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OverviewThe study of executive leadership is critically important to understanding the workings and perfomance of orgaizations. Y et it is a topic that is usually ignored by by mainstream leadership research. Leadership and Information Processing provides a much-needed analysis of this crucial element of organizational behaviour. Using information processing and leadership perception processed the auhors provide a theoretical and empirical basis for analyzing executive leadership. They focus on understanding how executives make decisions and how decision acceptance is constrained by the leadership perceptions of others. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert G. Lord , Karen J. MaherPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780415099011ISBN 10: 0415099013 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 18 November 1993 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Tables. List of Figures. Acknowledgements. Series Editor's Introduction. Part I: Leadership and Information Processing. Part II: Perceptual and Social Processes. Part III: Leadership and Organizational Performance. Part IV: Satbility, Change, and Information Processing. Bibliography. About the Authors. Index.Reviews`Lord and Maher have written an important argument. To wrestle with that argument is to become re-energized around issues of leadership' - Leadership Quarterly `Leadership and Information Processing is a worthwhile addition to the leadership bookshelf. It represents a gathering together of cognitive viewpoints in understanding leadership, and it makes a strong statement about the relevance of those viewpoints.' - Academy of Management Review `Lord and Maher have attempted, at last, to get away from traditional approaches to understanding approaches to understanding leadership which tend to examine leaders in isolation from their environment.' - Prabhu Guptara, Financial Times `Lord and Maher have written an important argument. To wrestle with that argument is to become re-energized around issues of leadership' - Leadership Quarterly `Leadership and Information Processing is a worthwhile addition to the leadership bookshelf. It represents a gathering together of cognitive viewpoints in understanding leadership, and it makes a strong statement about the relevance of those viewpoints.' - Academy of Management Review `Lord and Maher have written an important argument. To wrestle with that argument is to become re-energized around issues of leadership' - Leadership Quarterly `Leadership and Information Processing is a worthwhile addition to the leadership bookshelf. It represents a gathering together of cognitive viewpoints in understanding leadership, and it makes a strong statement about the relevance of those viewpoints.' - Academy of Management Review `Lord and Maher have attempted, at last, to get away from traditional approaches to understanding approaches to understanding leadership which tend to examine leaders in isolation from their environment.' - Prabhu Guptara, Financial Times `Lord and Maher have written an important argument. To wrestle with that argument is to become re-energized around issues of leadership' - Leadership Quarterly `Leadership and Information Processing is a worthwhile addition to the leadership bookshelf. It represents a gathering together of cognitive viewpoints in understanding leadership, and it makes a strong statement about the relevance of those viewpoints.' - Academy of Management Review Author InformationKaren J. Maher, Robert G. Lord Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |