Fact and Fantasy About Leadership (New Horizons in Leadership) - Softcover

Popper, Micha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178100711X ISBN 13: 9781781007112

Verlag: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Why are we attracted to leaders? Does this attraction have universal origins or is it culture-bound? Why and how are certain concepts and myths regarding leaders generated? Analyzing the psychology of followers, this unique book explores these important questions. Micha Popper expertly offers new and surprising insights regarding the leadership phenomenon whilst providing relevant examples.

This inspiring book posits that followers are the key to understanding the leadership phenomenon. It analyzes leader-follower dynamics in social and organizational settings and in politics which will strongly appeal to students of social psychology, sociology, management and political sciences. The book provides examples and in-depth analyses of 'the psychology of followership in everyday life' and will therefore prove invaluable for managers. A special emphasis is given to leader-follower dynamics at various levels of organizational life.

Contents:
Introduction
1. Another Book About Leadership?
2. Leadership as a Psychological Phenomenon
3. Fictionalization of Leadership
4. The Big Picture
Conclusion
References
Index

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Micha Popper, Professor, Department of Psychology,University of Haifa, Israel

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 178100711X
• ISBN 13: 9781781007112
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 153
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