Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction : new approaches to the psychology of leadership / David M. Messick and Roderick M. Kramer
Part I. Conceptions of leadership
The cultural ecology of leadership : an analysis of popular leadership books / Michelle C. Bligh and James R. Meindl
Social identity and leadership / Michael A. Hogg
On the psychological exchange between leaders and followers / David M. Messick
The psychodynamics of leadership : Freud's insights and their vicissitudes / George R. Goethals
Part II. Effectiveness of leadership
Rethinking team leadership or Teams leaders are not music directors / J. Richard Hackman
Leadership as group regulation / Randall S. Peterson and Kristin J. Behfar
Process-based leadership : how do leaders lead? / Tom R. Tyler
Claiming authority : negotiating challenges for women leaders / Hannah R. Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn
Why David sometimes wins : strategic capacity in social movements / Marshall Ganz
Part III. Consequences of leadership
The perception of conspiracy : leader paranoia as adaptive cognition / Roderick M. Kramer and Dana Gavrieli
Leadership and the psychology of power / Joe C. Magee, Deborah H. Gruenfeld, Dacher J. Keltner, and Adam D. Galinsky
The demise of leadership : death positivity biases in posthumous impressions of leaders / Scott T. Allison and Dafna Eylon
Part IV: Commentary
When leadership matters and when it does not : a commentary / Suzanne Chan and Arthur P. Brief