Leadership and Power

Leadership and associated power issues lie at the core of group life in a variety of contexts. Even the most informal of groups typically have some form of leadership in their organization, and the understanding of leadership and power from a psychological standpoint can inform a greater understanding of group dynamics both inside and outside of the workplace.

Leadership and Power is a synthesis of contributions from eminent social psychologists and organizational scientists that addresses these issues from a fresh perspective. In recent years, these themes have been re-examined through the lens of social categorization approaches that highlight people's social identity and social roles as group members, as well as the processes that influence perceptions of and expectations about people and groups. The book is wide-ranging; chapters cover such diverse issues as: interpersonal versus group-oriented styles of leadership; leadership of totalist groups; political leadership; and gender and leadership. It represents a state-of-the-art overview of this burgeoning field that will be important to a host of disciplines.

Elements of cross-referencing to highlight thematic links as well as effective chapter conclusions will make the text appealing to advanced students taking courses in social and organizational psychology, management and organization studies, not just scholars interested in these themes.

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Identity, Leadership and Power - Daan Van Knippenberg and Michael A Hogg
Preface and Introduction
Leadership Effectiveness - Martin M Chemers
Functional, Constructivist and Empirical Perspectives
Leader-Member Relations and Social Identity - Michael A Hogg, Robin Martin and Karen Weedon
Leadership as the Outcome of Self-Categorization Processes - Michael J Platow et al
Identity, Leadership Categorization and Leadership Schema - Robert Lord and Rosalie Hall
Status Characteristics and Leadership - Cecilia L Ridgeway
Few Women at the Top - Alice H Eagly
How Role Incongruity Produces Prejudice and the Glass Ceiling
Justice, Identity and Leadership - Tom R Tyler
A Relational Perspective on Leadership and Co-Operation - David de Cremer
Why It Matters to Care and Be Fair
Leadership, Identity and Influence - Barbara van Knippenberg and Daan van Knippenberg
Relational Concerns in the Use of Influence Tactics
Power and Prejudice - Stephanie A Goodwin
A Social-Cognitive Perspective on Power and Leadership
Power, Social Categorization, and Social Motivates in Negotiation - Carsten K W de Dreu and Gerben A van Kleef
Implications for Management and Organizational Leadership
Aberrations of Power - Robert S Baron, Kevin Crawley and Diana Paulina
Leadership in Totalist Groups
The Imperatives of Identity - Roderick M Kramer
The Role of Identity in Leader Judgement and Decision Making
On the Science and the Art of Leadership - Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins
Identity, Power and Strategic Social Categorizations - Scott A Reid and Sik Hung Ng
Theorizing the Language of Leadership