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Contemporary Leadership Styles

Contemporary Leadership Styles

Introduction

The study of leadership is based on research that focuses on personality traits. In fact there are exceptional personalities to be particularly careful study and personal characteristics that distinguish these individuals to be recognized as the cause effective and comprehensive expression of leadership skills. Leadership is also distinguished based on the style a person possessed. In this paper we will explore different annotated topics relating to leadership styles.

Journal articles

Women's Leadership in Education

Ahn, M. J. , Adamson, J. S. A. , and Dornbusch, D. (2004). From leaders to leadership: Managing change. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies vol. 10 no. (4), pp. 112-123.

For the purpose of helping others understand how they can develop leadership; this chapter has reviewed research on how some women became university presidents. It provided insight on the career paths and barriers of these women leaders and also presented information on the most helpful development activities successful women have utilized to learn and grow. It then reviewed research on the categories and qualities of influential individuals who assisted women leaders in their development. This chapter also discussed women's motives for leading and their leadership styles. Finally, it shared advice from current and former women university presidents for those interested in becoming leaders in academic settings and beyond.

Women as Leaders in Executive Service

Alexander, D. and Andersen, K. (1993). Gender as a factor in the attribution of leadership traits. Political Research Quarterly vol. 46 no. (3), pp. 527-545.

Scholarship on executive women is relatively new, reflecting the fact that women have only recently begun to reach high-level executive branch positions in any substantial numbers. A great deal of research focuses on the personal backgrounds of women tapped to serve in presidential administrations, their leadership styles, and their attention to women's issues.

Much early research on female executives examined their paths to power, comparing and contrasting women with the men who also received appointments to presidential administrations. On the whole, researchers conducting these studies have found that male and female appointees have much in common: They are highly educated, come to their positions with experience in state or federal government, and are overwhelmingly white.

Contemporary Leadership

Avolio, B. J. and Gardner, W. L. (2005). Authentic leadership development: Getting to the root of positive forms of leadership. Leadership Quarterly vol. 18 pp. 213-222

Contemporary political and civic leadership theory represents a departure from conventional models, situating leadership as a relational and reciprocal process, collaborative, grounded in authenticity and deep personal awareness, and directed at enhancing the common good. Not only does this increase the complexity of our understanding of leadership, but also it increases the number of diverse perspectives that inform and contribute to it. This body of theory continues to grow at an exponential rate as shifting epistemological frameworks and emerging research offer alternative and evolving approaches to its study.

Leading Self

Avolio, B. J. and Gardner, W. L. (2005). Authentic leadership development: Getting to the root of positive forms of ...