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Leaders and the Leadership Process: Readings, Self-Assessments, and Applications
by Jon Pierce, John W Newstrom
from McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0 
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Leadership Theory Is Not Practice 
I used this book to teach an undergraduate course on leadership. The book was not my choice. The articles and research were edited in such a way that the reader really didn't feel that any of the theories were supported or substantiated by the data. If it was the authors' intention to leave room for personal reflection and opinion, they succeeded. As for the assessments, the text, including the instructor's manual, provided little direction for interpretation. I wish Pierce and Newstrom spent more time... more info
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Tedious, but less than some... 
(2nd ed.) This book is a compendium of 44 articles on leadership, intended for higher education audiences, especially management students in college. The authors also include 19 self-assessment instruments for the reader. The book finishes with 11 case studies and "experiential" exercises (as opposed, I guess, to cognitive exercises?). The topics are slanted toward social-psychological (roles, gender effects, group dynamics, leader behaviors, cross-cultural contexts, and so forth). As a result, the... more info
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