Exploring distance in leader-follower relationships : when near is far and far is near / edited by Michelle C. Bligh, Ronald E. Riggio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bligh, Michelle C.

Riggio, Ronald E.

Series:

Leadership: research and practice series.

Leadership: research and practice series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership--Psychological aspects.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Leaders face new challenges as they cope with changes in culture, technology and the workplace. In this edited volume, based on a conference at Claremont, scholars of leadership studies from three continents discuss the latest psychological research on interpersonal leader-follower relations. The book tackles the impact of distance - physical, interpersonal and social - on our organizations, governments and societies.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Introduction When Near is Far and Far is Near; SECTION I Foundations and Definitions of Distance; Chapter 1 Foundations of Distance; Chapter 2 Notes on Distance and Leadership; SECTION II The Impact of Distance on Leader-Follower Relations; Chapter 3 Leading in a Digital Age: What's Different, Issues Raised, and What We Know; Chapter 4 Engaging Followers at a Distance: Leadership Approaches that Work; Chapter 5 The Role of Distance in Leader-Member Exchange (LMX)

Chapter 6 The Far Side of Leadership: Rather Difficult to FaceSECTION III Moving Forward: Emerging Concepts and Extensions of Leader-Follower Distance; Chapter 7 Women as Leaders: Paths Through the Labyrinth; Chapter 8 The Tyranny of Normative Distance: A Social Identity Account of the Exercise of Power by Remote Leaders; Chapter 9 The Apple does not Fall Far from the Tree: Steve Jobs's Leadership as Simultaneously Distant and Close; Chapter 10 American Presidential Leadership: Leader Credit, Follower Inclusion, and Obama's Turn; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-32243-4

1-283-60649-6

9786613918949

1-136-32244-2

0-203-12063-9

9780203120637

OCLC:

811505947