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Effectively Measuring Student Leadership
Posner, Barry Z. - In: Administrative Sciences 2 (2012) 4, pp. 221-234
Student Leadership Practices Inventory [1]. Modest to strong internal reliability coefficients are found across a number of …
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Catching Leaders’ Mood: Contagion Effects in Teams
Volmer, Judith - In: Administrative Sciences 2 (2012) 3, pp. 203-220
Much of the behavior at work takes place within teams. Leaders of teams experience different feelings that, in turn, can have an impact on how team members feel and perform. This study examined the effects of leaders’ mood on individual team members’ mood, group affective tone, and team...
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Applying Emotional Intelligence Skills to Leadership and Decision Making in Non-Profit Organizations
Hess, James D.; Bacigalupo, Arnold C. - In: Administrative Sciences 3 (2013) 4, pp. 202-220
applied to enhance the leadership decision-making processes within the non-profit organization. Goleman’s (2001) and Boyatzis … are utilized to develop a methodology for the practical application of emotional intelligence skills to leadership …
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Relationship between Leadership and Characteristics of Learning Organizations in Deployed Military Units: An Exploratory Study
Schiena, Raffaella Di; Letens, Geert; Aken, Eileen Van; … - In: Administrative Sciences 3 (2013) 3, pp. 143-165
Learning Organization characteristics and leadership styles used by military leaders in the field. Based on the literature, we … hypothesized that higher Learning Organization characteristics would be associated with a more transformational style of leadership … (Systems Thinking, Team Learning, Shared Vision, Mental Models, and Personal Mastery) and leadership styles as defined by the …
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A Descriptive Account of an Inter-Professional Collaborative Leadership Project
MacPhee, Maura; Chang, Li-Lu; Havaei, Farinaz; Chou, … - In: Administrative Sciences 4 (2014) 3, pp. 373-399
design, delivery and evaluation of an inter-professional collaborative leadership workshop with ongoing leadership …. Continued practice was encouraged, such as appreciative inquiry exercises and rotated team leadership. Evaluation involved the … formal workshop was a 1-day session, continued organizational support and systematic approaches to collaborative leadership …
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Extending the Individual Level of Virtuality: Implications of Task Virtuality in Virtual and Traditional Settings
Orhan, Mehmet A. - In: Administrative Sciences 4 (2014) 4, pp. 400-412
Virtuality in organizations has usually been treated as a characteristic that is observed either at a team or organizational level. However, the penetration of new technologies into our lives has transformed the entire design of organizations and teams. Not only has the design of teams and...
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Business Contingency, Strategy Formation, and Firm Performance: An Empirical Study of Chinese Apparel SMEs
Chi, Ting - In: Administrative Sciences 5 (2015) 2, pp. 27-45
This study empirically investigated how small and medium-sized Chinese apparel enterprises (SME) formed their strategy as a response to the characteristics of business environment in order to achieve competitive business performance. An environment-strategy-performance model was proposed and...
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Understanding Cultural Difference Management through Charles Taylor’s Philosophy: Case Studies from the Food Processing Industry
Ouellet, Samuel Marleau; Facal, Joseph; Hébert, Louis - In: Administrative Sciences 5 (2015) 2, pp. 46-70
In this paper, we use the work of the philosopher, Charles Taylor, to investigate the role of culture on internationalization decisions. Using parameters related to key constructs such as positive liberty, social ontology, expressivism, civic republicanism and common spaces, we look at how...
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Is the Asset Transfer of Public Leisure Facilities in England an Example of Associative Democracy?
Nichols, Geoff; Forbes, Deborah; Findlay-King, Lindsay; … - In: Administrative Sciences 5 (2015) 2, pp. 71-87
In England, public sports facilities and libraries provided by local government are being transferred to management and delivery by volunteers. The catalyst for this development has been reductions in local government budgets. However, case studies explore if this asset transfer “offers a way...
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A Review of Entrepreneurship Education for College Students in China
Zhou, Mansheng; Xu, Haixia - In: Administrative Sciences 2 (2012) 1, pp. 82-98
Partly as a result of the rapid growth in Chinese higher education, graduate placement has become a critical issue facing colleges and universties. In response, one of the policy initiatives adopted by the Chinese government is for higher education institutions to put an emphasis on...
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