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A critical evaluation of the group of contingency theories of leadership fully referenced. Critically evaluate contingency theories as part of major historical perspectives on leadership and management. Do not describe but critically evaluate. Attached are very useful articles. 1500 words. Assessment rubric is attached.

Caproni, P.J. (2012) Management Skills for Everyday Life. 3^rd edn. New Jersey: Pearson Education.

 

Certo, S.C. and Trevis Certo, S.  (2014) Modern Management: Concepts and Skills.  13^th edn. International Edition. Harlow: Pearson.

 

Daft R. L. (2011) Leadership. 5^th edn. – International Edition, London: South-Western Cengage Learning

 

Daft, R.L. and Marcic, D. (2014) Building Management Skills. International Edition. London: South-Western Cengage Learning.

 

Day, D. V. and Antonakis, J. (Eds.) (2012) The Nature of Leadership. 2^nd edn. London: Sage

 

Northouse, P.G. (2013) Leadership theory and practice. 6^th edn. London: Sage

 

Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2013) Cite Them Right. 9^th edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

 

Roe, K. (2014) Leadership: Practice and Perspectives. Gosport: Oxford University Press  (Core Text)   NB – This text has a very valuable online website which accompanies the text – please use this at www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/orc/roe/

 

 

Other Useful texts

 

Parry, K. and Jackson, B. (2011) A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about studying leadership. 2^nd edn. London: Sage.

 

Whetten, D.A. and Cameron, K.S. (2011). Developing Management Skills. 8^th edn.  New Jersey: Pearson Education.

 

Journal Articles:

Academy of Management Journal

Administrative Science Quarterly

British Journal of Management

Harvard Business Review

Journal of Management Studies

Journal of Management Academy

Management Review

Leadership Quarterly

 

Websites:

Chartered institute of Personnel and Development www.cipd.co.uk

Chartered Management Institute www.managers.org.uk

Institute of Leadership and Management www.i-l-m.com

 

 

Journal Articles:

 

 

Avolio, B.J., Walumba, f.O. and Weber, T.J. (2009) ‘Leadership: Current Theories, research, and Future Directions’, Annual review of Psychology, 60, pp. 421-449.

 

Bass, B. M. (1990) ‘From Transactional to Transformational Leadership: learning to share the vision’, Organizational Dynamics, Vol. 18, Iss. 3, Winter, pp. 19-31.

 

Bennis, W. (2007) ‘The Challenges of Leadership in the Modern World’, American Psychologist, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 2-5.

 

Bjugstad, K., Thach, E. C., Thompson, K. J. and Morris, A. (2006) ‘A Fresh Look at Followership: a model for matching followership and leadership styles’: www.ibam.com/pubs/jbam/articles/vol7/no3/JBAM_7_3_5_Followership.pdf

Bolden, R., (2011) Distributed Leadership in Organizations: A Review of Theory and Research. International Journal of Management Reviews, 13(3), pp.251–269.

Caldwell, R. (2003). Change leaders and change managers: different or complementary? Leadership and Organisation Development Journal. Vol. 24, No 5. pp 285-293

 

Conger, J. A. (2004) ‘Developing Leadership Capability: what’s inside the black box?’ Academy of Management Executive, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 136-139.

Gardner, W.L., Cogliser, C.C., Davis, K.M. and Dickens, M.P. (2011) Authentic leadership: A review of the literature and research agenda. The Leadership Quarterly, 22(6), pp.1120–1145.

Hirschhorn, L. and Gilmore, T (1992) ‘The New Boundaries of the “Boundaryless” Company’, Harvard Business Review,  May-June, 70 (3),  pp. 104 – 115.

 

House, R.J. and Aditya, R.N. ‘The Social Scientific Study of Leadership: Quo Vadis?’ Journal of Management, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 409-473.

 

Ireland, R. D. and Hitt, M. A. (2005) ‘Achieving and Maintaining Strategic Competitiveness in the 21st Century: the role of strategic leadership’, Academy of Management Executive, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 63-77.

 

Kellerman, B. (2007) ‘What Every Leader Needs to Know About Followers’, Harvard Business Review, December, pp. 84-91.

 

Kelley, R. E. (1988) ‘In Praise of Followers’, Harvard Business Review, November, Vol. 66, pp. 142-148.

 

Kent, T. W. (2005) ‘Leading and Managing: it takes two to tango’, Management Decisions, Vol. 43, No’s 7/8, pp. 1010-1017.

 

Kerr, S. and Jermier, J. (1978) ‘Substitutes for Leadership: their meaning and measurement’, Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, Vol. 22, pp. 374-403.

 

Kirkpatrick, S. A. and Locke, E. A. (1991) ‘Leadership: do traits matter?’, Academy of Management Executive, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 48-60.

 

Kotter, J. P. (1990) ‘What leaders really do’, Harvard Business Review, May-June, pp. 103-111.

 

Meindl, J. R. (1995) ‘The romance of Leadership as a Follower-centric Theory: a social constructionist approach’, Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 6, Iss. 3, pp. 329-341.

Parris, D.L. and Peachey, J.W. (2012). A Systematic Literature Review of Servant Leadership Theory in Organizational Contexts. Journal of Business Ethics, 113(3), pp.377–393.

Raisch, S and Birkinshaw, J (2008) ‘Organizational Ambidexterity: Antecedents, Outcomes and Moderators’, Journal of Management. Vol 34. No. 3, June , pp. 375-409.

 

Schreyögg, G.  and Sydow, J (2010) Crossroads: Organizing for Fluidity? Dilemmas of New Organizational Forms. Organization Science Vol. 21, No. 6, November–December, pp. 1251–1262

 

Shamir, B (1999): Leadership in Boundaryless Organizations: Disposable or Indispensable?, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 8:1, pp. 49-71.

 

Van Knippenberg, D. & Hogg, M. A. (2003) ‘A social identity model of leadership effectiveness in organisations’; in Staw, B. M. & Kramer, R. M. (Ed’s) Research in Organisational Behaviour, Vol. 25, New York, Elsevier, pp. 243-295.  (Available online at: http://www.icaruscounseling.com/files/books/Industrial%20and%20Organizational%20Psychology/RESEARCH%20IN%20ORGANIZATIONAL%20BEHAVIOR%20Vol%2025%20-%20Barry%20Staw.pdf#page=250)

 

Vroom, V.H. and Jago, A. G. (2007) ‘The Role of the Situation in Leadership’, American Psychologist, Vol. 62, No.1, pp. 17-24.

 

Zaccaro, S. J. (2007) ‘Trait-based Perspectives of Leadership’, Amer
ican Psychologist, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 6-16.

 

Zaleznik, A. (1992) ‘Managers and Leaders:  Are they different?’, Harvard Business Review, March-April, pp. 126-135.

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