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LEADERSHIP, COMMUNICATION, AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE

A Theory of Resonance, Activation, and Cultivation

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LEADERSHIP, COMMUNICATION, AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE

A Theory of Resonance, Activation, and Cultivation

BY

BRENT D. RUBEN

RALPH A. GIGLIOTTI

Rutgers University, USA

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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Dedication

Dedicated to colleagues, students, friends, and family with appreciation for their inspiration, provocation, validation, and agitation, all of which contributed in significant ways to the ideas presented in this book.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to the following individuals for their contributions to this book.

• To our colleagues in the Rutgers Center for Organizational Leadership and across the institution, who have encouraged us throughout this project and who have informed many of the concepts presented in this book.

• To the many participants of our leadership education programs at Rutgers and colleagues at other institutions, with whom we have discussed our ideas and who have helped us refine the perspectives we advance here.

• To Susan Lawrence and Christine Goldthwaite, for their review and helpful feedback on this work as it progressed.

• To Charlotte Maiorana, Executive Editor of Emerald Publishing, for her enthusiastic support and commitment to the success of this venture.

• To Charlie Wilson (Emerald Publishing) and Murugapriya Munuswamy (MPS Limited), respectively, for guidance in all phases of this project and invaluable editorial oversight.

• To Karen Verde (Green Pelican Editorial Services) for her meticulous and prompt review of the manuscript for the book.

• To our friends and family who have participated in endless discussions related to the themes in this book, for their willingness to challenge, endorse, and help us refine our thinking on the topics of resonance, activation, and cultivation.