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The Breadth component provides foundations of leadership development as seen through the works of leading leadership development theorists. By exploring foundations of leadership development theories, leading writers in the field of organizational leadership, and emerging leadership topics in the more recent literature, different ideas and researchers’ works are compared, contrasted, and reviewed to summarize major contributions to the field. Several of the models are explored in light of a leadership studies framework that includes organizational context, leader competencies and abilities, and follower characteristics. Transformational leadership, methods for leadership development, more recent leadership models focused on change processes, and holistic leadership development, are all examined in the Breadth section.
The Depth component provides examples of leadership development theories in action, especially through three themes that will be discussed following the annotated bibliography entries. Sixteen final articles were chosen from peer-reviewed articles based on applicability to this KAM, the relationship to the subject area (leadership development and virtual teams), and the development of leadership training programs. Articles range in publication date between 2005 and 2010, identifying themes in leadership development, virtual teaming, and virtual team development. Three themes emerged: leadership models, trust behaviors, and virtual group characteristics. This section provides a starting point to examine leadership development for virtual teams, including cross-cultural teams, in situ teams, and teams that rely on technology to communicate.
The Application component of this KAM provides several tools for creating leadership
awareness and social change through the consideration of business globalization, leadership development in companies incorporating virtual teams, and trust development among workers. There are two components of the Application section: a slide show introducing leadership and virtual teaming concepts, and a job-aid that provides a tool for larger discussions among leaders about leadership qualities needed to become a more global organization. Like the Breadth and Depth sections of this KAM, the Application component takes a more global approach and is not focused exclusively on North American leadership models, but reflect a wide variety of concepts, including leadership development, trust development, globalization readiness, and virtual team development.
