TY - BOOK AU - Hughes, Richard L. TI - Leadership: enhancing the lesson of experience SN - 9789814577212 AV - HM 1261 .H84 2015 PY - 2015/// PB - McGraw-Hill Education KW - LEADERSHIP KW - EXPERIENCES N1 - Includes index; 1. What do we mean by leadership? -- 2. Leader development -- 3. Skills for developing yourself as a leader -- 4. Power and influence -- 5. Values, ethics, and character -- 6. Leadership attributes -- 7. Leadership behavior -- 8. Skills for building personal credibility and influencing others -- 9. Motivation, Satisfaction, and performance -- 10. Groups, teams, and their leadership -- 11. Skills for developing others -- 12. The situation -- 13. Contingency theories of leadership -- 14. Leadership and change -- 15. The dark side of leadership -- 16. Skills for optimizing leadership as situations change N2 - Hughes, Ginnett, and Curphy draw upon three different types of literature - empirical studies; interesting anecdotes, stories, and findings; and leadership skills - to create a text that is personally relevant, interesting, and scholarly. The authors' unique quest for a careful balancing act of leadership materials helps students apply theory and research to their real-life experiences.1 ER -