Leadership: Research Findings, Practice, and Skills

by Andrew J. DuBrin

Ideal for instructors who take a practical, skill-building approach to teaching leadership, this text balances theory with real-world applications. DuBrin, a highly respected author and consultant, incorporates current research on leadership and real-world business events from academic journals and popular periodicals. Leadership profiles focus on successful men and women to whom students can easily relate, such as lower-level, small business, and not-for-profit leaders. In the Fifth Edition, skill-building activities such as leadership self-assessment quizzes, role-play exercises, and discussion questions have been retained. Key updates include new opening vignettes and end-of-chapter cases; one additional Skill-Building Exercise per chapter; and an enhanced Online Study Center (student web site) with new Knowledge Bank sections, featuring research and theory not covered in the text.

Genres: Leadership, Business, Nonfiction, Organizational Development

518 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Mary Helen Sherman]

Got an A in this class if anyone was wondering

[Shyanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’M FREE!!!! WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE!!!

let’s start with the fact that no one is copy editing this book. NO ONE. not a single brain cell went into checking for simple mistakes. for a textbook you’d think there’d be a lack of numerical/spelling/grammatical errors but i suppose not. they try to put very mundane terms of phrase into a lot of eloquent paragraphs. more words does not make the point come across any clearer—in fact it does the opposite.
in theory i like the applicable ways to become a leader, but they are a little vague and dated. “try being more approachable and find ways to show initiative” isn’t really astounding advice.
i laughed aloud at some of the case studies. i know they have to be a little extremist at times but like… a boss saying “millions of men have cancer, pull it together.” to an employee is for sure an HR violation at the very least, so why are we discussing the implications of something that couldn’t happen? i digress.
also, not the fault of the author, but for the sake of the context, the ebook is horrid. why do textbooks partner with the worst online platform they can find.
once again: copy editing?? never heard of her. the grammar was atrocious.

calling elon a successful leader is certainly a choice. i miss my last textbook that noted his ability to run successful businesses into the ground

anyways writing a book is hard i guess so 2 stars for effort

[Avraam Mavridis · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was a required read for a University course, in my opinion its a bit "old-school". It falls into the trap of trying to define what leadership is and describe some characteristics that leaders should have... but the truth is that if we look around us, on the leaders we know on our organizations, not even one of them has all these attributes and sometimes not even all of them as a group. Trying to define leadership and list a set of required characteristics is just not aligned with the reality e.g. we consider confidence on public speaking and extrovertism as necessary characteristics of great politicians and activists, but Abraham Lincoln and Rosa Parks were shy, reserved, and humble.

The chapter about ethics is probably the best part of the book

[Jaclyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read in college but decided it was worth keeping as a reference.

[Emma · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unfortunate and way too long

[Crystal]

Interesting.

[Anna Arison · Rating 4 out of 5]

I purchased this book for my leadership class for my master degree program. It was a good book. Gave a lot of great information.

[Israt Jahan]

To prepare Lesson

[Corey A. Jones · Rating 2 out of 5]

Many typos and grammatical errors. The content was decent.

[Grace Burns · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. A fine text book, but used a lot of words to say rather little. By the end I would just read the chapter summary and was able to participate well in class with that.

[Darryl Smith]

Excellent reading

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the textbook for my "Leadership" course.
This book was rather boring and long-winded to me. I believe that some concepts were droned on about in such a way that pages could have been shaved off of the book size. The author repeated himself and at times, contradicted himself from chapter to chapter.
I think my main dislike with this book was the way it was taught in class, so no fault of the writer there.
I liked the quizzes and self assessments that peppered the chapter even if they didn't provide much insight on matters I already knew. A lot of this book was also common sense which frightens me due to the large number of failures this class had.

[Rick Hunter · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book had certain passages that were a little hard to understand, but for the most part, it was simplistic. It was repetitive in spots too. I'm so glad that I am done with this course.

[Alejandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the info regarding development at each trait, characteristic, attitude, & behavior. A book that will stay on my bookshelf.

[Muhammad Hasan]

good.