Key Concepts in Leadership

By Jonathan Gosling, Ian Sutherland, Stephanie Jones

Book Overview

What are the main characteristics of effective leadership? How can we understand leadership today?

This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary 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 practiced 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, it contains consistent, concise and authoritative entries on:
The Eight Questions of LeadershipThe Five Minds of the ManagerLeadership and PsychologyDevelopmental Approaches to LeadershipFunctional LeadershipLeadership PracticeThis book is an indispensable guide to the central concepts of leadership for professionals and students alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849205892
• ISBN13: 9781849205894
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.4"