Transformational Leadership: A Comprehensive Review of Theory and Research - Hardcover

Riggio, Ronald E.; Bass, Bernard M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805847618 ISBN 13: 9780805847611

Publisher: Psychology Press, 2005

Synopsis

This edited volume explores different models, conceptualizations, and measures of leader interpersonal and influence "soft skills" that are so necessary for effective leadership. These include the communication skills, persuasion skills, political savvy, and emotional abilities used by leaders to inspire, motivate, and move followers toward the accomplishment of goals. The book emanates from the two-day-long 21st Kravis-de Roulet leadership conference, which brought together top scholars working in this area. The intent of the conference and this edited volume is to increase understanding of the interpersonal and influence skills, or "soft skills," of the leader, to highlight state-of-the-art research on the topic, and to provide clear, research-based guidelines for the development of leader skills.

About this title

About the Author:

Bernard M. Bass is Distinguished Professor of Management Emeritus and Founding Director of the Center for Leadership Studies at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Dr. Bass is the author of over 300 articles and 24 books concentrating on leadership, organizational behavior, and human resource management. Between 1952 and the present, he has been the principal investigator on numerous federal, state, and private foundation research grants.  He was the founding Editor of The Leadership Quarterly, and he has consulted with and conducted training for many of the Fortune 500 firms and has lectured or conducted workshops in over 40 countries. Professor Bass is also a Senior Scientist for the Gallup Organization and a member of the Board of Governors for the Kravis Leadership Institute.
For the past 25 years, Professor Bass has focused much of his research on transformational leadership and management development. In 1994, he received the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. In 1997, he was honored by the Society for Psychology in Management with the annual Lifetime Award for the Practice of Psychology in Management. 
Ronald E. Riggio is the Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology and Director of the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College. He has served on the faculties of the University of California, San Francisco, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, and California State University, Fullerton. Professor Riggio is the author of over 100 books, book chapters, and research articles in the areas of leadership, organizational psychology, and social psychology. His research work has included published studies on empathy, social intelligence, and the role of social skills and emotions in leadership potential and leadership success. In addition to his 30 years of teaching courses in organizational psychology and related areas, Professor Riggio has been an organizational consultant to numerous private and public sector organizations, including several Fortune 500 companies. Riggio is an Associate Editor of The Leadership Quarterly and is on the editorial boards of Leadership and Leadership Review.

Review:

"...the book clearly outlines the kinds of programmatic steps that are used in trying to develop leaders to be more transformational, including techniques such as 360-degree feedback, personal development plans, working on vision plans and articulation of visions, etc."
―The Member Connector - International Leadership Assoc.

"A new or revised book by on the world's most eminent researchers on leadership is usually the cause for celebration, and this work by Bernard Bass (writing with Ronald E. Riggio) is no exception....this is a must-read book for researchers and advanced students in leadership in general and transformational leadership in particular....a valuable contribution for any serious student on this topic."
―PsycCRITIQUES

"Bernie Bass' legacy is an international tidal wave of researchers and scholars exploring transformational leadership. The study of leadership has many mothers but it was Bernie Bass who became its driving force. We are delighted to have this new edition of Transformational Leadership and to find the markedly thoughtful influence of leadership scholar and social psychologist Ron Riggio. It brings in substantial new findings, consolidates and conceptualizes previous work, and brings the work of leadership to life with real leaders in real-life situations."
―James MacGregor Burns and Georgia Sorenson
University of Maryland

About this edition

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0805847618
• ISBN 13: 9780805847611
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 296