The development of leaders and leadership is a formative research area and a considerable
industry in practice. Existing reviews are often restricted in scope or by subjective inclusion …

The development of effective leaders and leadership behavior is a prominent concern in
organizations of all types. We review the theoretical and empirical literature on leader and …

The fields of organizational climate and organizational culture have co-existed for several
decades with very little integration between the two. In Organizational Climate and Culture …

Over the years, a growing body of evidence indicates that certain cognitive skills are a
critical determinant of leader performance. In the present effort we show that application of …

Global competition, new production techniques, and rapid technological change have
placed a premium on creativity and innovation. Although many variables influence creativity …

With contributions by leading scholars in the field, The Nature of Leadership, Third Edition
begins with an overview of the major schools of leadership, examining individual …

When we undertake work on a new topic we must ask ourselves what at first appears to be a
straightforward question–what am I working on? For creativity researchers this seemingly …

The trait-based perspective of leadership has a long but checkered history. Trait approaches
dominated the initial decades of scientific leadership research. Later, they were disdained …

This book is a beginning, a first step, in taking leader development in organizations beyond
conventional wisdom toward a scientifically sound research-based set of principles and …

Prior research offers limited insight into the types of work experiences that promote
leadership skill development and the ways that the person and context shape the …