Product Description: This edited volume explores different models, conceptualizations, and measures of leader interpersonal and influence "soft skills" that are so necessary for effective leadership. These include the communication skills, persuasion skills, political savvy, and emotional abilities used by leaders to inspire, motivate, and move followers toward the accomplishment of goals...read more

Product Description: Changing Realities of Work and Family is aninterdisciplinary volume that examines the multiple realities ofwork and family from academic, commercial, and politicalperspectives. The book Brings together works by an extraordinary list of contributors,including Jane Swift, former governor of Massachusetts;practitioners from industry; the leading attorney in discriminationagainst mothers and pregnant women; and outstanding academics frompsychology, business, economics, and human relationsExamines work and family in the political arena, gay andlesbian workers, work and family as it relates to age, singlemothers, and the role of culture and communityIncludes original empirical articles written expressly for thiswork, in which the most current research on the field of work andfamily will be presentedProvides “real world” examples of the intersectionof work and family in such fields as business, government, and thela...read more