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 --
When leadership matters and when it does not: a commentary / Suzanne Chan and Arthur P. Brief.