"The Nature of Leadership"

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The paper discusses "The Nature of Leadership", written and edited by Antonakis, Ciamciolo and Sternberg, which is a compilation work containing a group of essays that explore the breadth and depth of leadership research and development and effectively introduces the reader to concepts and language specific to the leadership field of study. In addition, the paper notes that the authors have carefully chosen leadership studies and essays that follow through a series of themes. The paper lists these as leadership, assessment and measurement theories and techniques, the major schools of leadership research, leadership development to success and, finally, current issues of leadership, national culture, gender and ethics.

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"The work answers several general questions about leadership that are essential to a greater understanding of the field including if it is really measurable, something that has been debated over the years, and includes a series of ways to seek a better measure of leadership. Measurability of leadership is clearly one of the issues that has plagued the body of study since its inception. To some degree it is made clear in the work that there was a line of reasoning that stated that the reason and or context of leadership, or why one individual rose to it while others followed carried a sense of mystery that could not always be discovered by a researcher."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Anatonkis, J. Cianciolo, A. T. & Sternberg, R. J. (2004) The Nature of Leadership. New York: Sage Publications.

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