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Zusatztext "Today!there is no shortage of encyclopedias and handbooks on leadership. Yet this excellent collection of chapters! co-edited by a team of accomplished leadership scholars from various fields! marks a most welcome and important addition to the international literature. While too often editors leave the crucial task of developing meaningful distinctions between! for example! conceptualizing! practicing and evaluating leadership! to their readers!this companiondoes a marvelous job ofbringing clarity! structure and perspective to a burgeoning field that has become notorious for its elusiveness. A truly indispensable resource."Ludger Helms! University of Innsbruck! Austria"This comprehensive book of leadership essays is an important addition to our understanding of this crucial element of social! economic and political organization in every society. Sophisticated in its framing! wide-ranging in its focus! this a book that will be useful for every student of leadership! regardless of their field."Stanley Renshon! City University of New York! USA"Covering a wide range of topics andwritten by experts in the field! this collection will be a valuable resource to all students of leadership looking for the most up-to-date and challenging thinking concerning this ubiquitous yet illusive phenomenon."Donna Ladkin! Plymouth University! UK"A 'Companion' is defined as someone with whom one spends a lot of time and with whom one travels. I anticipate that leadership educators and researchers throughout the world will relish the opportunity to travel intellectually in the company of the most interesting and provocative contemporary leadership thinkers who are gathered together in this intriguing volume."Brad Jackson! Victoria University of Wellington! New Zealand Informationen zum Autor John Storey is Professor of Human Resource Management at The Open University, UK. Jean Hartley is Professor of Public Leadership at The Open University, UK. Jean-Louis Denis is Professor of Public Management and Canada Research Chair in Governance and Transformation of Health Organizations and Systems at École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP), Canada. Paul 't Hart is Professor of Public Administration at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Dave Ulrich is the Rensis Likert Professor of Business at the University of Michigan, USA. Zusammenfassung This handbook provides a survey of the rather contentious and dynamic discipline of leadership. Providing both a social sciences and a psychological approach, it goes beyond common themes to offer diverse perspectives on such topics as emotion and leadership, portrayals of leadership. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction John Storey, Jean Hartley, Jean-Louis Denis, Paul 'T Hart, Dave Ulrich Part I: Conceptualising Leadership Introduction John Storey, Jean Hartley, Jean-Louis Denis, Paul 'T Hart, Dave Ulrich 1. What is Leadership: Person, result, position, or process, or all or none of these? Keith Grint, Owain Smolovik Jones and Clare Holt 2. Recognizing and Realizing the Market Value of Leadership Dave Ulrich & Justin Allen 3. Beyond the Hero-Leader: Leadership by Collectives Viviane Sergi, Jean-Louis-Denis and Ann Langley 4. Understanding Leadership in the Face of Crisis and Uncertainty David E. Rast, III and Michael A. Hogg Part II: Studying Leadership Introduction John Storey, Jean Hartley, Jean-Louis Denis, Paul 'T Hart, Dave Ulrich 5. Studying Leadership: Taking meaning, relationality and ideology seriously Mats Alvesson 6. Instead of angels: Leaders, leadership and longue durée Peter Gronn 7. Critical Perspectives on Leadership Studies Scott Taylor and Jackie Ford 8. Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Leadership Irma Rybnikova 9. Leadership and Power Brigid Carroll and Josh Firth ...
