Introduction : leadership in five parts / Michael G. Rumsey
Part I. The making of a leader : attributes, training and development
ch. 1. The attributes of successful leaders : a performance requirements approach / Stephen J. Zaccaro, Kate LaPort, and Irwin José
ch. 2. Personality and leadership / Robert Hogan and Timothy Judge
ch. 3. The WICS model of leadership / Robert J. Sternberg
ch. 4. What makes great business leaders? / Edwin A. Locke and John A. Allison
ch. 5. Training and developing leaders : theory and research / David V. Day
ch. 6. Commentary : a way ahead / Michael G. Rumsey
Part II. Leadership in context : general issues
ch. 7. Leadership and followership from a social cognition perspective : a dual process approach / Douglas J. Brown
ch. 8. Inclusive leadership and idiosyncrasy credit in leader-follower relations / Edwin P. Hollander
ch. 9. Leading teams : past, present, and future perspectives / Marissa L. Shuffler, C. Shawn Burke, William S. Kramer, and Eduardo Salas
ch. 10. Overview of future research directions for team leadership / George B. Graen
ch. 11. Organizational leadership and complexity mechanisms / Russ Marion
ch. 12. A five dimensional integrated framework of strategic leadership / Vipin Gupta
ch. 13. Cross-cultural leadership / Rajiv Kumar and Jagdeep S. Chhokar
ch. 14. Genes, memes, and the evolution of human leadership / Robert Birnbaum
ch. 15. Commentary : when it comes to leadership, context matters / Richard Klimoski
Part III. Leadership in context : special settings
ch. 16. Leadership in the profession of arms / Sean T. Hannah and Walter J. Sowden
ch. 17. Leadership in higher education / Edwin P. Hollander
ch. 18. Presidential leadership : performance criteria and their predictors / Dean Keith Simonton
ch. 19. Commentary : leadership in context and context in leadership studies / Boas Shamir
Part IV. The dynamics of leadership
ch. 20. The missing link in network dynamics / George B. Graen
ch. 21. Charismatic leadership / Jay A. Conger
ch. 22. From transactional and transformational to authentic leadership / Fred O. Walumbwa
ch. 23. Leadership, the old, the new, and the timeless : a commentary / John P. Campbell
Part V. Leadership effectiveness
ch. 24. Leader effectiveness : who really is the leader? / Michael D. Mumford and Jamie D. Barrett
ch. 25. Destructive Leadership / S. Bartholomew Craig and Robert B. Kaiser
ch. 26. Final words : the elusive science of leadership / Michael G. Rumsey.