The SAGE Handbook of Leadership (WEB PDF) von Alan Bryman

A one-stop reference on the state of leadership, encompassing macro, political, philosophical, psychological and cultural perspectives, with contributions from a ′who′s who′ of scholars in leadership studies.

PART ONE: OVERVIEW PERSPECTIVES
A History of Leadership - Keith Grint
Research Methods in the Study of Leadership - Alan Bryman
The Enduring and Elusive Quest for a General Theory of Leadership: Initial Efforts and New Horizons - Georgia Sorenson, George Goethals and Paige Haber
Leadership Development - David V. Day
PART TWO: MACRO AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Leadership and Organization Theory - Ken W. Parry
Perspectives on Strategic Leadership - Jean-Louis Denis, Veronica Kisfalvi, Ann Langley and Linda Rouleau
Charismatic Leadership - Jay A. Conger
Gender and Leadership - Linda L. Carli and Alice H. Eagly
A Network Approach to Leader Cognition and Effectiveness - Martin Kilduff and Prasad Balkundi
Trust and Distrust in the Leadership Process: A Review and Assessment of Theory and Evidence - Roderick M. Kramer
Leadership and Organizational Culture - Mats Alvesson
Cross-Cultural Leadership Revisited - Eric Guthey and Brad Jackson
PART THREE: POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES
Critical Leadership Studies - David Collinson
Leadership and Power - Raymond Gordon
Political Leadership - Jean Hartley and John Benington
Leadership and Cults - Dennis Tourish
Leadership Ethics - Joanne B. Ciulla and Donelson R. Forsyth
Philosophy of Leadership - Peter Case, Robert French and Peter Simpson
Aesthetics and Leadership - Hans Hansen and Ralph Bathurst
PART FOUR: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Predictors of Leadership: The Usual Suspects and the Suspect Traits - John Antonakis
Contingency Theories of Effective Leadership - Gary Yukl
Transformational Leadership - Héctor R. Diaz-Saenz
Leader-Member Exchange: Recent Findings and Prospects for the Future - Smriti Anand, Jia Hu, Robert C. Liden and Prajya R. Vidyarthi
Leadership and Attachment Theory: Understanding Interpersonal Dynamics in Leader-Follower Relations - Annilee M. Game
Team Leadership: A Review and Look ahead - Shawn Burke, Deborah DiazGranados and Eduardo Salas
Authentic Leadership - Arran Caza and Brad Jackson
A Multi-level View of Leadership and Emotions: Leading with Emotional Labour - Neal M. Ashkanasy and Ronald H. Humphrey
The Shadow Side of Leadership - Manfred Kets De Vries and Katharina Balazs
Psychoanalytic Approaches to Leadership - Yiannis Gabriel
Creativity, Innovation and Leadership: Models and Findings - Michael D. Mumford, Isaac C. Robledo and Kimberly S. Hester
PART FIVE: EMERGING PERSPECTIVES
Followership and Follower-Centred Approaches - Michelle C. Bligh
Hybrid Configurations of Leadership - Peter Gronn
Moving Relationality: Meditations on a Relational Approach to Leadership - Dian Marie Hosking
Complexity Leadership Theory - Mary Uhl-Bien and Russ Marion
Spirituality and Leadership - Mario Fernando
Discursive Approaches to Leadership - Gail T. Fairhurst
Being Leaders: Identities and Identity Work in Leadership - Amanda Sinclair
The Virtual Leader - David M. Boje, Alison Pullen, Carl Rhodes and Grace Ann Rosile

Leadership pervades every aspect of organizational and social life, and its study has never been more diverse, nor more fertile. With contributions from those who have defined that territory, this volume is not only a key point of reference for researchers, students and practitioners, but also an agenda-setting prospective and retrospective look at the state of leadership in the twenty-first century. It evaluates the domain and stretches it further by considering leadership scholarship from every angle, concluding with an optimistic look at the future of leaders, followers and their place in organizations and society at large.

Each section represents a distinctive slant on leadership:

- Macro perspectives - including strategic leadership, organization theory, charismatic leadership, complexity leadership, and networks.

- Political and philosophical perspectives - including distributed leadership, critical leadership, ethics, the military and cults.

- Psychological perspectives - including personality, leadership style and contingency theories, transformational leadership, exchange relationships, shared leadership, cognition, leadership development, gender, trust, identity and the dark side of leadership.

- Cultural perspectives - including spirituality, aesthetics, and creativity.

- Contemporary and emergent perspectives - followership, historical methods, virtual leadership, emotions, image, celebrity, and the quest for a general theory of leadership