Authentic Leadership Theory and Practice: Origins, Effects and Development

by Bruce J. Avolio and Fred O. Walumbwa

With today's pressures to pursue style over substance, keep up with latest fads, assume superficial and disposable identities (e.g., on-line personas), and compromise one's values to "make the numbers", the challenge to know, show, and remain true to one's real self has never been greater. Facing such pressures, many people are looking for authentic leaders who are genuine, transparent, and trustworthy - leaders who are "real" and can be counted on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762312378
• ISBN13: 9780762312375
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Jai Press Inc.
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.5"