Leadership, Feedback and the Open Communication Gap

The topic of leadership has grown in importance, and how and when managers communicate is critical to their effectiveness. This book provides insight for managers to understand the feedback and open communication processes. It suggests guidelines for how and when managers should engage in negative feedback and open organizational-level communication with followers, including when such feedback and information should not be shared. It also adds to the existing knowledge base pertaining to open communication on the part of managers.This book will be of value to managers and practitioners involved in the practice of leadership as well as for courses on leadership, organizational behavior, human resource management and organizational communication.Atwater, Leanne E. is the author of 'Leadership, Feedback and the Open Communication Gap', published 2007 under ISBN 9780805853964 and ISBN 0805853960.