For thirty-three years and through three editions, Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership has been the indispensable … bible for every serious student of leadership. This completely revised and updated fourth edition reflects the growth and … changes in the study of leadership over the past seventeen years, with new chapters on transformational leadership, ethics …

"One of our foremost leadership experts dismantles obsolete assumptions and stimulates a new conversation about … leadership in the twenty-first century. Becoming a leader has become a mantra. The explosive growth of the 'leadership industry … superficial teaching of leadership has brought us no closer to nirvana; and that followers nearly everywhere have become, on the …