Reflections on LeadershipRichard A. Couto In Reflections on Leadership fifteen prominent leadership scholars pay tribute to James MacGregor Burns's book, Leadership, a classic in the field of leadership studies. The contributors address the puzzles and anomalies in his work, such as: the place of values in leadership; leadership as a casual factor in change; levels of analysis; interdisciplinary approaches to the study of leadership; the distance of his theory from everyday experience; the absence of gender and race, and more. |
Contents
JAMES MACGREGOR BURNS LEO AS LEADER | 9 |
AN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF LEADERSHIP STUDIES | 19 |
THE SCHOLARLYPRACTICAL CHALLENGE OF LEADERSHIP | 31 |
THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP | 45 |
RELATING LEADERSHIP TO ACTIVE FOLLOWERSHIP | 57 |
JUMPING FROGS AND THE MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP | 67 |
LEADERSHIP AND COMMON PURPOSE | 75 |
LEADERSHIP AND THE VOX POPULI | 85 |
CAN ORGANIZATIONS MEET THE TEST OF TRANSFORMING LEADERSHIP? | 119 |
THE LEADERSHIP OF ORDINARY PEOPLE | 133 |
LEADERSHIP AND A PLACE CALLED HOPE | 139 |
LEADERSHIP FROM THE BOTTOM UP | 149 |
LEADERSHIP AS EFFECTIVE NARRATIVES OF ADAPTIVE WORK | 163 |
CONCLUSION AS PROLOUGE | 185 |
CONTRIBUTORS | 191 |
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