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The Road to Empowerment: Seven Questions Every Leader Should Consider

Feb 15, 1999 | Employee Engagement, Leadership, Sponsor Content

Robert Quinn and Gretchen Spreitzer argue that while many contemporary organizations recognize the need for empowered employees, they frequently run into problems attempting to implement empowerment programs.

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Identifying Strategic Leaders

Jan 2, 1999 | Change Management, Leadership, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Kathleen K. Reardon and Alan Rowe state that the key component of successful leadership now and in the next century is a responsiveness to continuous change.

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Identifying Strategic Leaders

Dec 1, 1998 | Agility, Change Management, Leadership, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Kathleen K. Reardon and Alan Rowe argue that the key component of successful leadership now and in the next century is a responsiveness to continuous change. Such responsiveness requires suspending the illusion of control and denial of uncertainty psychologists tell us are characteristic of human thinking.

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The Leader’s Change Handbook

Nov 26, 1998 | Change Management, Leadership

Jay Conger, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Edward E. Lawler III (eds.), (Jossey-Bass, 1999)
Full of fascinating case studies, action strategies, and unbeatable advice, The Leader’s Change Handbook contains the best new thinking from each of its distinguished contributors on the twin challenges leaders face as they try to create leaner, more responsive organizations while empowering their workforces.

Guanxi in Vertical Dyads: Evidence from Taiwan and the PRC

Nov 25, 1998 | Diversity and Inclusion, Leadership, Performance Management, Sponsor Content

Katherine R. Xin, Jing-Lih Farh, Bor-Shiuan Cheng, and Anne S. Tsui examined the impact of two related concepts, relational demography and guanxi (defined as particularistic ties between individuals), on organizational commitment, quality of leader-member exchange (LMX), and performance in two empirical studies conducted in Taiwan and the PRC.

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Charismatic Leadership in Organizations

Jul 15, 1998 | Leadership

Jay A. Conger and Rabindra N. Kanungo explain that although charismatic leadership is often known for its positive consequences, it has a shadowed side that has been poorly explored.

Winning ’em Over: A New Model for Managing in the Age of Persuasion

Jan 1, 1998 | Leadership, Performance Management

Winning ’em Over by Jay Conger chronicles a revolution. We are witnessing an ancient model of managing built around command and hierarchy give way to a new model built around persuasion and teamwork.

Voices from the Field Trends in Executive Education and Development

Oct 12, 1997 | Change Management, Leadership, Sponsor Content

Jay Conger and Katherine R. Xin explain that in the smaller, faster world of the 21st century, business executives must know how to lead change within their organizations.

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Leadership Development: Contemporary Practice

Aug 9, 1997 | Leadership, Sponsor Content, Talent Management

George P. Hollenbeck and Morgan W. McCall, Jr. speculate on what the current state of the science, art, and practice of leadership development implies for leadership development in the 2000s.

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Empowered to Lead: The Role of Psychological Empowerment in Leadership

May 7, 1997 | Leadership, Sponsor Content

This study by Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Suzanne C. DeJanasz, and Robert E. Quinn examines the relationship between psychological empowerment and leadership.

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Empowered to Lead: Psychological Empowerment and Transformational Leadership

Aug 13, 1995 | Leadership, Sponsor Content

Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Suzanne C. DeJanasz, and Robert E. Quinn examine the relationship between managerial cognitions of empowerment and transformational leadership.

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Empowering Middle Managers to be Transformational Leaders: A Field Study

May 12, 1995 | Leadership, Sponsor Content, Talent Management

In this paper, Gretchen Spreitzer and Robert E. Quinn describe a field study of a large scale management development program for a Fortune 100 organization’s population of middle managers designed to stimulate change.

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