Many communications managers are faced with the challenge of implementing agile structures in their department and their team - not an easy task, because there are many things to consider. A new corporate culture, new processes and tools, new skills and career opportunities as well as other...

Für die Sicherung des handelnden Zusammenwirkens in Organisationen sind neben (in-)formellen Strukturen auch die Sicht- und Handlungsweisen der Führungskräfte und ihre gezielte Einflussnahme zentral. Wie Führungskräfte diese Aufgabe ausgestalten, wird bislang jedoch kaum auf institutionelle...

This paper sketches a theory of computer-mediated leadership, drawing on research on computer-mediated communication (CMC) and leadership. The forecast it makes for computer-mediated forms of leadership is mixed. Leadership interactions that focus on the personal and dyadic level are predicted...

One of the most important prerequisites for effective leadership is powerful communication. This has been observed throughout all of human history, and examples of powerful communication may be found even in one of the oldest documents of record, the Hebrew Bible. This paper examined a small...

Objective - Organisational commitment has emerged as a major source of competitive advantage for many organizations. Its dominance and significance in the field of academia and business is highly attributed to its incredible benefits such as improved employee performance, productivity, loyalty,...

Party activists wish to (i) advocate the best policy and yet (ii) unify behind a common party line. An activist's understanding of his environment is based on the speeches of party leaders. A leader's influence, measured by the weight placed on her speech, increases with her judgement on policy...