Journal of Leadership Studies articles

Recent articles from Journal of Leadership Studies

Meeting the leadership challenge of a diverse and pluralistic workplace: implications of self-efficacy for diversity training.
March 22, 2002... Executive Summary Ways to maximize benefits of an increasingly diverse workforce and client base is a continuing concern for organizational leadership. The current processes for managing diversity continue to be necessary but are not sufficient to result in effective outcomes in 21st...

Mentoring in organizations: a social judgment perspective for developing tomorrow's leaders.
March 22, 2002... Executive Summary Mentoring has been identified as an effective means of leadership development in organizations. This paper presents a theory of mentoring that proposes that effective mentorship fundamentally depends on the mentor's ability to help solve various complex social problems...

The influence of the leader persona on organizational identity.
March 22, 2002... Executive Summary The following discussion focuses on the leader persona and organizational identity. It offers a theoretical perspective based on conceptualizations of leadership and the leader persona taken from a study of college and university presidents and provosts. This was a...

Developing leaders through high school junior ROTC: integrating theory with practice. [Reserve Officer Training Corp.].
March 22, 2002... Executive Summary Many programs and opportunities exist in secondary education to develop leadership in high school students. From athletics to dubs to student government, students are given numerous venues to act as leaders to their peers. However, very few high school students are...

Leadership in children's literature: qualitative analysis from a study based on the Kouzes and Posner Leadership Framework.
March 22, 2002... Executive Summary This article presents the qualitative results of a study based on the Kouzes and Posner Leadership Framework. Selected works were subjected to a content analysis procedure that yielded frequency data in six categories, Challenging the Process, Inspiring a Shared Vision,...