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About the authors |
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Foreword |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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1 The old psychology of leadership: Great men and the cult of personality |
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Leadership in history: The "great man" and his charisma |
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2 | (3) |
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The political decline of the "great man" approach: The impact of the "great dictators" |
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5 | (3) |
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The standardization of leadership: Personality models and their failings |
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8 | (2) |
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The biographical approach: Looking for the roots of greatness in personal histories |
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10 | (3) |
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The conceptual weaknesses of individualistic models: Static explanations of a dynamic phenomenon |
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13 | (1) |
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The political deficiencies of individualistic models: Reducing leadership to leaders |
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14 | (2) |
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Conclusion: Five criteria for a useful psychology of leadership |
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16 | (3) |
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2 The current psychology of leadership: Issues of context and contingency, transaction and transformation |
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19 | (26) |
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The importance of context and contingency |
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19 | (7) |
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The importance of followers |
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26 | (9) |
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The importance of that "special something" |
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35 | (5) |
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Conclusion: The need for a new psychology of leadership |
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40 | (5) |
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3 Foundations for the new psychology of leadership: Social identity and self-categorization |
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45 | (26) |
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Social identity and group behavior |
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46 | (10) |
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Social identity and collective power |
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56 | (3) |
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Defining social identities |
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59 | (9) |
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Conclusion: Setting the agenda for a new psychology of leadership |
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68 | (3) |
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4 Being one of us: Leaders as in-group prototypes |
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71 | (30) |
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The importance of standing for the group |
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71 | (5) |
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Prototypicality and leadership effectiveness |
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76 | (11) |
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Prototypicality and leadership stereotypes |
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87 | (9) |
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Prototypicality and the creativity of leaders |
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96 | (2) |
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Conclusion: To lead us, leaders must represent "us" |
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98 | (3) |
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5 Doing it for us: Leaders as in-group champions |
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101 | (21) |
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The importance of fairness |
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102 | (5) |
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From fairness to group interest |
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107 | (10) |
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Clarifying the group interest |
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117 | (2) |
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Conclusion: To engage followers, leaders' actions and visions must promote group interests |
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119 | (3) |
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6 Crafting a sense of us: Leaders as entrepreneurs of identity |
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122 | (22) |
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The complex relationship between reality, representativeness, and leadership |
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123 | (4) |
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Social identities as world-making resources |
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127 | (4) |
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Who can mobilize us? The importance of defining category prototypes |
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131 | (5) |
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Who is mobilized? The importance of defining category boundaries |
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136 | (3) |
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What is the nature of mobilization? The importance of defining category content |
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139 | (3) |
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Conclusion: Leaders are masters not slaves of identity |
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142 | (2) |
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7 Making us matter: Leaders as embedders of identity |
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144 | (25) |
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Identity as a moderator of the relationship between authority and power |
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144 | (4) |
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Leaders as artists of identity |
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148 | (7) |
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Leaders as impresarios of identity |
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155 | (7) |
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Leaders as engineers of identity |
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162 | (3) |
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Conclusion: Leadership and the production of power both center on the hard but rewarding work of identity management |
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165 | (4) |
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8 The pragmatics and politics of identity leadership: Being effective and doing good |
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169 | (26) |
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The pragmatics of identity leadership |
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169 | (11) |
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The politics of identity leadership |
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180 | (12) |
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Conclusion: Signposting the road to tyranny |
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192 | (3) |
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9 The tools of identity leadership: Translating theory into practice |
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195 | (51) |
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A measure of identity leadership: The ILI |
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196 | (6) |
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Principles for developing identity leadership: The 3Rs |
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202 | (8) |
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A program for developing identity leadership: 5R |
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210 | (6) |
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Conclusion: Nothing is so practical for leaders as good leadership theory |
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216 | (3) |
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219 | (27) |
Glossary |
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246 | (5) |
Index of leaders and leadership contexts |
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251 | (4) |
Author index |
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255 | (8) |
Subject index |
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