Includes bibliographical references and index.

Advancing leadership theory and practice / Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana -- When does leadership matter? : a contingent opportunities view of CEO leadership / Noam Wasserman, Bharat Anand, and Nitin Nohria -- Revisiting the meaning of leadership / Joel Podolny, Rakesh Khurana, and Marya L. Besharov -- What is this thing called leadership? / J. Richard Hackman -- Leadership through an organization behavior lens : a look at the last half-century of research / Mary Ann Glynn and Rich DeJordy -- Psychological perspectives on leadership / Jennifer A. Chatman and Jessica A. Kennedy -- A clinical approach to the dynamics of leadership and executive transformation / Manfred Kets de Vries and Elisabet Engellau -- Classical sociological approaches to the study of leadership / Mauro F. Guillén -- Economists' perspectives on leadership / Patrick Bolton, Markus K. Brunnermeier, and Laura Veldkamp -- An economic perspective on leadership / Mark. A. Zupan -- Leadership and history / Walter A. Friedman -- Power and leadership / Joseph S. Nye, Jr. -- Leadership and cultural context : a theoretical and empirical examination based on project GLOBE / Mansour Javidan ... [et al.] -- Women and leadership : defining the challenges / Robin J. Ely and Deborah L. Rhode -- A contingency theory of leadership / Jay Lorsch -- What is leadership? : the CEO's role in large, complex organizations / Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria -- What makes teams of leaders leadable? / Ruth Wagerman and J. Richard Hackman -- Decision making as leadership foundation / Michael Useem -- Leading change : leadership, organization, and social movements / Marshall Ganz -- Leadership in a globalizing world / Rosabeth Moss Kanter -- Unlocking the slices of genius in your organization : leading for innovation / Linda A. Hill ... [et al.] -- Identity-based leader development / Herminia Ibarra, Scott Snook, and Laura Guillén Ramo -- The experience conundrum / Morgan W. McCall, Jr. -- Leadership development interventions : ensuring a return on the investment / Jay A. Conger -- Pursuing authentic leadership development / Bruce J. Avolio -- Adult development and organizational leadership / Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahley.

Scores of books and articles have been written in the popular press and mainstream marketplace about leadership: who leaders are, what they do, and why they matter. Yet in academia, there is a dearth of rigorous research, journal articles, or doctoral programs focused on leadership as a discipline. Why do top business schools espouse mission statements that promise to "educate the leaders of the future"--yet fail to give leadership its intellectual due? The Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice seeks to bridge this disconnect. Based on the Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium "Leadership: Advancing an Intellectual Discipline" and edited by HBS professors Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana, this volume brings together the most important scholars from fields as diverse as psychology, sociology, economics, and history to take stock of what we know about leadership and to set an agenda for future research. More than a means of getting ahead and gaining power, leadership must be understood as a serious professional and personal responsibility. Featuring the thinking of today's most renowned scholars, the Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice will be a catalyst for elevating leadership to a higher intellectual plane--and help shape the research agenda for the next generation of leadership scholars. taken from the publisher's site.