Parry (Center for the Study of Leadership, Victoria U. of Wellington, New Zealand) and Meindl (Center for International Leadership, State U. of New York at Buffalo, US) asked contributors to
take an approach to the study of leadership in organizations that is based in grounded theory, qualitatively analyzing data to derive explanatory theory. They present 11 chapters that examine
general questions of leadership theory and research, proceeding to look at organizational issues such as the role of power in the dispersal of leadership and the use of metaphor in the rhetoric
about managerial phenomena. Two chapters offer alternative approaches to the use of grounded theory. Finally, methodological approaches are discussed, including leadership questionnaires and
triangulation models. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
