Leadership in Organizations

Third Edition

GARY YUKL

 
              
PREFACE           xi

1 INTRODUCTION:THE NATURE OF LEADERSHIP

Definitions of Leadership
Leadership Effectiveness
Effective Leadership in
 Groups and Organizations
Overview of Major Research Approaches 
Toward an Integrating Conceptual Framework 
Summary 
Review and Discussion Questions 

2 THE NATURE OF MANAGERIAL WORK

Typical Activity Patterns in Managerial Work   
The Content of Managerial Work     
A Theory of Demands, Constraints, and Choices    
Research on Situational Determinants
How Much Discretion Do Managers Have?
Limitations of the Descriptive Research
Applications: Guidelines for Managers
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Cases
            
3 PERSPECTIVES ON EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR                

Ohio State Leadership Studies     
Behavior Research Using Experiments       
The Michigan Leadership Studies       
Behavior Research Using Critical Incidents     
Universal Theories of Effective Leader Behavior
Categories of Leadership and Managerial Behavior
An Integrating Taxonomy of Managerial Behaviors
Evaluation of the Behavior Approach  
Applications: Guidelines for Managers
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Cases

4 SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS FOR MANAGING THE WORK    

Planning    
Problem Solving     
Clarifying Roles and Objectives     
Informing 
Monitoring Operations and Environment        
Summary
Review and  Discussion Questions 
Cases113

5 SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS FOR MANAGING RELATIONSHIPS

Supporting
Developing
Recognizing
Rewarding
Managing Conflict and Team Building 
Networking     
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Cases

6 PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP AND DELEGATION

Nature of Participative Leadership
Research on Participative Leadership
Vroom and Yetton Normative Decision Model
Applications: Guidelines for Participative Leadership       
Delegation      
Applications: Guidelines for Delegating       
Leading Self-Managed Teams          
Summary 
Review and Discussion Questions 
Cases

7 SOURCES OF POWER AND INFLUENCE
Conceptions of Influence and Power  
Position Power
Personal Power
Research on Power and Effectiveness 
How Power Is Acquired and Lost         
Power and Political Processes In Organizations 
How Much Power Should Leaders Have?            
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Case


8 INFLUENCE PROCESSES AND MANAGERIAL EFFECTIVENESS

Types of Influence Behavior
A Model of Power and Influence
Research on Influence Tactics
Reciprocal Influence in Vertical Dyads       
Dyadic Relationships and Attributions About Subordinates           
Applications: Guidelines for Exercising Power        
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Cases

9 MANAGERIAL TRAITS AND SKILLS

Nature of Traits and Skills      
Early Research on Leader Traits and Skills      
Major Approaches in Trait Research 
Managerial Traits and Effectiveness
Managerial Skills and Effectiveness
Evaluation of the Trait Research 
Applications: Guidelines for Managers        
Summary 280
Review and Discussion Questions
Cases 

10 CONTINGENCY THEORIES OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

The Path-Goal Theory of Leadership    
LPC Contingency Model
Cognitive Resources Theory
General Evaluation of Contingency Theories     
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Cases

11 CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP

Early Conceptions of Charismatic Leadership
House's Theory of Charismatic Leadership
An Attribution Theory of Charisma    
A Self-Concept Theory of Charismatic Leadership     
Psychoanalytic Explanations of Charisma 
A Social Contagion Explanation of Charisma
Comparison of Charismatic Theories       
Routinization of Charisma     
The Dark Side of Charisma     
Descriptive Research on Charismatic Leadership
Evaluation of Charismatic Leadership Theories
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Cases

12 TRANSFORMATIONAL AND CULTURAL LEADERSHIP

Transforming Leadership
Transformational Leadership
Leadership and Organization Culture
Descriptive Research on Transformational Leaders 
Evaluation of Transformational Leadership Theories
Applications: Guidelines for Transformational Leadership 
Applications: Guidelines for Strengthening Culture 
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Cases

13 STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP BY TOP EXECUTIVES

Attributions About Leader Importance and Effectiveness       
Research on Leadership Succession      
Determinants of Executive Influence on Performance 
Strategic Leadership and the Failure of Success 
Executive Effectiveness and Time in Office 
Executive Teams 
Future Challenges for Executives     
Applications: Guidelines for Transforming Organizations      
Summary       
Review and Discussion Questions        
Case     

14 LEADERSHIP IN DECISION-MAKING GROUPS

Determinants of Effective Group Decisions
Leadership Functions in Decision Groups
Role of the Leader in Decision Groups
Applications: Guidelines for Leading Meetings      
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Cases

15 OVERVIEW AND INTEGRATION

How Much Do We Know?    
Overview of Findings from Different Approaches
Points of Convergence among Approaches        
Approaches for Improving Leadership Effectiveness
Some Current Issues in Leadership     
Concluding Thoughts
Review and Discussion Questions

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