The Nature of Leadership

With contributions from leading authors in the most important areas of current research, this book provides insight into the streams that are driving leadership theory and practice today. The Second Edition provides students with an updated and complete yet concise handbook that solidifies and integrates the vast and disparate leadership literature.

John Antonakis is Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Prof. Antonakis’ research is currently focused on predictors and outcomes of leadership, leadership development, psychometrics, as well as on research methods. He has published articles in prestigious journals including Science, Psychological Science, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Harvard Business Review, among many others. He has been awarded or directed research funds totaling over $2.45 million. Prof. Antonakis is Editor in Chief of The Leadership Quarterly, and also serves on the editorial boards of many top journals in management and applied psychology. He has twice won The Leadership Quarterly best article-of-the-year award. He fellow of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology as well as of the Association for Psychological Science.

Affiliations:

University of Lausanne

John Antonakis has a Web Site at: http://www.hec.unil.ch/people/jantonakis