general theory of leadership / edited by George R. Goethals, Georgia L.J. Sorenson.

Goethals, George R. (Added Author). Sorenson, Georgia Jones. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1845425413 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9781845425418 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9781847203243
Physical Description: xvii, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Cheltenham, UK ; Edward Elgar, c2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A quest for a grand theory of leadership / J. Thomas Wren -- Leadership and the human condition / Michael Harvey -- The theory and metatheory of leadership : the important but contested nature of theory / Mark C. Walker -- Power / Michael Harvey -- Leader-follower relations : group dynamics and the role of leadership / Crystal L. Hoyt, George R. Goethals and Ronald E. Riggio -- A framework for a general theory of leadership ethics / Terry L. Price and Douglas A. Hicks -- Causality, change and leadership / Gill Robinson Hickman and Richard A. Couto -- A constructionist lens on leadership : charting new territory / Sonia Ospina and Georgia L.J. Sorenson -- Contemplating context / J. Thomas Wren and Elizabeth Faier -- What we learned along the way : a commentary / Joanne B. Ciulla -- Afterword / James MacGregor Burns.