Leader thinking skills : capacities for contemporary leadership /
This book examines the various thinking skills that leaders may need to find success in contemporary organizations and institutions, covering a wide array of skills that are held to be important by key leadership scholars. Bridging theory and practice, chapters summarize major findings with respect...
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Routledge,
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Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
Publication Dates: | 2020. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
This book examines the various thinking skills that leaders may need to find success in contemporary organizations and institutions, covering a wide array of skills that are held to be important by key leadership scholars. Bridging theory and practice, chapters summarize major findings with respect to a particular ability, knowledge, or skill, providing theoretical frameworks for understanding how these contribute to leader emergence and performance, and considering implications for leader selection, assessment, and development. The text appraises the existing research on the critical cognitive capabilities that underlie leader problem-solving and implications for the assessment and development of leadership potential in real-world settings. The role of creative thinking skills on leader performance is also addressed, bearing on the importance of processes such as problem definition and idea generation, but also using constraints to potentially stimulate creative thought. With contributions from some of the most eminent scholars working in the field of leadership, this book will be in invaluable resource to academics, researchers, graduate students, and professionals interested in leadership and leader skills, I/O psychology, and business management. |
Carrier Form: | xiv, 389 pages : illustrations, forms ; 23 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781138284333 (paperback) : 1138284335 (paperback) 9781138284319 (hardcover) 1138284319 (hardcover) 1315269570 9781351979474 (EPub) 1351979477 (EPub) 9781351979467 (Mobipocket) 1351979469 (Mobipocket) 9781351979481 (electronic book) 1351979485 (electronic book) 9781315269573 (electronic book) |
Index Number: | HD57 |
CLC: | C933 |
Call Number: | C933/L434-46 |
Contents: | Introduction / Michael D. Mumford and Cory A. Higgs -- Intelligence and leadership / John Antonakis, Dean Keith Simonton and Jonathan Wai -- Leadership and information processing : a dynamic system, dual-processing perspective / Robert G. Lord -- Uncertainty and problem-solving : the role of leader in information gathering strategies / Jay J. Caughron, Teresa Ristow and Alison L. Antes -- Are satisfied employees productive or productive employees satisfied? : how leaders think about and apply causal information / David R. Peterson -- Thinking about causes : how leaders identify the critical variables to act on / Michael D. Mumford, Cory A. Higgs, Erin Michelle Todd and Samantha Elliot -- Leaders' shifts in attention during an organizational crisis : longitudinal evidence of responses to a crisis within a top management team / Ian A. Combe and David J. Carrington -- Creative problem solving : processes, strategies, and considerations for leaders / Kelsey E. Medeiros, Belinda C. Williams and Adam Damadzic -- Seeing the future through the past : forecasting skill as a basis for leader performance / Michael D. Mumford, Mark Fichtel, Tanner Newbold, Samantha England and Cory A. Higgs -- Leader decision making capacity : an information processing perspective / Shing Kwan Tam, Dawn L. Eubanks and Tamara L. Friedrich -- Making sense of leaders making sense / Peter Gronn -- Leaders, teams, and their mental models / Jensine Paoletti, Denise L. Reyes and Eduardo Salas -- Leader social acuity / Stephen J. Zaccaro and Elisa M. Torres -- Leadership and monitoring skills / David V. Day, Ronald E. Riggio and Rowan Y. Mulligan -- Wisdom, foolishness and toxicity in leadership : how does one know which is which? / Robert J. Sternberg -- Index |