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Book Review
James L. Morrison
To cite this article: James L. Morrison (2007) Book Review , Journal of Education for Business, 83:2, 116-117, DOI: 10.3200/JOEB.83.2.116-120
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Northouse,PeterG.Leadership: TheoryandPractice(4thed.). London:Sage,2007,393pp.ISBN: 978-1-4129-4161-7.Paperback,$54.95.
n Leadership: Theory and Practice, PeterG.Northouseattemptstoguide readersinapplyingnumerousleadership theoriestotoday’sglobalorganization. In this regard, Northouse advances the study of leadership by identifying and analyzingthestrengthsandweaknesses of a diverse set of theories in terms of their application in public, private, or
nonprofitorganizations.Thetargetaudi-Because of its broad appeal, the text may be appropriate for use by faculty who teach courses such as leadership, management, communication, or public administration.Similarly,becauseofthe widerangeoftopicscoveredinthetext, it may be appropriate for individuals outsidetheacademiccommunityseeking guidanceonhowtobecomemoreeffec-tiveleaders.Theauthor’spremiseisthat leadershipisahighlyvaluedcommodity. Therefore, the text also targets the pro-fessionals presently in leadership posi-tionsseekingtoenhancetheproductivity ofothersintheirorganizations.
Northouse introduces the study of leadershipwithananalysisoftraitthe-ory and concludes it with a discussion of transformational process theory. In between, he presents the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of leadership approaches developed over the past several decades. During this journey, Northouseprogressessystematicallyby delineatingthemeritsofsituational,con-tingency,path-goal,andleader-member exchange theories. He concludes his discussion by devoting considerable
time to describing the implications of the evolving and more contemporary psychodynamicapproachtoleadership. Inaddition,inthelastseveralchapters, Northouse addresses pressing issues in leadership, including gender impact, culturaldiversity,andethicalconduct.
Thetextconsistsof14chapterswith an introductory chapter that lays out a conceptual basis. Northouse notes that some researchers conceptualize leadership as trait dominated or as a behavioralscience,whereasothersview leadership as a process. In this regard, Northouse lays the groundwork for analyzing leadership capacity by iden-tifying and describing qualitative and quantitative research along a timeline thatdemonstrateshowwegottowhere ing on personal traits, skills, styles, situations,andcontingencies.InChap-ters 8–11, Northouse builds on these basicleadershiptheoriesbyillustrating relatively new and more contemporary approaches such as transformational leadership, team leadership, and psy-chodynamicalternatives.
Thiseditionofthetexthassomeinter-estingdiscussionoftopicsthatallleaders mustnotonlybeinformedaboutbutalso havethecapacitytoreacttoinareason-able manner. In this regard, included in Chapter 10 is an intriguing discussion on building team leadership whereby Northouseproposesamodeltoguidethe reader in diagnosing workplace prob-lemsandputtingintoplaceaprocessto rectify them. In Chapter 12, Northouse reportsresearchdemonstratingthatmale and female leadership styles have what are referred to as subtle similarities but alsoglaringdifferences.Theauthorana- lyzeshowtheglassceilingisbeingbro-ken in today’s global organization. In Chapter 13, using examples related to ethnocentrism and prejudice, Northouse
discusseshowworkcultureaffectslead-ershipeffectiveness.
Chapter14focusesonethicalissues that arise in leadership situations.This chapter is somewhat different from preceding ones. The earlier chapters typically focused on only one specific leadership theory; however, in this last chapter, Northouse presents a variety oftheoriesabouttheethicalconductof leadersonthebasisofreferencetoethi-caldomains.Inthisregard,hedescribes the consequences of unethical conduct by clarifying two carefully delineated domains: conduct and character.Theo-ries about conduct emphasize the con-sequences of patterns of behaviors of leaders, whereas theories about char-acterreflectthevirtuesofcourageand that few formal research studies have beencompletedthatdirectlyaddressthe parameters of ethical leadership. Cor-respondingly, he cautions readers that fewindividualshavewrittenextensively on the topic of ethical conduct (e.g., Beauchamp, Camilla, & Bass). Nort-housealsopointsoutthatmuchofthis researchisdescriptiveandanecdotal.To counteractthepaucityofmorein-depth researchintheareaofleadershipethics, he discusses the perspectives of Ron-ald Heifetz, James McGregor Burns, andRobertGreenleaf.Heconcludeshis discussionofethicsbydelineatingfive principlesofethicalconduct,whichhe labels asrespect,service,justice, hon-esty,andcommunity.
There are many engaging features to the text. Most striking is the text orga-nization, whereby each chapter begins by focusing on a specific leadership approach followed by a comparison of its strengths and weaknesses. Then the reader is guided through an application of the theory for assisting the learner in identifying its practical aspects in
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the author typically includes three case studiesineachchaptertointegratereality are the numerous instructional aids that accompanythetext,suchasaninstructors’ resource-basedCDwithPowerPointslides andtestbanks.Thesefeaturesarepartof the author’s intent to make his text user friendlytostudentsandfaculty.
A weakness to the text is that Nort-house appears to equate management withleadership,althoughattimeshedoes differentiate between the two. He does
refertoassignedleadership,whichishis version of management, and emergent leadership, which involves the relation-shipbuildingtypicaloftransformational orprocessleadership.However,itwould have been helpful to have management and leadership more clearly delineated in terms of purpose and styles. Instead, Northouse tends to blend the two disci-plines by using the terminology associ-ated with leadership and management interchangeably.Forexample,hediscuss-Although the author suggests the con-tent is more appropriate for upper-level undergraduatesandgraduates,italsohas porary leadership theory with accompa- nyingmodelsfortranslatingthosetheo-ries into practice makes this text most
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