Authentic leadership theory and practice : origins, effects and development / edited by William L. Gardner, Bruce J. Avolio, Fred O. Walumbwa.

Title from PDF title page (viewed January 4, 2010).

"First Gallup Leadership Institute (GLI) Summit held in Omaha, Nebraska, June 2004 ... Papers chosen for inclusion in this special issue came from ... papers submitted to the GLI Summit"-=-P. xxi

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Advances to authentic leadership development theory: Veritable authentic leadership : emergence, functioning, and impacts / Adrian Chan, Sean T. Hannah and William L. Gardner. Moral leadership : explicating the moral component of authentic leadership / Sean T. Hannah, Paul B. Lester and Gretchen R. Vogelgesang. Developing transparent relationships through humor in the authentic leader-follower relationship / Larry W. Hughes. The differential effects of socialized and personalized leadership on group social capital / Paul Varella, Mansour Javidan and David Waldman. Leader political skill and authentic leadership / Ceasar Douglas, Gerald R. Ferris and Pamela L. Perrewé. The internal theater of the authentic leader : integrating cognitive, affective, conative and spiritual facets of authentic leadership / Karin Klenke. In search of authenticity : spiritual leadership theory as a source for future theory, research, and practice on authentic leadership / Louis W. (Jody) Fry and J. Lee Whittington -- Leadership intervention research: Where are we? : the status of leadership intervention research : a meta-analytic summary / Rebecca J. Reichard and Bruce J. Avolio -- Measuring authentic leadership: Authentic leadership measurement and development : challenges and suggestions / Adrian Chan.

Perceptions of authentic leadership : exploratory studies: Leader authenticity markers : findings from a study of perceptions of African American political leaders / Todd L. Pittinsky and Christopher J. Tyson. Follower emotional reactions to authentic and inauthentic leadership influence / Marie T. Dasborough and Neal M. Ashkanasy. -- Moving forward: Resiliency development of organizations, leaders and employees : multi-level theory building for sustained performance / Carolyn M. Youssef and Fred Luthans. -- Authentic leadership in in extremis settings : a concept for extraordinary leaders in exceptional situations / Thomas A. Kolditz and Donna M. Brazil. Authentic development : leadership development level and executive effectiveness / Keith M. Eigel and Kurt W. Kuhnert. Authentic leadership development : emergent themes and future directions / William L. Gardner, Bruce J. Avolio and Fred O. Walumbwa.

With today's pressures to pursue style over substance, keep up with latest fads, assume superficial and disposable identities (e.g., on-line personas), and compromise one's values to "make the numbers", the challenge to know, show, and remain true to one's real self has never been greater. Facing such pressures, many people are looking for authentic leaders who are genuine, transparent, and trustworthy & ndash; leaders who are "real" and can be counted on to keep their word. In this volume, prominent scholars from a wide array of disciplines offer insights on the development of authentic leader

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