Management & Leadership, Psychology & Counseling, Behavioral Psychology, General, Leadership, Political Science, Psychology 

This volume was conceived as a tribute to Fred Fiedler in honor of his fortieth year of research and scholarship in the study of leadership and organizational effectiveness. Fiedler's contributions to this field have been of such magnitude that the term paradigm shift does not seem out of place in describing them. As Harry Triandis points out in his chapter in this book, the study of leadership can be fairly divided into before and after Fiedler's introduction of contingency theories. The realization that leadership effectiveness depends on the interaction of qualities of the leader with demands on the situation in which the leader functions made the simplistic "one best way" approaches of earlier eras obsolete. The implication of contingency notions spread like sonic waves throughout the field of organizational studies.

* Presents integrative perspectives on leadership research Discusses promising new directions for research Addresses the cross-cultural aspects of leadership Emphasizes teams and groups  

The Leadership Situation and the Black Box in Contingency Theories.
Legitimacy, Power, and Influence.
A Perspective on Relational Features of Leadership.
Transformational Leadership.
A Response to Critiques.
Toward the Integration of Transformational, Charismatic, and Visionary Theories.
Leadership, Values, and Accountability.
Leadership Perception.
The Role of Gender and Culture.
The Contingency Model in Cross-Cultural Perspective.
Managing Cultural Diversity on the Individual, Group, and Organizational Levels.
Toward a Dynamic and Systemic Theory of Groups.
An Integration of Six Temporally Enriched Perspectives.
Team Research in the 1990's.
Four Revolutions in Behavioral Decision Theory.
An Integrative Theory of Leadership.
Directions for Leadership Research.
 

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.