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James L. Morrison

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Dubrin,฀Andrew฀J.฀Leadership:฀Research฀ Findings,฀Practice,฀and฀Skills฀(5th฀ed.).฀ Boston,฀MA:฀Houghton฀Mifflin,฀2007,฀ 518฀pp.฀ISBN:฀13:978-0-618-62328-0.฀ $122.36.

he฀subject฀of฀leadership฀has฀recent-ly฀ yielded฀ a฀ course฀ in฀ collegiate฀ business฀programs฀and฀now฀an฀indepen-dent฀major฀resting฀on฀its฀own฀merits.฀In฀

Leadership:฀ Research฀ Findings,฀ Prac-tice,฀and฀Skills฀(5th฀ed.),฀Dubrin฀argues฀ that฀contemporary฀organizations฀require฀ individuals฀with฀refined฀leadership฀skills฀ to฀inspire฀others฀to฀perform฀to฀their฀full-est฀ potential.฀ Without฀ effective฀ leaders,฀ it฀ is฀ difficult฀ for฀ organizations฀ in฀ the฀ private,฀public,฀and฀nonprofit฀sectors฀to฀ provide฀appropriate฀customer฀service฀to฀ the฀degree฀that฀results฀in฀sustainability.

With฀ recent฀ exposure฀ through฀ the฀ literature฀ to฀ unethical฀ leaders฀ associ-ated฀ with฀ Worldcom,฀ Tyco,฀ Wal-Mart,฀ Dow฀ Chemical,฀ and฀ Arthur฀ Andersen,฀ among฀ others,฀ business฀ executives฀ are฀ now฀ paying฀ more฀ attention฀ to฀ develop-ing฀ values฀ and฀ personal฀ characteristics฀ that฀are฀fundamental฀to฀carrying฀out฀the฀ tasks฀and฀responsibilities฀of฀executives.฀ Legal฀ authorities฀ took฀ corporate฀ execu-tives฀ such฀ as฀ Kenneth฀ Lay฀ and฀ Martha฀ Stewart฀ to฀ court฀ for฀ poor฀ ethical฀ practices.฀Leaders฀of฀pharmaceutical฀compa-nies฀have฀been฀found฀by฀the฀U.S.฀Food฀ and฀Drug฀Administration฀to฀know฀about฀ distribution฀ of฀ unsafe฀ products.฀ Courts฀ found฀ leaders฀ at฀ Coca-Cola฀ guilty฀ of฀ racial฀ discrimination฀ and฀ fined฀ leaders฀ of฀ cruise฀ ships฀ for฀ dumping฀ waste฀ into฀ the฀ocean.฀In฀discussing฀these฀incidents฀ and฀ issues,฀ Dubrin’s฀ text฀ on฀ leadership฀ provides฀a฀basic฀understanding฀of฀those฀ values฀ and฀ attributes฀ that฀ are฀ related฀ to฀ the฀ best฀ of฀ ethical฀ leadership.฀ In฀ doing฀ so,฀ he฀ argues฀ that฀ collegiate฀ programs฀ need฀to฀emphasize฀those฀values฀and฀attri-butes฀more฀as฀they฀prepare฀graduates฀for฀ entry฀into฀the฀private฀sector฀especially.

The฀ text฀ appears฀ to฀ be฀ primarily฀ designed฀ for฀ an฀ introductory฀ course฀ in฀

