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ISSN: 1539-6363
Issue: Vol. 9, Winter 2009
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Leadership and Adult Development Theories: Overviews and Overlaps
By Scott J. Allen, John Carroll University and Jon F. Wergin, Antioch University
Until relatively recently most developmental psychologists assumed that "development" ends with adolescence, and that, like the physical self, one's cognitive self then begins a long and steady decline. Only in the past 30 years or so has the term "adult development" been taken seriously, and the insights gained from this burgeoning research have huge implications for the development of leaders.
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A Trans-Cultural Perspective on Leadership and Leader Development
By Ernest L. Stech, Arizona State University
Current theories, models, and perspectives on leadership are culture-specific and for the most part based on values of and knowledge in the western world. To a great extent, the field of leadership is biased toward the proactive, forceful, and rational leader stereotype. There is a need for a trans-cultural perspective, one that allows for the variations between cultures and is not limited to the Western ideal of the aggressive and unemotional superordinate.
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A Leadership Self-Efficacy Taxonomy and its Relation to Effective Leadership
Original Publication by David W. Anderson, Henryk T. Krajewski, Richard D. Goffin, Douglas N. Jackson,
In In Leadership Quarterly
Synopsis by Michael Shambon, Claremont McKenna College, '09
Anderson et al. state three objectives for their study: to create tools to measure both Leadership Self-Efficacy (LSE) and workplace performance, to develop a structure to classify types of LSE and achievement, and to analyze the relationship between LSE and leadership success.
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The Next Frontier in Corporate Governance: Engaging the Board in Strategy
Original publication by Jeffrey L. Kerr and William B. Werther, Jr.
In Organizational Dynamics
Synopsis by Ian McGinnity, Claremont McKenna College, '11
In this engaging article, Jeffrey L. Kerr and William B. Werther Jr. pose the question of whether boards of directors for large and small corporations alike are assets or liabilities.
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