Conventional wisdom suggests that leaders should conform to a style best suited for one’s organization, or at least the best style for a particular role. Yet, this approach implies a unitary approach to leadership and assumes chameleon-like capabilities. (Conger 2004) Recent work on the power...

According to Ibarra et al., (2010) leadership development requires a re-creation of identity. For this article, we examined a leadership development program, searching for evidence that identity change had occurred. Specifically, we collected data at a military academy where leadership...

According to Ibarra, et al (2010) leadership development requires re-creation of identity. For this article we examined a leadership development program, searching for evidence that identity change had occurred. Specifically, we collected data at a military academy where leadership development...

Using French and Raven's (1959) bases of social power, leadership is defined in terms of a dependency between leader and follower. The authors show how referrent and expert power are critical to the ascientific construct of leadership in predicting the extent to which trust can be created within...