Leadership And Meaning In Collective Action

By Stewart Ashley Dutfield, Marist College

This paper addresses the applicability of contemporary views of leadership on groups bound by the common pursuit of a collective enterprise. In this study, leadership described as "meaning-making" was more widely distributed in pursuit of primary tasks than in pursuit of leadership tasks.

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Developing the Leader's Strategic Mindset: Establishing the Measures

By John Pisapia, Daniel Reyes-Guerra, and Eleni Coukos-Semmel, Florida Atlantic University

In today's world, the stability of all institutions is challenged by the rapid speed of change driven by globalization, shifting populations, and integration of advanced information and communications technologies. This transition from the modern industrial age to the postmodern information age, with its accompanying complexity, is creating a profound challenge for all organizational leaders.

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The Political Role of Corporate Human Resource Management in Strategic Global Leadership Development

Original Publication by Milorad M. Novicevic and Michael G. Harvey
In The Leadership Quarterly

Synopsis by Elisa Adelman, Claremont McKenna College '03

Globalization requires a change in corporate business practices. There is no doubt that Human Resource Management must adapt from its traditionally narrow role of technical administration of standards to a more proactive, political, and strategic force that benefits the firm.

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