Journal of Leadership Studies articles from March 2002

Journal of Leadership Studies archives from March 2002

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Graduate programs in organizational leadership: a review of programs, faculty, costs, and delivery methods.
March 22, 2002... Executive Summary Graduate level education in professional degree programs, such as organizational leadership, is changing and evolving rapidly. As consumers demand non-traditional scheduling arrangements and mediated "any time, any place"...

Telecommuting in the 21st century: benefits, issues, and a leadership model which will work.
March 22, 2002... Executive Summary This article looks at the evolution of telework in the United States as well as the benefits and potential problems associated with this growing phenomenon. One of these issues, effective leadership of teleworkers, is the...

Paul Hersey defines situational leadership terms.(Interview)
March 22, 2002... In a recent interview with Paul Hersey, CEO of the Center for Leadership Studies in Escondido, California and originator of Situational Leadership[TM], the authors asked Hersey to define the essential terms of the model. Authors: We've...

Gender differences in leadership: current social issues and future organizational implications.
March 22, 2002... Executive Summary This paper seeks to review and discuss recent literature devoted to the tasks of identifying and explaining gender difference in leadership behavior(s) and effectiveness. In addition to reviewing U. S. and international...

Keeping the People Who keep you in Business.
March 22, 2002... Leigh Branham American Management Association 2001 338 pp. $27.95 Hardcover The work by Branham initially provides a lively discussion of several areas associated with senior employee turnover. Causes for the competition for...

The Essential Drucker.
March 22, 2002... Peter F. Drucker Harper Business, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers: 2001 368 Pages; $30.00/$44.95 Canada Hard Cover A new book by Peter Drucker! This news is always greeted with excitement, but your excitement might be tempered...

The Forward-Focused Organization: Visionary Thinking and Breakthrough Leadership to Create Your Company's Future.
March 22, 2002... Stephen C. Harper AMACOM, 2001 258 pp; $27.95 Hardcover "The forward-focused organization is like a magnet. It attracts customers, employees, investors, and allies who want to be partners in its journey into tomorrow" (page xii). This is...

Leading with Soul.
March 22, 2002... Lee O. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal Jossey-Bass, 2001 259 pages, $22.95 Hardcover Synopsis Lee Bolman and Terry Deal have revised and updated their 1995 book, Leading with Soul. The revisions are aimed at making the book more...

Catching Success: Fishing, Leadership, and Relationships.
March 22, 2002... Dewey E. Johnson Catching Success Press, 2001 195 pages, $19.95 Hardcover Catching Success is subtitled "fishing, leadership, and relationships" as it is designed to take a look at leadership from the perspective of a fisherman and...

The Art of High-Stakes Decision-Making: Tough Calls in a Speed-Driven World.
March 22, 2002... J. Keith Murnighan and John C. Mowen John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002 278 pages $27.95 Hardcover If you want to make better decisions, and have more confidence in those decisions, read this book. Murnighan and Mowen present a model...

20/20 Foresight.
March 22, 2002... Hugh Courtney Harvard Business School Press - 2001 209 pages. $29.95 Hard-cover Hugh Courtney, a consultant with McKinsey & Company, bases this book on a multiyear research effort on the formation and execution of strategy under...

Meeting the ethical challenges of leadership: Casting light or shadow.
March 22, 2002... Craig E. Johnson Sage Publications, 2001 260 pages, $29.95 Soft-cover Craig Johnson provides an interesting model to help us understand leaders' ethical responsibilities to their followers. The book begins with a "metaphor of light...

Mastering Inner Leadership.
March 22, 2002... By Gilbert Fairholm Quorum Books, 2001, 217 pages Hard cover, $65.00 Fairholm's book clearly points to the role and responsibility of the Inner Leader in relation to the top executive. His timely and relevant ideas help to close the...

The Future of Leadership (Today's Top Leadership Thinkers Speak to Tomorrow's Leaders).
March 22, 2002... Warren Bennis, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Thomas G. Cummings, Editors Jossey-Bass, 2001, $16 pages Hardcover, $26.95 The seminal contributions, personal imprint and shared gifts given by Warren Bennis to the study and practice of...