George Ofori, Shamas-Ur-Rehman Toor

Leadership in the Construction Industry (eBook, ePUB)

Developing Authentic Leaders in a Dynamic World

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a new framework for leadership in the construction industry which draws from the Authentic Leadership construct. The framework has three major themes: self-leadership, self-transcendent leadership, and sustainable leadership.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000350357
• Artikelnr.: 61114867

Autorenporträt

George Ofori is Professor and Dean of the School of the Built Environment and Architecture at London South Bank University, UK. He is joint co-ordinator of CIB TG95 on Professionalism and Ethics in Construction, and Deputy Chair of the Board of CoST, the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative and a Member of the Board of Trustees of Engineers Against Poverty. He has published over 110 refereed journal papers, 5 books and 29 chapters, mainly on construction industry development, leadership in construction and sustainability in construction.

Shamas-ur-Rehman Toor received his PhD from the National University of Singapore. He is an international development practitioner and currently works at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Beijing, China. Previously, he worked at the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. He has published over 30 international refereed journal papers, 3 book chapters and 38 international peer-reviewed conference papers in the areas of leadership development, organizational behavior and project management.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The leadership crisis 2. Role of leadership in the construction industry
3. Understanding leadership 4. Authentic leadership 5. Research design and
methodology 6. Leadership development 7. Self leadership 8.
Self-transcendent leadership 9. Sustainable leadership 10. Theoretical
integration: reconciliation of self with social realities 11. Conclusions
12. A final reflection Appendices References