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The Cultural Ecology Of Leadership: An Analysis Of Popular Leadership Books, Michelle C. Bligh, James R. Meindl Jan 2004

The Cultural Ecology Of Leadership: An Analysis Of Popular Leadership Books, Michelle C. Bligh, James R. Meindl

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Leadership is indisputably one of the most discussed, studied, and written-about topics in our society. A keyword search in the Expanded Academic Index for occurrences of the word "leadership" in a title or abstract reveals over 1,200 citations in the year 2000 alone. A subject search of "leadership" on Amazon.com returns more than 6,300 books on the subject, and over 1,400 hardcover books with leadership in the title are offered (Krohe, 2000). From Jesus CEO to 1001 Ways to Take Initiative at Work, fortunes are made (or not!) and fades are launched by many of these titles. But …