The psychology of leadership [[electronic resource] ] : new perspectives and research / / edited by David M. Messick, Roderick M. Kramer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450353203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Mahwah, N.J. ; ; London, : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2005
• ISBN: 1-135-63898-5; 1-282-32261-3; 9786612322617; 1-4106-1140-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• Collana: LEA's organization and management series
• Altri autori (Persone): MessickDavid M; KramerRoderick M <1950-> (Roderick Moreland)
• Disciplina: 158.4
• Soggetti: Leadership - Psychological aspects; Psychology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Most of the chapters in this volume were presented as papers at a small research conference held in 2001 at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University in Evanstown, Illinois".--Introd.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Series Foreword; Contributors; 1 Introduction: New Approaches to the Psychology of Leadership; 2 The Cultural Ecology of Leadership: An Analysis of Popular Leadership Books; 3 Social Identity and Leadership; 4 On the Psychological Exchange Between Leaders and Followers; 5 The Psychodynamics of Leadership: Freud's Insights and Their Vicissitudes; 6 Rethinking Team Leadership or Teams Leaders Are Not Music Directors; 7 Leadership as Group Regulation; 8 Process-Based Leadership: How Do Leaders Lead?; 9 Claiming Authority: Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders; 10 Why David Sometimes Wins: Strategic Capacity in Social Movements11 The Perception of Conspiracy: Leader Paranoia as Adaptive Cognition; 12 Leadership and the Psychology of Power; 13 The Demise of Leadership: Death Positivity Biases in Posthumous Impressions of Leaders; 14 When Leadership Matters and When It Does ; Not: A Commentary; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this book, some of the world's leading scholars come together to describe their thinking and research on the topic of the psychology of leadership. Most of the chapters were originally presented as papers at a research conference held in 2001 at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University. The contributions span traditional social psychological areas, as well as organizational theory; examining leadership as a psychological process and as afforded by organizational constraints and opportunities. The editors' goal was not to focus the chapters on a single approach to the stud