Leadership Through an Organization Behavior Lens: A Look at the Last Half-Century of Research
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- Synopsis
- Leadership is one of the most enduring-and elusive-constructs in the organizational behavior literature. Interest in leadership is keen, but there is little consensus as to what leadership is, how it functions, and to what effect. In this chapter, the authors assess leadership research from the mid-twentieth century to the present, revealing what they call a "definitional quagmire" that stretches across approaches focused on the personality of the leader, the process of leadership, the impact of leadership, and leadership performance. The chapter concludes with a series of suggestions that could lead to a more productive agenda for the future of research into leadership-perhaps the most critical aspect of organizational behavior. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 5 of "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium."
- Copyright:
- 2010
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Publisher:
- Harvard Business Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 08/03/16
- Copyrighted By:
- HBS Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Business and Finance
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.