Includes bibliographical references (p. 509-544) and indexes.

The cry for leadership / J.W. Gardner -- The crisis of leadership / J.M. Burns -- Defining a citizen leader / R.A. Couto -- Servant leadership / R.K. Greenleaf -- Thinking and learning about leadership / T.E. Cronin -- Paths of inquiry into leadership / I.J. Spitzberg, Jr. -- The meaning of leadership / B.M. Bass -- What is leadership? / R.L. Hughes ... [et al.] -- Concepts of leadership : the beginnings / B.M. Bass -- The hero as king / Thomas Carlyle -- Rulers and generals are "history's slaves" / Leo Tolstoy -- The republic / Plato -- Politics / Aristotle -- How princes should keep faith / Niccolo Machiavelli -- Tao Te Ching / Lao-tzu -- Satyagraha / Mohandas Gandhi -- The talented tenth / W.E.B. Du Bois -- Contemporary leadership theory / M.M. Chemers -- Transactional and transforming leadership / J.M. Burns -- The transformation of transforming leadership / R.A. Couto -- Beyond the charismatic leader : leadership and organizational change / D.A. Nadler, M.L. Tushman -- What leaders really do / J.P. Kotter -- Personal factors associated with leadership / R.M. Stogdill -- Leadership : do traits matter? / S.A. Kirkpatrick, E.A. Locke -- Behavioral theories of leadership / Paul Hersey, K.H. Blanchard -- Ways women lead / J.B. Rosener -- Would women lead differently / Virginia Schein -- Women and minorities in management / A.M. Morrison, M.A. Von Glinow -- Leaders and followers / J.W. Gardner -- Leaders and followers are the people in this relationship / J.C. Rost -- In praise of followers / R.E. Kelley -- Situational leadership / Paul Hersey, K.H. Blanchard -- Superleadership : beyond the myth of heroic leadership / C.C. Manz, H.P. Sims -- Domination/ subordination / J.B. Miller -- Challenging the barriers to opportunity / A.M. Morrison -- The historical and contemporary contexts of leadership : a conceptual model / J.T. Wren, M.J. Swatez -- Cultural constraints in management theories / Geert Hofstede -- Defining organizational culture / E.H. Schein -- Strong cultures : a new "old rule" for business success / T.E. Deal, A.A. Kennedy -- Leadership in large-scale organized systems / J.W. Gardner -- Leadership and democracy / T.E. Cronin -- The making of a citizen leader / Cheryl Mabey -- Martin Luther King, Jr. : charismatic leadership in a mass struggle / Clayborne Carson -- Understanding and influencing follower motivation ; Power, influence, and influence tactics / R.L. Hughes ... [et al.] -- Developmental sequence in small groups / B.W. Tuckman -- Groupthink / Irving Janis -- The artform of leadership / Warren Bennis -- What it means to think critically / S.D. Brookfield -- Common views of organizations / L.G. Bolman, T.E. Deal -- Choosing a fundamental change strategy / Richard Beckhard, Wendy Pritchard -- Visionary leadership / Marshall Sashkin -- The decision-making process / E.F. Harrison -- Decision making and the leadership process / V.H. Vroom -- Leadership communication skills / M.Z. Hackman, C.E. Johnson -- Designing systems for resolving disputes in organizations / J.M. Brett ... [et al.] -- Leadership jazz / Max De Pree -- Redefining leadership for the next century / L.J. McFarland ... [et al.] -- Talent and training for leadership / R.B. Smith -- A new vision of leadership / Michele Darling -- Moral leadership / J.M. Burns -- Moral development in individuals / H.T. Prince II -- Messages from the environment : the influence of policies and practices on employee responsibility / J.B. Ciulla -- Universal human values : finding an ethical common ground / R.M. Kidder.

Anthology that introduces diverse perspectives on leadership through the ages and around the world.