Leadership: understanding the dynamics of power and influence in organizations

I. Introduction and overview. Concepts of leadership / Bernard M. Bass

What leaders really do / John P. Kotter

The manager's job : folklore and fact / Henry Mintzberg

Crucibles of leadership / Warren G. Bennis and Robert J. Thomas

Can leadership be taught? / Robert P. Vecchio

II. Power and influence. Power, politics, and influence / Robert P. Vecchio

Managing your boss / John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter

Effective followership : leadership turned upside down / Robert P. Vecchio

Intraorganizational influence tactics : explorations in getting one's way / David Kipnis, Stuart M. Schmidt, and Ian Wilkinson

A social influence interpretation of worker motivation / Mario Sussmann and Robert P. Vecchio

III. Dysfunctional aspects of leadership. Groupthink / Irving L. Janis

The power of leader expectations : self-fulfilling prophecies in organizations / Robert P. Vecchio

The long-term organizational impact of destructively narcissistic managers / Roy Lubit

The dark side of leadership / Jay A. Conger

Leaders who self-destruct : the causes and cures / Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

On the folly of rewarding A, while hoping for B / Steven Kerr

IV. Models of leadership. Path-goal theory of leadership / Robert J. House and Terence R. Mitchell

Are you in or out with your boss? / Robert P. Vecchio

Can leaders learn to lead? / Victor H. Vroom

WICS : a model of leadership in organizations / Robert J. Sternberg

From transactional to transformational leadership : learning to share the vision / Bernard M. Bass

Situational leadership theory : an examination of a prescriptive theory / Robert P. Vecchio

The contingency model of leadership effectiveness : its levels of analysis / Roya Ayman, Martin M. Chemers, and Fred Fiedler

V. Alternative views of leadership. Substitutes for leadership : effective alternatives to ineffective leadership / John P. Howell ... [et al.]

SuperLeadership : beyond the myth of heroic leadership / Charles C. Manz and Henry P. Sims, Jr.

Level 5 leadership : the triumph of humility and fierce resolve / Jim Collins

The servant as leader / Robert K. Greenleaf

The case of a servant leader : John F. Donnelly, Sr. / Robert J. Doyle

A man of transactions / Terrence Rafferty

Entrepreneurship and leadership : common trends and common threads / Robert P. Vecchio

VI. Emerging issues. Cultural constraints in management theories / Geert Hofstede

Organizational culture and strategic leadership : issues in the management of strategic change / Clayton G. Smith and Robert P. Vecchio

Challenges to leadership in the implementation of technological change / Mary D. Zalesny and Robert P. Vecchio

Leadership and gender advantage / Robert P. Vecchio

It's not easy being green : jealousy and envy in the workplace / Robert P. Vecchio.