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Current trends in adult development converge exceptionally well with the postindustrial model of leadership proposed by Dr. Joseph Rost in his book, Leadership for the Twenty-First Century. This article begins with a brief overview of the historical movements in human development. Subsequently, three contemporary fields of study in adult development are examined: (1) the research on women's adult development, conceived primarily by female theorists, which argues for affiliation, attachment and connectedness as hallmarks of adult maturity; (2) the constructive--developmental framework of Robert Kegan which argues that human development is shaped by balancing the interplay of the two polar motivating forces in adult life, namely, autonomy and inclusion; and (3) the research of psychologists Dan McAdams and David McClelland, which argues for the centrality of power and intimacy in the life story. Throughout the article there is an attempt to demonstrate the significance of employing concepts of adult development in the model of Rost's postindustrial paradigm of leadership.

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Leadership and Adult Development: Postindustrial Paradigms and Parallels

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