Leaders as Catalysts for Organizational Change: How Popular Press Business Books Address This Topic
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Abstract
This study investigates differences among means of 110 randomly selected popular press business books (b-books) from a population of 1,200, written by multiple authors, mixed-gender coauthors, male vis-à-vis female authors, and b-books published between 1954 and 2006. Leadership and change were the two dependent variables measured by examining the depth of each in the index of each b-book. Five null-hypotheses were tested, with a .05 level of confidence. None of the means tested differed statistically. Furthermore, there was enough consistency in the advice b-book authors gave to their readers that it emerged as a theme: leaders are the catalysts of organizational change. The "Leadership Change Model" demonstrates this theme.
Publication Information
Bell, Reginald L. and Bodie, Nancy L. "Dusty". (2012). "Leaders as Catalysts for Organizational Change: How Popular Press Business Books Address This Topic". Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications & Conflict, 16(1), 49-70.