The Practice of Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Leaders

About the Authors

C. Shawn Burke is a research scientist at the Institute for Simulation and Training of the University of Central Florida. Dr. Burke has published more than forty articles and chapters and presented at more than seventy peer-reviewed conferences. She is currently investigating team adaptability and its corresponding measurement, multicultural team performance, leadership, and training of such teams. Dr. Burke earned her doctorate in industrial/organizational psychology from George Mason University and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for Human Factors, Leadership Quarterly, Human Resource Management, and Quality and Safety in Healthcare. She has coedited a book on adaptability and is coediting a book on advances in team effectiveness research.

Jay A. Conger holds the Henry R. Kravis Research Chair in Leadership Studies at Claremont McKenna College. Author of many articles and book chapters and twelve books, he researches executive leadership, organizational change, boards of directors, executive derailment, and leadership development. Recent books include Growing Your Company’s Leaders: How Organizations Use Succession Management for Competitive Advantage, Shared Leadership: Reframing the Hows and Whys of Leading Others (coauthored), Charismatic Leadership in Organizations, and Corporate Boards: New Strategies for Adding Value at the Top (coauthored). He earned an MBA from the University of Virginia, and DBA from Harvard Business School. He was selected by Business Week ...