Includes bibliographical references and index.

History and background -- Introduction / David V. Day -- Leadership memes : from ancient history and literature to twenty-first century theory and research / Stephen J. Zaccaro -- Critical perspectives on leadership / Mats Alvesson and André Spicer -- Public integrative leadership / Barbara C. Crosby and John M. Bryson -- The biology of leadership / Richard D. Arvey, Nan Wang, Zhaoli Song, and Wendong Li -- Research issues -- Causality and endogeneity : problems and solutions / John Antonakis, Samuel Bendahan, Philippe Jacquart, and Rafael Lalive -- Sculpting the contours of the qualitative landscape of leadership research / Karin Klenke -- Multilevel issues in leadership research / Mo Wang, Le Zhou, and Songqi Liu -- Evaluation methods / Emily R. Hoole and Jennifer W. Martineau -- Leader-centric theories and approaches -- Personality and leadership : looking back, looking ahead / Joyce Bono, Winny Shen, and David J. Yoon -- Charismatic and transformational leadership : past, present, and future / Ketan H. Mhatre and Ronald E. Riggio -- Visionary leadership / Daan van Knippenberg and Daan Stam -- Destructive leadership in and of organizations / Robert B. Kaiser and S. Bartholomew Craig -- Leadership and identity : an examination of three theories and new research directions / Herminia Ibarra, Sarah Wittman, and Gianpiero Petriglieri -- Follower-centric theories and approaches -- Leadership perception and information processing : influences of symbolic, connectionist, emotion, and embodied architectures / Jessica E. Dinh, Robert G. Lord, and Ernest Hoffman -- Authentic leadership theory, research and practice : steps taken and steps that remain / Bruce J. Avolio and Fred O. Walumbwa -- Servant leadership : antecedents, processes, and outcomes / Robert C. Liden, Alexandra Panaccio, Jeremy D. Meuser, Jia Hu, and Sandy J. Wayne -- Leading for proactivity : how leaders cultivate staff who make things happen / Sharon K. Parker and Chia-huei Wu -- Dyadic and team-centric theories and approaches -- Leader-member exchange (lmx) theory : the relational approach to leadership / Berrin Erdogan and Talya N. Bauer -- Leadership and social networks : initiating a different dialog / Raymond T. Sparrowe -- Who's in charge here? : the team leadership implications of authority structure / Ruth Wageman and Colin Fisher -- Leadership in multiteam systems : a network perspective / Dorothy R. Carter and Leslie A. DeChurch -- Special leadership topics, emerging issues, and future directions -- The skill to lead : the role of political skill in leadership dynamics / Darren C. Treadway, Jeffrey R. Bentley, Lisa M. Williams, and Angela Wallace -- Ethical leadership / Linda K. Treviño and Michael E. Brown -- Bridging the domains of leadership and corporate social responsibility / David A. Waldman -- Executive leadership : ceos, top management teams, and organizational-level outcomes / Nathan J. Hiller and Marie-Michèle Beauchesne -- The context and leadership / Richard N. Osborn, Mary Uhl-Bien, and Ivana Milosevic -- Leadership in extreme contexts / Sean T. Hannah and Ken W. Perry -- Safety leadership / Mark A. Griffin and Zenobia Talati -- Cross-cultural and global leadership / Felix C. Brodbeck and Silke A. Eisenbeiss -- Leadership in a diverse workplace / Donna Chrobot-Mason, Marian N. Ruderman, and Lisa H. Nishii -- Changing the rules : the implications of complexity science for leadership research and practice / James K. Hazy and Mary Uhl-Bien -- Women and leadership / Jean Lau Chin -- Leading for creativity : people, products, and systems / Michael D Mumford, Carter Gibson, Vincent Giorgini, and Jensen Mecca -- Leadership and emotion: a multi-level perspective / Neal M. Ashkanasy and Ronald H. Humphrey -- Student leadership development : theory, research, and practice / Susan R. Komives and John P. Dugan -- Leadership development : a review and agenda for future research / D. Scott DeRue & Christopher G. Myers -- The future of leader.

As the leadership field continues to evolve, there are many reasons to be optimistic about the various theoretical and empirical contributions in better understanding leadership from a scholarly and scientific perspective. The Oxford Handbook of Leadership and Organizations brings together a collection of comprehensive, state-of-the-science reviews and perspectives on the most pressing historical and contemporary leadership issues - with a particular focus on theory and research - and looks to the future of the field. It provides a broad picture of the leadership field as well as detailed reviews and perspectives within the respective areas. Each chapter, authored by leading international authorities in the various leadership sub-disciplines, explores the history and background of leadership in organizations, examines important research issues in leadership from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives, and forges new directions in leadership research, practice, andeducation.