Volume 6 of the Leadership Symposia—sponsored by the Department of AdminÂistrative Sciences and College of Business AdÂministration at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale—charts the state of the field of leadership through a judicious mixture of established and emerging scholars.
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The text is broken into four parts, with each part containing an Introduction by the editors. Part 1 consists of “Leadership and Managerial Behavior as Loosely Coupled Systems for Moving Beyond Establishment Views,†by the editors; “The Relevance of Some Studies of Managerial Work and BeÂhavior to Leadership Research,†Rosemary Stewart; “Unstructured, Nonparticipant ObÂservation and the Study of Leaders’ InterperÂsonal Contacts,†Robert S. Bussom, Lars L. Larson, and William M. Vicars; “Leaders on Line,†Michael M. Lombardo and Morgan W. McCall, Jr.; and “Various Paths Beyond EsÂtablishment Views,†Bernard Wilpert.
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Part 2 contains “Multiplexed Supervision and Leadership,†Fred Dansereau, Jr., Joseph A. Alutto, Steven E. Markham, and MacÂDonald Dumas; “A Theory of Leadership Categorization,†Robert G. Lord, Roseanne J.    Foti, and James S. Phillips; “Leadership AcÂtivation Theory,†John E. Sheridan, Jeffrey L. Kerr, and Michael A. Abelson; and “Intensity of Relation, Dyadic-Group Considerations, Cognitive Categorization, and TransformaÂtional Leadership,†Bernard M. Bass; “StratÂegies for Dealing with Different Processes in Different Contexts,†Ian Morley, “A MultiÂplexed Response to Bass and Morley,†Fred Dansereau, Jr., Joseph A. Alutto, Steven E. Markham, and MacDonald Dumas; and “Properly Categorizing the Commentary,†Roseanne J. Foti, Robert G. Lord, and James S. Phillips.
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Part 3 contains “SYMLOG and LeaderÂship Theory,†Robert F. Bales and Daniel J. Isenberg; “Toward a Macro-Oriented Model of Leadership: An Odyssey,†James G. Hunt and Richard N. Osborn; and “Toward a ParÂadigm Shift in the Study of Leadership,†Henry J. Tosi, Jr.
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Essays in part 4 are “If You’re Not Serving Bill and Barbara, Then You’re Not Serving Leadership,†Henry Mintzberg; “Beyond Establishment Leadership Views: An Epilog,†by the editors; “Leadership Research and the European Connection: An Epilog,†Dian-ÂMarie Hosking and James G. Hunt; and “Conclusion: The Leadership-Management Controversy Revisited,†Schriesheim, Hunt, and Sekaran.