As Haslam, Reicher and Platow set it out, a simple but profound theory underlies their New Psychology of Leadership. And that theory seems so very right that it may come as a surprise that this is not already the concept of leadership everywhere. I thought the first edition of this book was timely, the second edition is even more so. - From the Foreword by George A. Akerlof, Nobel Laureate in Economics
What I like about this book, and why I will recommend it to anyone interested in leadership, is how the science of leadership is mingled in a readable way with historical and modern-day examples. It is a must-read. - Cary L. Cooper in the Times Higher Education
This book provides a tremendous service by sorting through the tangle of leadership studies and theories to offer a new perspective that is at once elegant, supported by eclectic research, and readily translatable into practice. - Blake Ashforth, Professor of Management, Arizona State University, USA
An amazing book that completely changed my mind about leadership. - Rafael di Tella, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, USA
A path-breaking book that will reinvigorate and redirect scholarship on leadership for many years to come. - Jack Dovidio, Department of Psychology, Yale University USA As Haslam, Reicher and Platow set it out, a simple but profound theory underlies their New Psychology of Leadership. And that theory seems so very right that it may come as a surprise that this is not already the concept of leadership everywhere. I thought the first edition of this book was timely, the second edition is even more so.' - From the Foreword by George A. Akerlof, Nobel Laureate in Economics
What I like about this book, and why I will recommend it to anyone interested in leadership, is how the science of leadership is mingled in a readable way with historical and modern-day examples. It is a must-read. - Cary L. Cooper in Times Higher Education
This book provides a tremendous service by sorting through the tangle of leadership studies and theories to offer a new perspective that is at once elegant, supported by eclectic research, and readily translatable into practice. - Blake Ashforth, Professor of Management, Arizona State University, USA
An amazing book that completely changed my mind about leadership. - Rafael di Tella, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, USA
A path-breaking book that will reinvigorate and redirect scholarship on leadership for many years to come. - Jack Dovidio, Department of Psychology, Yale University USA