The Nature of Leadership includes the most important areas of leadership in a concise and integrated manner with impactful contributions from the most prominent leadership scholars and researchers in the field. Editors John Antonakis and David V. Day provide an in-depth exploration of the major...

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Leadership : past, present, and future / John Antonakis & David V. Day -- The major schools of leadership -- Leader traits and attributes / Steve J. Zaccaro, Samantha Dubrow, & Mary Jo -- Kolze -- Charisma and the "new leadership" / John Antonakis -- In the...

1 Overview and First Principles of Developing Leaders and Leadership -- 2 Developmental Systems -- 3 Individual Leader Development -- 4 Self-Views and Leader Development -- 5 Considering Adult Development in Leader Development -- 6 Developing a Collective Capacity for Leadership -- 7 Networks...