Revised edition of the author's Leadership, 2015

1. Introduction : Leadership defined : Ways of conceptualizing leadership ; Definition and components -- Leadership described : Trait versus process leadership ; Assigned versus emergent leadership ; Leadership and power ; Leadership and coercion ; Leadership and management -- 2. Trait approach : Description : Intelligence ; Self-confidence ; Determination ; Integrity ; Sociability ; Five-factor personality model and leadership ; Emotional intelligence -- How does the trait approach work? -- Case studies : Choosing a new director of research ; A remarkable turnaround ; Recruiting for the bank -- Leadership instrument : Leadership trait questionnaire (LTQ) -- 3. Skills approach : Description : Three-skill approach : Technical skills ; Human skills ; Conceptual skills ; Skills model : Competencies ; Individual attributes ; Leadership outcomes ; Career experiences ; Environmental influences -- How does the skills approach work? -- Case studies : A strained research team ; A shift for Lieutenant Colonel Adams ; Andy's recipe ; Leadership instrument : Skills inventory -- 4. Behavioral approach : Description : The Ohio State studies ; The University of Michigan studies ; Blake and Mouton's managerial (leadership) grid : Authority-compliance; Country-club management; Impoverished management; Middle-of-the-road management; Team management ; Paternalism/maternalism ; Opportunism -- How does the behavioral approach work? -- Case studies : A drill sergeant at first ; Eating lunch standing up ; We are family -- Leadership instrument : Leadership behavior questionnaire -- 5. Situational approach : Description : Leadership style ; Development levels -- How does the situational approach work? -- Case studies : Marathon runners at different levels ; Why aren't they listening? ; Getting the message across -- Leadership instrument : Situational Leadership® Questionnaire: sample items -- 6. Path-goal theory : Description : Leader behavior : Directive leadership; Supportive leadership; Participative leadership; Achievement-oriented leadership ; Follower characteristics ; Task characteristics -- How does path-goal theory work? -- Case studies : Three shifts, three supervisors ; Direction for some, support for others ; Playing in the orchestra -- Leadership instrument : Path-goal leadership questionnaire -- 7. Leader-member exchange theory : Description : Early studies ; Later studies ; Leadership making -- How does LMX theory work? -- Case studies : His team gets the best assignments ; Working hard at being fair ; Taking on additional responsibilities -- Leadership instrument : LMX 7 questionnaire -- 8. Transformational leadership : Description : Transformational leadership defined ; Transformational leadership and charisma ; A model of transformational leadership : Transformational leadership factors; Transactional leadership factors ; Nonleadership factor ; Other transformational perspectives : Bennis and Nanus; Kouzes and Posner -- How does the transformational leadership approach work? -- Case studies : The vision failed ; An exploration in leadership ; Her vision of a model research center -- Leadership instrument : Sample items from the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) form 5X-Short--

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9. Authentic leadership : Description : Authentic leadership defined ; Approaches to authentic leadership : Practical approaches; Theoretical approaches -- How does authentic leadership work? -- Case studies : Am I really a leader? ; A leader under fire ; The reluctant first lady -- Leadership instrument : Authentic leadership self-assessment questionnaire -- 10. Servant leadership : Description : Servant leadership defined ; Historical basis of servant leadership ; Ten characteristics of a servant leader ; Building a theory about servant leadership -- Model of servant leadership : Antecedent conditions ; Servant leader behaviors ; Outcomes -- How does servant leadership work? -- Case studies : Everyone loves Mrs. Noble ; Doctor to the poor ; Servant leadership takes flight -- Leadership instrument : Servant leadership questionnaire -- 11. Adaptive leadership : Description : Adaptive leadership defined -- A model of adaptive leadership : Situational challenges ; Technical challenges ; Technical and adaptive challenges ; Adaptive challenges ; Leader behaviors ; Adaptive work -- How does adaptive leadership work? -- Case studies : Silence, stigma, and mental illness ; Taming Bacchus ; Redskins no more -- Leadership instrument : Adaptive leadership questionnaire -- 12. Followership : Description : Followership defined ; Role-based and relational-based perspectives ; Typologies of followership : The Zaleznik typology ; The Kelley typology ; The Chaleff typology ; The Kellerman typology -- Theoretical approaches to followership : Reversing the lens ; The leadership co-created process ; New perspectives on followership : Followers get the job done; Followers work in the best interest of the organization's mission; Followers challenge leaders; Followers support the leader; Followers learn from leaders ; Followership and destructive leaders : Our need for reassuring authority figures; Our need for security and certainty ; Our need to feel chosen or special; Our need for membership in the human community; Our fear of ostracism, isolation, and social death; Our fear of powerlessness to challenge a bad leader -- How does followership work? -- Case studies : Bluebird care ; Olympic rowers ; Penn State sexual abuse scandal -- Leadership instrument : Followership questionnaire -- 13. Leadership ethics : Description : Ethics defined : Preconventional morality; Conventional morality; Postconventional morality ; Ethical theories ; Centrality of ethics to leadership ; Heifetz's perspective on ethical leadership ; Burn's perspective on ethical leadership ; The dark side of leadership ; Principles of ethical leadership : Ethical leaders respect others; Ethical leaders serve others; Ethical leaders are just; Ethical leaders are honest; Ethical leaders build community -- Case studies : Choosing a research assistant ; How safe is safe? ; Reexamining a proposal -- Leadership instrument : Ethical leadership style questionnaire (short form) -- 14. Team leadership / Susan E. Kegler Hill : Description : Team leadership model : Team effectiveness; Leadership decisions; Leadership actions -- How does the team leadership model work? -- Case studies : Can this virtual team work? ; Team crisis within the gates ; Starts with a bang, ends with a whimper -- Leadership instrument : Team excellence and collaborative team leader questionnaire -- 15. Gender and leadership / Stefanie Simon and Crystal L. Hoyt : Description : The glass ceiling turned labyrinth : Evidence of the leadership labyrinth; Understanding the labyrinth -- Gender differences in leadership styles and effectiveness : Navigating the labyrinth -- Case studies : The "glass ceiling" ; Lack of inclusion and credibility ; Pregnancy as a barrier to job status -- Leadership instrument : The gender-leader implicit association test -- 16. Culture and leadership : Description : Culture defined ; Related concepts : Ethnocentricism; Prejudice ; Dimensions of culture : Uncertainty avoidance; Power distance; Institutional collectivism; In-group collectivism; Gender egalitarianism; Assertiveness; Future orientation; Performance orientation; Humane orientation ; Clusters of world cultures ; Characteristics of clusters : Anglo; Confucian Asian; Eastern European; Germanic Europe; Latin America; Latin Europe; Middle East; Nordic Europe; Southern Asia; Sub Saharan Africa ; Leadership behavior and culture clusters : Eastern Europe leadership profile; Latin America leadership profile; Latin Europe leadership profile; Confucian Asia leadership profile; Nordic Europe leadership profile; Anglo leadership profile; Sub-Saharan Africa leadership profile; Southern Asia leadership profile; Germanic Europe leadership profile; Middle East leadership profile ; Universally desirable and undesirable leadership attributes -- Case studies : A challenging workplace ; A special kind of financing ; Whose Latino center is it? -- Leadership instrument : Dimensions of culture questionnaire