Leadership: Research Findings, Practice and Skills - Hardcover

Andrew J. DuBrin is Professor Emeritus of Management in the E. Philip Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he served as department chairman and team leader. Dr. DuBrin has taught courses and conducted research in leadership, management, organizational behavior, and career management. He presents at other colleges, career schools, and universities. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology from Michigan State University. Dr. DuBrin has experience in human resource management and is a business and personal consultant in career management, leadership, and management development. Dr. DuBrin is an established author of both textbooks and trade books, and he contributes to professional journals, magazines, newspapers, and online media. He has written textbooks on management, leadership, organizational behavior, human relations, political behavior in organizations, and impression management. His trade books address management issues from charisma, team play, and office politics to overcoming career self-sabotage, and coaching and mentoring.

Offering what aims to be a balanced approach to basic leadership theory and skill development, this book addresses major contemporary concepts of leadership and influence, such as charismatic and transformational leadership, teamwork, and empowerment. Leadership in international and culturally diverse settings is also discussed, and traditional and current leadership research is cited for every topic on which research is available. Role plays, self-assessment exercises for both skills and personal characteristics, and case problems, are included for the development of students' leadership skills, and an ancillary package is available upon adoption.