leadership฀ targeting฀ undergraduates.฀ In฀ this฀regard,฀Dubrin฀provides฀an฀overview฀ of฀ research฀ findings฀ about฀ leadership,฀ skill฀ development,฀ and฀ application฀ as฀ a฀ basis฀ for฀ advancing฀ an฀ individual’s฀ potential฀ for฀ an฀ organization.฀ Dubrin฀ integrates฀considerable฀research฀on฀leadership฀found฀primarily฀in฀academic฀jour-nals฀ with฀ experiences฀ of฀ practitioners฀ regarding฀ everyday฀ business฀ operations฀ to฀put฀together฀a฀comprehensive฀text฀on฀ leadership฀ development.฀ Consequently,฀ Dubrin’s฀writing฀style฀has฀resulted฀in฀a฀ text฀ that฀ may฀ be฀ classified฀ as฀ between฀ a฀trade฀book฀and฀formal฀academic฀reading.฀Thus,฀the฀text฀is฀a฀mixture฀of฀schol-arly฀work฀and฀practical฀experiences฀that฀ Dubrin฀derived฀from฀faculty฀and฀directly฀ from฀ executives฀ in฀ organizations฀ in฀ the฀ private,฀ nonprofit,฀ and฀ public฀ sectors.฀ Because฀ of฀ its฀ flexibility,฀ educators฀ could฀ use฀ the฀ text฀ as฀ a฀ basic฀ reference฀ for฀ an฀ introductory฀ course฀ in฀ leader-ship฀ or฀ perhaps฀ as฀ required฀ reading฀ for฀ a฀ more฀ typical฀ course฀ in฀ organizational฀ behavior.

Dubrin฀organizes฀the฀text฀around฀15฀ chapters฀ that฀ basically฀ focus฀ on฀ three฀ aspects฀ of฀ leadership:฀ (a)฀ identifying฀ personal฀attributes฀connected฀to฀effec-tive฀ ethical฀ leadership,฀ (b)฀ presenting฀ basic฀ leadership฀ theory฀ in฀ formulating฀ a฀foundation฀for฀study,฀and฀(c)฀offering฀ suggestions฀ for฀ enhancing฀ skill฀ devel-opment.฀Thus,฀the฀initial฀three฀chapters฀ focus฀on฀the฀reader’s฀identifying฀those฀ personal฀ characteristics฀ that฀ are฀ typi-cally฀associated฀with฀effective฀leaders.฀ In฀ Chapter฀ 1,฀ Dubrin฀ refers฀ to฀ lead-ership฀ as฀ the฀ process฀ of฀ emotionally฀ connecting฀to฀others฀for฀the฀purpose฀of฀ inspiring฀individuals฀to฀perform฀to฀their฀ fullest฀ potential.฀ Dubrin฀ also฀ distin-guishes฀between฀leading฀and฀following฀ in฀view฀of฀the฀significance฀of฀how฀both฀ elements฀are฀necessary฀to฀generate฀suc-cess.฀Chapter฀2฀presents฀those฀personal฀ values,฀ traits,฀ and฀ motives฀ that฀ make฀ effective฀leaders.฀Dubrin฀uses฀Chapter฀ 3฀to฀deepen฀the฀reader’s฀understanding฀ of฀ leadership฀ by฀ presenting฀

transfor-mational฀ and฀ transactional฀ leadership฀ alternatives.฀ Thus,฀ Dubrin฀ concludes฀ his฀efforts฀to฀develop฀the฀reader’s฀basic฀ understanding฀of฀leadership.

In฀the฀next฀five฀chapters,฀Dubrin฀com-pares฀ several฀ leadership฀ styles฀ within฀ the฀realm฀of฀situations฀that฀may฀require฀ different฀ approaches.฀ In฀ Chapter฀ 4,฀ Dubrin฀begins฀to฀introduce฀examples฀of฀ varying฀leadership฀styles,฀including฀par- ticipative,฀autocratic,฀and฀entrepreneur-ial฀ leadership,฀ among฀ others.฀ Dubrin฀ presents฀ an฀ interesting฀ discussion฀ of฀ gender฀differences฀in฀ leadership฀styles.฀ Chapter฀ 5฀ introduces฀ research฀ related฀ to฀ analyzing฀ situational฀ leadership฀ and฀ the฀importance฀of฀being฀flexible฀as฀cir-cumstances฀ demand฀ creative฀ strategies฀ to฀ resolve฀ issues฀ and฀ promote฀ unity.฀ Chapter฀6฀introduces฀the฀undergraduate฀ to฀ research฀ analyzing฀ aspects฀ of฀ moral฀ leadership฀ by฀ identifying฀ five฀ ethical฀ behaviors:฀(a)฀paying฀attention฀to฀stake- holders,฀(b)฀having฀integrity฀when฀deal-ing฀with฀others,฀(c)฀building฀community,฀ (d)฀respecting฀values฀of฀others,฀and฀(e)฀ exhibiting฀ modesty฀ and฀ restraint.฀ Inte-grated฀ into฀ this฀ discussion฀ is฀ the฀ topic฀ of฀ social฀ responsibility,฀ including฀ such฀ topics฀as฀guarding฀the฀environment฀and฀ those฀ related฀ to฀ coping฀ with฀ organiza-tional฀politics,฀empowering฀others,฀and฀ building฀relationships฀via฀teamwork.

