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The market-leading Leadership: Theory and Practice presents an academically robust account of the major theories and models of leadership with a focus on how theory can inform practice. Author Peter G. Northouse uses a consistent structure for each chapter that allows readers... Read Full Overview

In this fully updated Eight Edition of Leadership: Theory and Practice, a new chapter on Followership examines the central role followers play in the leadership process and unpacks the characteristics of both effective and ineffective followers. The new edition... Read Full Overview

Adopted in thousands of courses in 89 countries and translated into 15 different languages, this market-leading text successfully combines an academically robust account of the major theories and models of leadership with an accessible style and focus on how leadership theory... Read Full Overview

Praise for the First Edition : 'This book examines the major theories of leadership systematically....Each chapter maintains the clear and easy-to-understand style that makes this book readable and appropriate for courses in a variety of disciplines' - Contemporary Psychology... Read Full Overview