HRM355 Leadership Development

This library guide serves as a little resource list for students of HRM355 Leadership Development (or if you would simply like to learn more about Leadership Development through reading).

Learn how to search for the materials you need, discover some keywords and key phrases you could use, and check out our suggested journals and databases.

For further questions, please Ask the Library by emailing us at ask@suss.libanswers.com.

Sample keywords in Leadership Development include the following. When you find appropriate items, use keywords and subject headings from the records to improve your subsequent searches.

• Leadership development

• Human resource and development

• Manangement structures and organsations

• Transformational leadership

• Authentic leadership

• Servant leadership

• Path-goal theory

​Also, consider combining your topic with these terms:

• Leadership AND business

• Leadership AND mindsets

• Leadership AND motivation

• Leadership AND gender

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Here are some eBooks we've picked out for you, which we believe to be relevant for HRM355 Leadership Development.

While these resources are here to support your research and learning, do check with your lecturer(s) on the required/necessary readings for your course.

This list is sorted alphabetically by the author(s)'s last name.

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Suggested Readings

(Once again, these are readings to supplement your research and learning. Do check with your lecturer(s) for the required readings for your course.)

• Leadership Development: Leadership Emergence to Leadership Effectiveness from Small Group Research 2019
  "This study aimed to understand how leadership effectiveness of the trainer in a leadership development program can influence emerging leaders’ development and effectiveness. [...] Results indicate that informal emerging leaders are more likely to develop into highly effective formal leaders when supervised by effective trainers."

• Leadership Development: The Current State and Future Expectations from the Consulting Psychology Journal
  "[...] for leadership development efforts to be successful, careful consideration must be given to trainee readiness, desire to learn, and also the capacity to develop into better leaders."

• Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Development from Public Personnel Management
  "This paper reviews the current literature on the concept of emotional intelligence and makes recommendations for incorporating emotional intelligence into leadership development programs."

Here are some databases we believe would be most relevant to HRM355 Leadership Development.

Should you be looking for a more interdisciplinary approach (e.g. exploring the intersections of business and psychology, or business behaviour), we would recommend you expand your search to other databases, too (e.g. expanding your search to Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection).

LinkedIn Learning is an online learning platform with over 13,000 courses. A few relevant examples for HRM355 Leadership Development might include:

• Become a Leader (there’s a LinkedIn certificate after completing the course)
• Leadership Foundations
• Leadership Practical Skills
• Leadership Mindsets
• Professional Prep in Human Resources
• Human Resources Foundations
• Talent Management Mindsets