The฀remaining฀chapters฀focus฀on฀ana-lyzing฀a฀series฀of฀specific฀leadership฀skills฀ that฀leaders฀can฀use฀to฀enhance฀employee฀ performance.฀ Such฀ skills,฀ which฀ Dubrin฀ presents฀ for฀ study฀ in฀ Chapters฀ 10–13,฀ include฀ how฀ to฀ motivate฀ others,฀ how฀ to฀ enhance฀ cross-cultural฀ communication,฀ how฀to฀resolve฀conflict,฀and฀how฀to฀generate฀creativity฀among฀coworkers.฀In฀Chap-ter฀14,฀Dubrin฀expands฀the฀topic฀of฀skill฀ development,฀ introducing฀ both฀ interna-tionally฀ and฀ culturally฀ diverse฀ work฀ set-tings.฀ Finally,฀ Chapter฀ 15฀ concludes฀ the฀

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text฀with฀a฀discussion฀of฀the฀importance฀of฀ leadership฀succession.฀Here฀Dubrin฀sum-marizes฀ his฀ argument฀ by฀ suggesting฀ that฀ leadership฀is฀a฀process฀whereby฀everyone฀ within฀an฀organization฀has฀a฀responsibil-ity฀to฀assume฀a฀role฀as฀a฀leader฀when฀the฀ opportunity฀arises.฀In฀other฀words,฀leader-ship฀ is฀ not฀ exclusive฀ to฀ those฀ executives฀ at฀the฀top฀of฀an฀organization’s฀line฀chart,฀ but฀ leadership฀ is฀ everyone’s฀ responsibil-ity.฀Accordingly,฀ Dubrin฀ addresses฀ those฀ issues฀related฀to฀leadership฀succession฀at฀ cific฀ aids฀ is฀ a฀ series฀ of฀ self-assessment฀ quizzes฀ by฀ which฀ the฀ reader฀ can฀ begin฀ to฀self-analyze฀his฀or฀her฀own฀ability฀to฀ assume฀a฀leadership฀role.฀What฀is฀intrigu-ing฀ about฀ completassume฀a฀leadership฀role.฀What฀is฀intrigu-ing฀ this฀ self-assess-ment฀is฀that฀the฀reader฀can฀match฀his฀or฀ her฀own฀results฀with฀normative฀data฀that฀ Dubrin฀provides.฀A฀second฀instructional฀ aid฀is฀the฀Internet-oriented฀exercise฀at฀the฀ end฀of฀each฀chapter.฀This฀exercise฀enables฀ the฀ reader฀ to฀ gain฀ access฀ to฀ the฀ most฀ recent฀literature฀that฀faculty,฀consultants,฀ and฀practitioners฀have฀published.

