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The Quest for a General Theory of Leadershipby G. R. Goethals; G.L.J. Sorenson
Edward Elgar Publishing 2006; US$ 40.00Presents the story of an intellectual venture taken by top scholars to develop a general theory of leadership. This book describes the progress made in the venture and provides the conclusions and questions that arose from it. It is of interest to leaders, students and scholars of leadership. more...
Public Relations Writing Worktextby Joseph M. Zappala; Ann R. Carden
Taylor & Francis 2009; US$ 54.95Public Relations Worktext is a writing and planning resource for public relations students and practitioners. more...
Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind, Third Editionby Geert Hofstede; Gert Jan Hofstede; Michael Minkov
McGraw-Hill 2010; US$ 29.95The revolutionary study of how the place where we grew up shapes the way we think, feel, and act-- with new dimensions and perspectives Based on research conducted in more than seventy countries over a forty-year span, Cultures and Organizations examines what drives people apart—when cooperation is so clearly in everyone’s interest. With major new contributions from Michael Minkov’s analysis of data from the World Values Survey, as well as an account of the evolution of cultures by Gert Jan Hofstede, this revised and expanded edition: Reveals the “moral circles” from which national societies are built and the unexamined rules by which people think, feel, and act Explores how national cultures... more...
The Allure of Toxic Leadersby Jean Lipman-Blumen
Oxford University Press, USA 2004; US$ 16.95Toxic leaders, both political, like Slobodan Milosevic, and corporate, like Enron's Ken Lay, have always been with us, and many books have been written to explain what makes them tick. Here leadership scholar Jean Lipman-Blumen explains what makes the followers tick, exploring why people will tolerate--and remain loyal to--leaders who are destructive to their organizations, their employees, or their nations. Why do we knowingly follow, seldom unseat, frequently prefer, and sometimes even create toxic leaders? Lipman-Blumen argues that these leaders appeal to our deepest needs, playing on our anxieties and fears, on our yearnings for security, high self-esteem, and significance, and on our desire for noble enterprises and immortality. She... more...
Social Influencesby Kevin Wren
Routledge 1999; US$ 17.00Explores areas of human behaviour as diverse as mob violence, the need to obey, gender behaviour, groups of individuals and their leaders. more...
Theories of the Information Societyby Frank Webster
Routledge 2002; US$ 45.95In this new and thoroughly revised edition the author brings his work right up-to-date both with new theoretical work and with social and technological changes - such as the rapid growth of the internet and accelerated globalisation . more...
Methodological Individualismby Lars Udehn
Routledge 2001; US$ 218.00This volume is about the background, history and meaning of methodological individualism. It will interest a broad range of students and academics across the social sciences. more...
Home Territoriesby David Morley
Routledge 2000; US$ 35.95Explores issues such as the role of gender in the construction of domesticity, and the conflation of ideas of maternity and home, and engages with recent debates about the 'territorialisation of culture'. more...
Power and the Socialby Sallie Westwood
Routledge 2001; US$ 51.95By bringing together theory and substantive analysis, Power and the Social provides a clear and imaginative account of power and power relations and will prove an invaluable text for students. more...
Enlightenment's Wakeby John Gray
Routledge 1997; US$ 52.95John Gray argues that all schools of contemporary political thought are variations on the Enlightenment Project - the Westernizing project of Universalizing Civilization and that new models are now needed to cope with contemporary dilemmas. more...