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The quest for a general theory of leadership / edited by George R. Goethals, Georgia L.J. Sorenson. - Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2006. - xvii, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - New horizons in leadership studies . - New horizons in leadership studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A quest for a grand theory of leadership / J. Thomas Wren -- Leadership and the human condition / Michael Harvey -- The theory and metatheory of leadership : the important but contested nature of theory / Mark C. Walker -- Power / Michael Harvey -- Leader-follower relations : group dynamics and the role of leadership / Crystal L. Hoyt, George R. Goethals and Ronald E. Riggio -- A framework for a general theory of leadership ethics / Terry L. Price and Douglas A. Hicks -- Causality, change and leadership / Gill Robinson Hickman and Richard A. Couto -- A constructionist lens on leadership : charting new territory / Sonia Ospina and Georgia L.J. Sorenson -- Contemplating context / J. Thomas Wren and Elizabeth Faier -- What we learned along the way : a commentary / Joanne B. Ciulla -- Afterword / James MacGregor Burns.

ISBN: 1845425413 (hardcover) 9781845425418 (hardcover)

LCCN: HM1261.Q47 2006

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA648326 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013470542 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Leadership.
Leadership--Philosophy.
F�uhrungstheorie.
Leadership.
Leadership.
Leadership--Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: HM1261 / .Q47 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 303.3/401