The quest for a general theory of leadership / edited by George R. Goethals, Georgia L.J. Sorenson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A quest for a grand theory of leadership / J. Thomas Wren -- Leadership and the human condition / Michael Harvey -- The theory and metatheory of leadership : the important but contested nature of theory / Mark C. Walker -- Power / Michael Harvey -- Leader-follower relations : group dynamics and the role of leadership / Crystal L. Hoyt, George R. Goethals and Ronald E. Riggio -- A framework for a general theory of leadership ethics / Terry L. Price and Douglas A. Hicks -- Causality, change and leadership / Gill Robinson Hickman and Richard A. Couto -- A constructionist lens on leadership : charting new territory / Sonia Ospina and Georgia L.J. Sorenson -- Contemplating context / J. Thomas Wren and Elizabeth Faier -- What we learned along the way : a commentary / Joanne B. Ciulla -- Afterword / James MacGregor Burns.