About Book

Leadership is a process whereby individuals influence groups of individuals to achieve shared goals or commonly desired outcomes. Thus, everyone attempts leadership at one time or another, whether his or her activities are centered on a business, educational institution, political organization, economic development organization, or family. It includes topics like behaviour, values, power, situational interaction, intelligence and vision. It provides recent trends in a common understanding of the importance of leadership to non-profit organizations such as local government agencies, chambers of commerce, or economic development organizations (EDOs). This book provides comprehensive insights into the field of leadership. It is designed in such a way that it will provide in depth knowledge about the subject to the students. The book is a compilation of chapters that discuss the most vital concepts like industrial leadership, leadership behavior, health-promoting leadership, leadership styles, leadership competencies, leadership in NGO, leadership and gender differences. Different approaches, evaluations and methodologies have been included in it. It has some useful leading concepts on leadership so that the reader can gain a better perspective on this important topic. This book is meant for students who are looking for an elaborate reference on leadership.

Preface............................................................................................................v

Chapter 1 Introductory Chapter: Dark Sides of Organizations and Leadership - An Integrative Approach and Definitions ........................................1

1. Introduction............................................................................................1

2. Dark sides of the organizational behavior.......................................2

3. Destructive leadership..........................................................................3

Chapter 2 Leadership in Graduate Medical Education........................................7

Abstract...................................................................................................7

1. Introduction............................................................................................7

2. The role of the designated institutional official (DIO)..................8

3. Leadership theories, practices and strategies..................................9

4. Dealing with change...........................................................................10

5. Using authority versus power..........................................................11

6. Effective problem-solving and decision-making...........................11

7. Adaptive leadership style..................................................................13

8. Historical function of the DIO.........................................................14

9. Using all the tools in your toolbox.................................................14

10. Networking...........................................................................................15

11. Impact on trainees..............................................................................15

12. Several pearls of wisdom..................................................................16

13. Conclusion............................................................................................16

Chapter 3 Leadership Competencies Affecting Projects in Organization......18

Abstract.................................................................................................18

1. Introduction..........................................................................................18

2. Literature review.................................................................................19

3. Research methods...............................................................................26

4. Results of research..............................................................................26

5. Discussion and conclusion................................................................34

Chapter 4 Investigation on the Impact of Leadership Styles Using

Data Mining Techniques........................................................................41

Abstract.................................................................................................41

1. Introduction..........................................................................................42

2. Literature review.................................................................................45

3. Methodology........................................................................................47

4. Experimental results...........................................................................49

5. Conclusion............................................................................................57

Chapter 5 Informal Institutions and Leadership Behavior: A Cross-Country

Analysis.......................................................................................................61

Abstract ...............................................................................................61

1. Introduction..........................................................................................62

2. Theory and hypotheses development.............................................62

3. Methodology........................................................................................68

4. Results...................................................................................................70

5. Discussion and conclusions..............................................................74

Acknowledgements.............................................................................76

Chapter 6 Industrial Leadership: Leading Within the Field of Construction

and Design.................................................................................................85

Abstract ...............................................................................................85

1. Introduction..........................................................................................85

2. Leadership in design..........................................................................87

3. Leadership in construction................................................................92

4. Effects of culture on the preferences for leadership styles........97

5. Leadership behaviors in design teams...........................................99

6. Leadership behaviors in construction...........................................101

7. Conclusion..........................................................................................107

Chapter 7 Leadership: The Act of Serving..........................................................117

Abstract .............................................................................................117

1. Introduction........................................................................................117

2. Servant leadership in coaching......................................................120

3. Conclusion..........................................................................................127

Chapter 8 Leadership and Gender Differences—Are Men and Women

Leading in the Same Way?...................................................................130

Abstract...............................................................................................130

1. Introduction........................................................................................130

2. The evolution of women’s managerial careers...........................133

3. Challenges in the evolution of women’s careers.......................137

4. Feminine leadership versus masculine leadership.....................138

5. In search of ‘The Best’ leadership.................................................142

6. Conclusions........................................................................................149

Chapter 9 Health-Promoting Leadership Culture and its Role in Workplace

Health Promotion....................................................................................153

Abstract...............................................................................................153

1. Introduction........................................................................................154

2. Health and workplace health promotion.....................................155

3. Social responsibility..........................................................................159

4. Models of leadership and business ethics...................................161

5. Health promoting leadership culture...........................................163

6. Hypotheses development................................................................164

7. Empirical research–methodology...................................................165

8. Results.................................................................................................166

9. Discussion...........................................................................................168

10. Conclusion..........................................................................................172

Chapter 10 Gender and Leadership.........................................................................179

Abstract...............................................................................................179

1. Introduction........................................................................................180

2. Gender.................................................................................................180

3. Leadership..........................................................................................183

4. Character.............................................................................................184

5. Competence........................................................................................188

6. Context................................................................................................192

7. Communication.................................................................................195

8. Summary and conclusion................................................................196

Acknowledgements...........................................................................197

Chapter 11 Leadership in Nursing...........................................................................207

Abstract .............................................................................................207

1. Introduction........................................................................................207

2. Definition of leadership...................................................................208

3. Leadership in nursing......................................................................209

4. Nursing clinical leadership.............................................................210

5. The impact of nursing clinical leadership...................................212

6. Characteristics of effective nurse clinical leaders.......................213

7. Contributing factors to nursing clinical leadership...................215

8. Preparing nursing leaders...............................................................216

9. Summary.............................................................................................217

Chapter 12 Leadership and Healthcare Services..................................................224

Abstract...............................................................................................224

1. Introduction........................................................................................225

2. Origin and history of the leadership............................................226

3. Leadership theories and approaches............................................227

4. Traits of the leader and importance of the leadership.............233

5. Leadership in healthcare services..................................................235

Chapter 13 Leadership in Non-Profit Organisations...........................................246

Abstract...............................................................................................246

1. Introduction........................................................................................246

2. Leadership..........................................................................................249

3. Leadership in non-profit organisations........................................251

4. Museum leadership..........................................................................255

Citation......................................................................................................263

Index...........................................................................................................265

About Author

Janice Marques pursued her Master of Management and Leadership from Community College, Fontbonne. She has served as a visiting professor in many leading universities across America and Europe. She serves on the editorial board of international journals in the field of leadership accountability and group cohesion. She has wide-ranging areas of academic and research interests, which include Fiedler contingency model, functional leadership model and transactional leadership. Marques has been the recipient of two awards for her research work in the field of transformational leadership, task-oriented leadership and self-leadership.