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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to place the growing body of research on leadership self‐efficacy in context for practicing or aspiring leaders.Design/methodology/approachThe paper highlights, synthesizes, and frames research on leadership self‐efficacy for leaders who seek to improve their effectiveness. It uses a case study to illustrate how a leader can apply the findings of research to become a better leader.FindingsPerformance‐enhancing strategies are recommended based on the literature for practitioners who strive to become better leaders by improving their self‐monitoring and reflective skills.Practical implicationsThe paper seeks to provide practitioners with useful strategies to improve their leadership self‐efficacy.Originality/valueA decade ago the authors published a handful of articles about the implications of self‐efficacy for educators and remain interested in the topic, finding that while research on leadership self‐efficacy is growing, it has not reached leaders in the workplace.

The main objective of this investigation was to study the influence of drug dependence on platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity in the presence and absence of alcoholism. One hundred and thirteen admissions to alcohol and drug treatment facilities participated in the study. Twenty-six met the criteria for alcoholism (group I), seventy-eight subjects were alcohol-/cocaine- and cannabis-dependent (group II), and the remaining nine were patients with DSM-III-R diagnosis of cocaine addiction (group III). MAO activity was assayed radiochemically with [14C]tyramine as a substrate (221 microM). The results of this study showed that platelet MAO activity [nmol of product formed x (mg protein)-1 x hr-1] (mean +/- SE) was significantly (p < 0.01) lower in all of these subjects (group I, 5.50 +/- 0.80; group II, 3.90 +/- 0.50; group III, 4.3 +/- 1.60) as compared with controls (14.85 +/- 1.13). Measurements of platelet MAO activity may provide us with a reliable biochemical marker for alcoholism and perhaps addiction to other substances of abuse (i.e., cocaine).

Two hundred male and female patients, selected at random from all patients admitted to an inpatient alcoholism treatment facility in 1973-1974, were surveyed 10 years following treatment. Response rate was 80%, and a validity check was done. Of the 158 unstable responses, 61% reported complete or stable remission of their alcoholism for at least 3 years prior to the survey and 84% reported stable psychosocial status. Successful outcome was possible regardless of severity of drinking history or psychosocial status. Seventy-six percent (76%) of those still alive at follow-up reported remission; at most, 23% of the deceased were reported in remission prior to death. Involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) predicted abstinence, suggesting successful outcome for patients who undergo a treatment regimen, which bridges patients into AA involvement. Of those respondents who continued to sponsor other AA members throughout the follow-up period, 91% were in remission at the time of survey.

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