Exploring distance in leader-follower relationships : when near is far and far is near / / edited by Michelle C. Bligh, Ronald E. Riggio

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785854103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-136-32243-4; 1-283-60649-6; 9786613918949; 1-136-32244-2; 0-203-12063-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Collana: Leadership: research and practice series
• Altri autori (Persone): BlighMichelle C; RiggioRonald E
• Disciplina: 658.4092
• Soggetti: Leadership - Psychological aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Introduction When Near is Far and Far is Near; SECTION I Foundations and Definitions of Distance; Chapter 1 Foundations of Distance; Chapter 2 Notes on Distance and Leadership; SECTION II The Impact of Distance on Leader-Follower Relations; Chapter 3 Leading in a Digital Age: What's Different, Issues Raised, and What We Know; Chapter 4 Engaging Followers at a Distance: Leadership Approaches that Work; Chapter 5 The Role of Distance in Leader-Member Exchange (LMX); Chapter 6 The Far Side of Leadership: Rather Difficult to FaceSECTION III Moving Forward: Emerging Concepts and Extensions of Leader-Follower Distance; Chapter 7 Women as Leaders: Paths Through the Labyrinth; Chapter 8 The Tyranny of Normative Distance: A Social Identity Account of the Exercise of Power by Remote Leaders; Chapter 9 The Apple does not Fall Far from the Tree: Steve Jobs's Leadership as Simultaneously Distant and Close; Chapter 10 American Presidential Leadership: Leader Credit, Follower Inclusion, and Obama's Turn; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Leaders face new challenges as they cope with changes in culture, ; technology and the workplace. In this edited volume, based on a conference at Claremont, scholars of leadership studies from three continents discuss the latest psychological research on interpersonal leader-follower relations. The book tackles the impact of distance - physical, interpersonal and social - on our organizations, governments and societies.