The history of thinking about leadership

David Pendleton and Adrian Furnham
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David Pendleton: Oxford University
Adrian Furnham: University College London

Chapter Chapter 1 in Leadership: All You Need To Know, 2012, pp 5-27 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The topic of leadership is controversial. There are those who argue that leadership is greatly overvalued: that the success of organizations derives at least as much from serendipity as from strategy, vision or leadership. They argue that attempts to identify the characteristics of great leaders have proven to be inconsequential or contradictory and that generalizable lessons about leadership are elusive. We believe that these arguments may have some validity but that they do not reflect the overwhelming weight of research evidence.

Keywords: Emotional Intelligence; Transformational Leader; Leadership Style; Psychological Contract; Theory Leadership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230354425_2

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