Journal of Leadership Studies articles from September 1998

Journal of Leadership Studies archives from September 1998

Editorial Fall 1998.(Brief Article)
September 22, 1998... In my previous editorials I have typically discussed topics such as the focus of the Journal, new members whom we have added to the review board, and the nature and content of the articles in the particular issue. However, this time I'd like to...

The Sears X-Y Study.
September 22, 1998... In the aftermath of a sharp but temporary downturn of sales in 1949, the national personnel department of Sears, Roebuck undertook a study of how representative store mangers were coping with the problems of falling sales and profits and what...

Charismatic Leadership: The Hidden Controversy.
September 22, 1998... Executive Summary This article looks at three controversial topics related to charismatic leadership: (1) Is charismatic leadership always a good thing? (2) Are we doomed by nature to be either charismatic or not? (3) Is charisma always an...

Understanding The Charismatic Leader-Follower Relationship: Promises and Perils.
September 22, 1998... Executive Summary The authors propose a framework for analyzing the dynamics of the leader-follower relationship in a mentoring context. To illustrate their framework, they use personal disclosure and personal case analysis. This framework...

Leadership and Organizations for the New Millennium.
September 22, 1998... Executive Summary The development of leadership theory has paralleled the development of organizational theory. The models of laissez-faire, transactional and transformational leadership both explain the old paradigm of the bureaucratic...

Academic Health Care: Leadership in Time of Change.
September 22, 1998... Executive Summary Health care today is between paradigms. This state of fluctuation places extraordinary challenges on leaders of academic health care facilities. New leadership skills are needed to overcome this dilemma. Communicating a...

Learning Laboratories for Renewed Community Leadership: Rationale, Programs, and Challenges.
September 22, 1998... Executive Summary In the first issue of this journal in 1993 Joseph Rest declared that leadership development programs offered in the past require new concepts of leadership and new educational methods to develop leaders and collaborators...

The New Leader: A Synthesis of Leadership Research in Australia and New Zealand.
September 22, 1998... Executive Summary This article presents the findings of a recently completed synthesis of leadership research conducted through the mid-1990s in Australia and New Zealand. Differences and similarities in implications between Australasia...

Business Leaders: A Historical Sketch of Andrew Carnegie.
September 22, 1998... Between the Civil War and 1899 Horatio Alger wrote more than a hundred books with titles such as Bound to Rise, Luck and Pluck, Sink or Swim, and Tom, the Bootblack. At least twenty million copies were sold, and the name Horatio Alger became...

New Leadership: The Directory Assistance Project.
September 22, 1998... Executive Summary Precise Telecommunications has an opportunity to develop an operator services offering which will position it as a leading provider of Directory Assistance with Call Completion (DACC) information services. The strategic...

Finding, not Looking for Leadership: A Case Study using The Bolman and Deal Model.
September 22, 1998... Introduction J. Thomas Wren in The Leader's Companion (1996) identified eight different definitions of leadership involving creativity, inducing of desired behavior in others, influencing of relationships, transforming others, providing...

A Conversation with James C. Worthy Effective Management Leadership in Perspective.(Interview)
September 22, 1998... Shortly before the untimely death of James C. (Jim) Worthy, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing him regarding effective management leadership and I am sure the reader will gain as much knowledge, and enjoy doing so, as I did during the...

Calling a Halt to Mindless Change: A Plea for Common Sense Management.(Review)
September 22, 1998... Calling a Halt to Mindless Change: A Plea for Common Sense Management John Macdonald New York: American Management Association, 1998 234 pp., hardcover, $24.95 Calling a Halt to Mindless Change looks at change from a new angle. It is...

The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable.(Review)
September 22, 1998... The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable Patrick Lencioni Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, California, 1998 129 pp., paperback, $20.00 Reviewed by: John Hannon, Florida Institute of Technology So you want to be an effective leader....

The Management Team Handbook: Five Key Strategies for Maximizing Group Performance.(Review)
September 22, 1998... The Management Team Handbook: Five Key Strategies for Maximizing Group Performance Marie G. McIntyre Jossey Bass Publishers, 1998 256 pp., $34.95 I decided to review this book myself because the title fascinated me and I did not want to...

Executive Teams.(Review)
September 22, 1998... Executive Teams David A. Nadler, Janet L Spencer, and Associates Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, CA 1998 300 pp., hardcover, $27.95 Reviewed by Wendell V. Fountain Fountain and Associates The authors have taken a balanced...

Leadership From the Inside Out: Seven Pathways to Mastery.(Review)
September 22, 1998... Leadership From the Inside Out: Seven Pathways to Mastery Kevin Cashman Executive Excellence Publishing, 1998 218 pp., $24.95 Reviewed by Larry Brandt Nova Southeastern University In Leadership From the Inside Out, Kevin Cashman...