Journal of Leadership Studies articles from January 2000

Journal of Leadership Studies archives from January 2000

Editorial Winter 2000.(Editorial)
January 1, 2000... This issue begins my third year as editor of the Journal and over the last 24 months we have begun to introduce some important changes that are helping us more carefully define our market niche and increase our readership. One of these that I...

Leadership Education in Colleges: Toward a 21ST Century Paradigm.
January 1, 2000... Executive Summary The industrial view of leadership is inadequate for educational purposes because it does not address the nature of the complex social relationships among people who practice leadership, nor does it accurately accommodate...

Leading Change By Managing Paradoxes.
January 1, 2000... Executive Summary Leadership is about influencing behavior. Influencing people to change customary ways of behaving is a great leadership challenge. Leadership theories emphasize the role of the leader as an agent or initiator of change. A...

Recognition: A Powerful, but often Overlooked, Leadership Tool to Improve Employee Performance.
January 1, 2000... Executive Summary A key dimension for effective leadership involves reinforcing and motivating others to encourage superior performance. Financial and non-financial rewards can be utilized for this purpose. This paper explores the...

The Organizational Context of Moral Dilemmas: The Role of Moral Leadership in Administration in Making and Breaking Dilemmas.
January 1, 2000... Executive Summary This paper reviews literature on ethics, ethical decision making and moral leadership in order to frame moral leadership in the organizational context of administration. Both organizational contexts and administrative...

Leadership And Motivating Missions: A Model For Organizations From Science Literature.
January 1, 2000... Executive Summary The phenomenon of motivating missions linked with high levels of performance and leadership excellence is a topic cited in both popular and academic literature. The author of this paper posits a model of leadership...

Training a New Generation of Leaders.
January 1, 2000... Executive Summary This article highlights the Eisenhower Leadership Development Program, an undergraduate course with a two-fold purpose: (1) to develop students' leadership skills and abilities, and (2) to foster in students a desire to...

Taoist Leadership Ethics.
January 1, 2000... Executive Sugary This essay addresses ethical issues raised by the growing popularity of Taoist leadership concepts. Western leaders seeking the benefits of Taoism should first consider its assumptions and how these presuppositions impact...

Travel Experience in the Formation of Leadership: John Quincy Adams, Frederick Douglass and Jane Addams.
January 1, 2000... Executive Summary Scholarship on leadership has tended to emphasize its nature and its behavioral features. This article focuses on the formation of leadership by paying particular attention to the role of travel experience in a young...

Self-Managed Teams in the Steel Industry: An Interview With John Selky (Part I).(Interview)
January 1, 2000... During the past two decades, inspired by the apparent success of Japanese work and production systems, many U.S. firms have been experimenting with new forms of work organization. These work system experiments typically involve some combination...

A Conversation with Reverend Theodore Hesburgh: Building a World Class University.(Interview)
January 1, 2000... Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. is the President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame stepping down in 1987, after 35 years at the helm. Father Hesburgh served the University of Notre Dame well, building the academic quality of the...

Management Challenges for the 21st Century.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Management Challenges for the 21st Century Peter F. Drucker HarperBusiness, 1999 198 pages, $27.50 Hard Cover Reviewed by Daniel A. Wren University of Oklahoma Peter Drucker has been called today's "foremost management theorist" but in...

The Stuff of Heroes: The Eight Universal Laws of Leadership.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Stuff of Heroes: The Eight Universal Laws of Leadership William A. Cohen Marietta, GA: Longstreet, 1998 266 pp., hardcover, $24.00 Reviewed by Dana V. Tesone University of Hawaii William Cohen, Ph.D. is a retired major general with...

Right From The Start: Taking Charge in a New Leadership Role.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Right From The Start: Taking Charge in a New Leadership Role Dan Ciampa and Michael Watkins Harvard Business School Press, 1999 272 pages, hardcover, $24.95 Reviewed by Eileen P. Kelly Ithaca College In the past, most CEOs rose to...

Shakespeare on Management: Leadership Lessons for Today's Managers.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Shakespeare on Management: Leadership Lessons for Today's Managers. Paul Corrigan Kogan Page, 1999 244 pages, $22.95 Hard Cover Reviewed by Ben Mulvey Nova Southeastern University Cruising the web one day, I came across the following...

Full Leadership Development: Building the Vital Vorces in Organizations.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Full Leadership Development: Building the Vital Vorces in Organizations Bruce Bruce J. Avolio Sage Sage Publications, Inc., 1999 233pp., $22.95 Soft-cover Reviewed by Michelle R. Rucker Nova Southeastern University "Some things are...

Mastering Self-Leadership: Empowering Yourself for Personal Excellence.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Mastering Self-Leadership: Empowering Yourself for Personal Excellence Charles C. Manz and Christopher P. Neck Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1999 132 pages. $22.00 Soft-cover Reviewed by Anne Nelson High Point University This is not a book about...

The Leader's Shadow Exploring and Developing Executive Character.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Leader's Shadow Exploring and Developing Executive Character William Q. Judge Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1999, 216 pp. $29.95, paperback Reviewed by Julia A. Teahen Baker College "One assumption that I maintain...