For Immediate Release Feb. 6, 1998

From: Dennis Brown

Robert Vecchio, the Franklin D. Schurz Professor of Management at the University of Notre Dame, has edited a new book on leadership in the workplace.

Published by the University of Notre Dame Press, "Leadership: Understanding the Dynamics of Power and Influence in Organizations" is an anthology of key writings by leading scholars in the field. The 592-page book is composed of 33 chapters, including eight written by Vecchio, and examines six facets of leadership:

- The myths and facts of what leaders do

- Power and influence

- Dysfunctional aspects of leadership

- Models of leaderships

- Alternative views of leadership

- Emerging issues

The book is designed to be both a text for advanced students of business, sociology and psychology and a resource for business professionals, educators, health-care workers, public administrators, law enforcement personnel, and directors of not-for-profit organizations.

A member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1976, Vecchio teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in organizational behavior and human resources management. His research studies issues of leadership, employee motivation and employee job satisfaction. He chaired the Department of Management and Administrative Sciences from 1983-90.

Since 1995 Vecchio has served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Management, a broad-gauge outlet that publishes rigorous empirical research in all aspects of management, particularly issues surrounding effective management and leadership, social responsibility, and research methods.

Vecchio has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of Management, the Journal of Managerial Inquiry, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, the International Journal of Applied Quality Management, and the International Journal of Organizational Analysis. He has published numerous articles, monographs, papers and scholarly reviews in journals such as Leadership Quarterly, the Academy of Management Journal, the Academy of Management Review, Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, and the Journal of Applied Psychology, and he is the author of "Organizational Behavior," published by Dryden Press and now in its third edition as well as international editions.

A 1972 graduate of DePaul University, Vecchio earned his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois in 1974 and 1976, respectively. He is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.

Contacts: Vecchio can be reached at (219) 631-6073. For a copy of the book, contact Ann Bromley at Notre Dame Press, at (219) 631-6346.

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