Of฀ additional฀ interest฀ is฀ the฀ inclusion฀ of฀ actual฀ stories฀ of฀ not฀ only฀ well-known฀ leaders฀ but฀ also฀ leaders฀ from฀ less฀

well-known฀ companies,฀ including฀ small฀ busi-ness฀ owners฀ and฀ sports฀ leaders.฀ Such฀ leadership฀profiles฀describe฀Ed฀Zander฀of฀ Motorola,฀Roger฀Enrico฀of฀PepsiCo,฀Inc.,฀ Donald฀Trump฀of฀Trump฀Enterprises,฀and฀ the฀lesser฀known฀Hector฀Alvarez฀of฀Belas- co.฀Dubrin฀presents฀these฀and฀other฀lead-ers฀ through฀ a฀ series฀ of฀ case฀ studies฀ that฀ enables฀the฀reader฀to฀apply฀what฀is฀being฀ learned.฀Additional฀resources฀include฀gen-eral฀Web฀site฀access฀for฀students฀through฀ a฀ publisher’s฀ protocol,฀ resulting฀ in฀ a฀ voluminous฀ number฀ of฀ links฀ to฀ comple-mentary฀ leadership฀ Web฀ sites.฀ Finally,฀ a฀ readily฀ available฀ and฀ password-protected฀฀ instruction฀ site฀ permits฀ faculty฀ to฀ down-load฀ files฀ containing฀ figures,฀ tables,฀ dia-grams,฀and฀illustrations.

However,฀ Dubrin฀ does฀ not฀ devote฀ much฀attention฀to฀some฀current฀research฀ on฀ the฀ importance฀ of฀ emotional฀ intel-ligence฀ and฀ transcendental฀ leadership฀ theory.฀Although฀ there฀ is฀ a฀ slight฀ reference฀to฀leaders’฀need฀for฀multiple฀intelli-gences,฀the฀discussion฀appears฀to฀be฀only฀ a฀ brief฀ overview.฀ Also,฀ with฀ Dubrin’s฀ emphasis฀ on฀ the฀ charismatic฀ nature฀ of฀ transformational฀leadership฀and฀the฀more฀ traditional฀highly฀structured฀transactional฀ leadership฀theory,฀advancing฀the฀reader’s฀ knowledge฀ of฀ transcendental฀ (or฀ spiri-tual)฀leadership฀theory฀would฀distinguish฀ this฀text฀from฀others฀on฀leadership.

In฀ conclusion,฀ this฀ book฀ merits฀ con-sideration฀ as฀ an฀ introductory฀ text฀ on฀

leadership.฀ Dubrin฀ has฀ put฀ together฀ a฀ comprehensive฀ offering฀ that฀ presents฀ a฀ multidimensional฀ viewpoint฀ on฀ lead-ership.฀ Topics฀ ranging฀ from฀ problem-solving฀ to฀ creativity,฀ conflict฀ resolu-tion฀ to฀ team฀ building,฀ and฀ knowledge฀ management฀ to฀ innovation฀ provide฀ a฀ solid฀ basis฀ for฀ analysis.฀ The฀ combi-nation฀ of฀ case฀ studies,฀ leader-in-action฀ instructional฀ boxes,฀ self-assessment฀ quizzes,฀and฀Web฀site฀access฀afford฀the฀ reader฀ ample฀ opportunity฀ to฀ expand฀ his฀or฀her฀learning฀about฀leadership.฀In฀ addition,฀ the฀ multimedia฀ instructional฀ strategies฀ available฀ to฀ faculty฀ ranging฀ from฀ videos฀ to฀ electronic฀ test฀ banks฀ enable฀ the฀ instructor฀ to฀ adopt฀ different฀ teaching฀ practices฀ to฀ bring฀ relevancy฀ to฀ the฀ subject.฀ Thus,฀ supplements฀ to฀ the฀text฀include฀an฀online฀study฀center,฀ an฀ online฀ teaching฀ center,฀ PowerPoint฀ slides,฀ and฀ a฀ video฀ package.฀ Although฀ the฀text฀appears฀to฀be฀somewhat฀pricey฀ at฀$122.36,฀this฀research-based฀text฀does฀ offer฀ a฀ significant฀ amount฀ of฀ informa-tion฀on฀leadership.฀It฀appears฀to฀be฀very฀ appropriate฀ for฀ providing฀ the฀ reader฀ with฀ the฀ groundwork฀ that฀ is฀ necessary฀

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