Psychology and the Social Sciences

Kets de Vries, Manfred F.R. Leaders, Fools and Imposters: Essays on the Psychology of Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publisher, 1993.
The author writes: "The book focuses on the psychodynamics of organizations and takes a clinical perspective, showing how unconscious as well as conscious internal processes can shape corporations, influencing many organizational decisions and corporate policies."

Bogart, Sherry. The Use of Situational Leadership Theory to Enhance Learning in Higher Education. Quebec: Champlaine Regional College, 1990.
The situational leadership model proposes that managers possess a range of styles and can vary their response to the environmental variables they encounter. This study seeks to apply the situational model to the context of leadership styles in higher education.

Conger, Jay A. and Rabindra N. Kanungo. Perceived Behavioural Attributes of Charismatic Leadership. Montreal: Faculty of Management, McGill University, 1991.
Based on a model proposed by the authors in an earlier publication, this study "identifies several perceived behaviour attributes of charismatic leadership and demonstrates the empirical validity of the model."

Hasenfeld, Yeheskel, Ed. Administrative Leadership in the Social Services: The Next Challenge. New York: Haworth Press, 1989.
"Facing a rapidly changing environment, social services are forced to shed old and often dysfunctional organizational and administrative patterns, and to adopt new organizational forms to ensure their survival and effectiveness. To do so will require visionary and 'transformational' leadership."

Kets de Vries, Manfred F.R. and Danny Miller. Narcissm and Leadership: An Object Relations Perspective. Montreal: McGill University, 1984.
Using concepts taken from psychoanalysis object relations theory, three narcissistic configurations found among leaders are presented: reactive, self-deceptive, and constructive. Their etiology, symptamolgy and defensive structure is discussed. How each configuration effects interpersonal relations and decision making is examined in a managerial context.

The Effects of Leader Style, Leader Consistency and Participant Personality on Learning and Other Variables in Small Groups. Montreal, McGill University: Thesis Department of Psychology, May 1996.
A study of leadership and its effects on group learning.