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Organizational Leadership

Third Edition
Edited by:
  • John Bratton - Honorary Professor in the Management School at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Leadership | Leadership

March 2026 | 480 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

Understand the reality of contemporary organizational leadership with the third edition of this critical, thought-provoking textbook.

Through an analysis of key theories and topical issues such as innovation, gender, power, ethics and environmental sustainability, the authors deftly illustrate how leadership cannot be extricated from the wider organizational context and why leadership is increasingly seen as a shared endeavour between leaders and followers.

Key updates to this edition include:

  •      New chapter on Leading During Conflict and Extreme Contexts
  •      New chapter on Dark Leadership
  •      New content on Artificial Intelligence is now woven throughout each chapter
  •      Eleven new case studies, including case studies on Harrods, the Norwegian police service, Saudi Arabia, AI development, Generative AI and urban renewal in Bilbao.

This is an essential guide to leadership for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as practitioners working in the field.

John Bratton is Honorary Professor in the Management School at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.



 
PART I Contextualizing Leadership
John Bratton
Chapter 1 Leadership Matters
John Bratton
Chapter 2 The Nature of Leadership
Jenny Morrison and John Bratton
Chapter 3 Power and Leadership
David Denham and John Bratton
Chapter 4 Culture and Leadership
Rachelle Pascoe-Deslauriers and George Boak
Chapter 5 Strategic Management, Innovation, and Leadership
 
PART II Leadership Theories
John Bratton
Chapter 6 Trait, Behaviour, and Contingency Theories of Leadership
John Bratton
Chapter 7 Charismatic and Transformational Leadership
John Bratton
Chapter 8 Relational and Collective Leadership
George Boak and Kelly Rogers
Chapter 9 Dark Leadership
John Bratton and Meghan Van Portfliet
Chapter 10 Followership
 
PART III Managing People and Leadership
Roslyn Larkin and John Burgess
Chapter 11 Ethics and Leadership
John Bratton
Chapter 12 Human Resource Management and Leadership
Peter Watt, George Boak, and Jeff Gold
Chapter 13 Leadership Development
Laura Steele, Lois Farquharso, and Sarah Albugami
Chapter 14 Gender and Diversity in Leadership
 
PART IV Contemporary Leadership
John Bratton, Shirley-Ann Hazlett, and Lisa McIlvenna
Chapter 15 Teams and Team Leadership
Laura Steele and John Bratton
Chapter 16 Artificial Intelligence and Leadership
Andrew Bratton, Kelsy Hejjas, Peter Holland, Brian Matthews, and Olga Andrianova
Chapter 17 Leading Organizational Change for Environmental Sustainability
Joanne Murphy
Chapter 18 Leading During Conflict and Extreme Contexts
Colin Lindsay
Chapter 19 Public Leadership
Markku Sotarauta
Chapter 20 Place Leadership

Organizational Leadership gives a thorough coverage of leadership theories. The chapter on leadership in extreme contexts is informative, detailed, and helps us to better understand the complexities of leadership in volatile and often dangerous situations.

Susan Hall
Retired Police Superintendent

Sage College Publishing

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