Key Concepts in Leadership
- Jonathan Gosling - University of Exeter, UK
- Ian Sutherland - IEDC-Bled School of Management.
- Stephanie Jones - Maastricht School of Management (MSM)
SAGE Key Concepts series
How can we understand leadership today?
This wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary book provides readers with a complete introduction to the essentials of leadership. Included here are accessible and insightful entries on what leadership is, how it is practised and the relevant strengths and pitfalls. The book provides a one stop introductory guide to one of the most central and contested concepts in the social sciences.
An invaluable reference tool, this book offers insight into issues such as:
• Are leaders born or made?
• Authoritarian versus participative leadership
• The psychology of leaders and followers
• Leadership development
• Leadership styles, skills and functions
• Leadership in practice
This book is an indispensable guide to the central concepts of leadership for professionals and students alike.
It is a valuable book especially for those holding or aspiring to leadership positions.
Easy to understand for this level of student
An excellent overview of the literature and theory.
