The New Psychology Of Leadership Identity Influence And Power S Alexander Haslam by S. Alexander Haslam, Stephen D. Reicher, Michael J. Platow 9781841696096, 9780203833896, 1841696099, 0203833899 instant download after payment.

Written in an accessible and engaging style, this book examines a range of theoretical and practical issues that are central to the leadership process. These include the nature of group identity, the basis of authority and legitimacy, the dynamics of justice and fairness, the determinants of followership and charisma, and the practice and politics of leadership.
Content: 1. The old psychology of leadership: Great men and the cult of personality --
2. The current psychology of leadership: Issues of context and contingency, transaction and transformation --
3. Foundations for the new psychology of leadership: Social identity and self-categorization --
4. Being one of us: Leaders as in-group prototypes --
5. Doing it for us: Leaders as in-group champions --
6. Crafting a sense of us: Leaders as entrepreneurs of identity --
7. Making us matter: Leaders as embedders of identity --
8. Identity leadership at large: Prejudice, practice, and politics.
Abstract: Examines a range of theoretical and practical issues that are central to the leadership process, including the nature of group identity, the basis of authority and legitimacy, the dynamics of justice and fairness, the determinants of followership and charisma, and the practice and politics of leadership.