Sources on Leadership

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Leadership is defined as the ability to inspire confidence and support among the people who are need to achieve organizational goals.
(Source Kim, W., "Parables of Leadership," Harvard Business Review, July/August 1992)

Books

Books are useful in providing detailed information on a topic. Scholarly books contain in-depth analysis and bibliographies that are useful for finding additional information on your topic.

Use a Book:

  • when looking for a lot of information on a topic
  • to put your topic in context with other important issues
  • to find background information on your topic
  • to find summaries of research to support an argument

Use the Online Catalog or Electronic Books to view books and other material the library may have on leadership. Use the following subject headings to locate books and other materials on leadership:

  • Decision Making
     
  • Leadership
     
  • Leadership Case Studies

 
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Databases to Locate Articles on Leadership

The Business and Management databases will provide journal and news articles on leadership.  Use databases to retrieve current information from journals, magazines, and newspapers. 

Journals

Journals@ Sage list what journals, magazines, and newspapers the libraries have.

Scholarly Journals

Scholarly journals are devoted to providing original research and commentary on current developments within a specific discipline or field of study.  A scholarly journal article includes a list of works cited, and is subjected to a process of critical evaluation, which is known as peer-reviewed.  Always use scholarly journal articles when writing a research paper unless your professor authorizes the use of magazine and newspaper articles.

The following is a list of journals on leadership in the Sage Libraries or online:

Advancing Women in Leadership Educational Leadership
Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies Journal of Leadership Studies
Leadership Leadership Excellence
Leadership & Organizational Development Journal Leadership for the Front Lines
Leadership in Action Leadership in Health Services
Leadership Quarterly Nursing Leadership Forum
Strategy & Leadership  
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Other Sources
  • "50 Most Powerful Black Women in Business," appears in the February 2006 issue of Black Enterprise.  The community of The Sage Colleges can search within the publication using ABI Inform Global (ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARD COPY IN THE SAGE ALBANY LIBRARY)

  • 50 Most Powerful Women in Business, appears in the October 16, 2006 issue of Fortune Magazine (SAGE ALBANY and TROY LIBRARIES)

  • 100 Most Powerful Women in the World, appears in the September 18, 2006 issue of Forbes Magazine (SAGE ALBANY and TROY LIBRARIES)

  • Columbia Ideas @ Work, is from Columbia University and provides information on leadership research. 

  • "Latinas of Excellence," appears in the June/July 2006 issue of Hispanic.  It is a list of Latina executives in business and non-profit organizations.  The community of The Sage Colleges can search within the publication using ABI Inform Global.

  • Leadership - Forbes editors take a look ahead at leadership 2007.

  • Leadership, is from Stanford University Knowledgebase and provides information on leadership research.

  • Leadership & Management  is a resource from Harvard Business School Working Knowledge forum, which offers readers the opportunity to use concepts presented before they enter mainstream management practice.

  • What it Takes to be Great, appears in the October 30, 2006 issue of Fortune Magazine (SAGE ALBANY and TROY LIBRARIES)

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Compiled by R. Torian,
Liaison to the Management Department

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