Leadership: Research and Practice
About the Book Series
The Leadership: Research and Practice Series includes both edited and authored volumes showcasing the latest leadership and behavioral research, as well as practical books based on the latest leadership theory with applications to Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Management, Organizational Behavior, Law, Political Science, and Military Psychology.
Ron Riggio is the Series Editor and Georgia Sorenson was a Founding Editor of the series.
Please send all book proposals to Ron Riggio ([email protected])
Exploring Distance in Leader-Follower Relationships: When Near is Far and Far is Near
1st Edition
Edited
By Michelle C. Bligh, Ronald E. Riggio
May 24, 2017
Leaders face new challenges as they cope with changes in culture, technology and the workplace. In this edited volume, based on a conference at Claremont, scholars of leadership studies from three continents discuss the latest psychological research on interpersonal leader–follower relations. The ...
College Student Leadership Development
1st Edition
By Valerie I. Sessa
March 23, 2017
College Student Leadership Development introduces the idea that we all play a part in producing leadership and that learning how to participate in the process of leadership is something that all college students need to learn as part of their college academic experience. Rather than approaching ...
Teaching Leadership: An Integrative Approach
1st Edition
By Barbara C. Crosby
July 21, 2016
Teaching Leadership provides guidance for leadership educators in a variety of organizational and community contexts and across academic disciplines. An experienced leadership educator, Crosby promotes an inclusive vision of leadership that recognizes the inherent leadership potential in everyone. ...
The Global Hillary: Women's Political Leadership in Cultural Contexts
1st Edition
Edited
By Dinesh Sharma
May 24, 2016
Is there a linkage between "smart power" and Hillary Clinton's leadership style? Can she advance American leadership and women's development worldwide? The Global Hillary addresses these questions and many others. Bringing together two key aspects of Clinton’s ongoing career—her advocacy for ...
Applied Leadership Development: Nine Elements of Leadership Mastery
1st Edition
By Al Bolea, Leanne Atwater
August 27, 2015
Intended for courses on leadership, practicing managers, consultants, and practitioners, this approachable guide teaches readers about how to become a leader. By blending the real-world insights of business executive Al Bolea with tested research findings provided by leadership scholar Leanne ...
The Future of Leadership: Leveraging Influence in an Age of Hyper-Change
1st Edition
By Michael A Genovese
July 27, 2015
The Future of Leadership considers how the rapid changes of today will affect the leaders of tomorrow. Renowned Leadership scholar Michael A. Genovese argues that one of the key challenges for future leaders will be to effectively and constructively manage the ‘hyper-change’ taking place both ...
Presidential Leadership and African Americans: "An American Dilemma" from Slavery to the White House
1st Edition
By George R. Goethals
April 01, 2015
Presidential Leadership and African Americans examines the leadership styles of eight American presidents and shows how the decisions made by each affected the lives and opportunities of the nation’s black citizens. Beginning with George Washington and concluding with the landmark election of ...
Leadership and Coherence: A Cognitive Approach
1st Edition
By Nathan Harter
July 22, 2014
Leadership and Coherence investigates how leaders justify their decisions, and how they bring about coherence amongst followers. Taking a cognitive approach, it builds on the work of Hannah Arendt to attempt a phenomenology of judgment, examining how the moral imperative experienced by leaders can ...
Building Tomorrow's Leaders Today: On Becoming a Polymath Leader
1st Edition
By Michael A. Genovese
December 11, 2013
This book focuses on leadership -- what it is, how it works, and how complex, multi-layered and multi-dimensional it is -- and how it will change in the years ahead. If we are to build tomorrow’s leaders today, we need to anticipate what skills, temperaments, and specific competencies will be ...
The Global Obama: Crossroads of Leadership in the 21st Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Dinesh Sharma, Uwe P. Gielen
December 03, 2013
The Global Obama examines the president’s image in five continents and more than twenty countries. It is the first book to look at Barack Obama’s presidency and analyze how Obama and America are viewed by publics, governments, and political commentators around world. The author of Barack Obama in ...
Leader Interpersonal and Influence Skills: The Soft Skills of Leadership
1st Edition
Edited
By Ronald E. Riggio, Sherylle J. Tan
November 11, 2013
This edited volume explores different models, conceptualizations, and measures of leader interpersonal and influence "soft skills" that are so necessary for effective leadership. These include the communication skills, persuasion skills, political savvy, and emotional abilities used by leaders to ...
Women as Political Leaders: Studies in Gender and Governing
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael A. Genovese, Janie S. Steckenrider
March 12, 2013
Over the past several years, the fields of Leadership Studies and of Women's Studies have grown tremendously. This book, which is a series of case studies of women who have headed governments across the globe, will discuss the conditions and situations under which women rose to power and give...