There is abundant evidence that RME is (so far) a largely unfulfilled promise. While business schools have been active in adding organizational ""bells and whistles"" (dedicated courses, institutes/centres), the core of their research and teaching activities still appears largely immune to the...

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Purpose – As companies grow and evolve, they inevitably face an influx of new personnel and changing responsibilities of existing staff members, often resulting in an increasingly complex organizational design. During periods of rapid organic growth, new layers of management and labor may be...

Purpose – If the ideal self is the emotional driver of intentional change, the purpose of this paper is to explore the components of a person's personal vision and how it comes from their ideal self. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the concept of the ideal self from intentional change...

Purpose – Organizations often fail to utilize managerial personnel effectively for leadership development and succession planning systems, and many execute these critical practices through separate human resource functions that shift the responsibility for leadership development away from line...

Purpose – This research has the purpose of examining whether personality preferences and type from the Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) are related to managerial derailment. Design/methodology/approach – This study is within the context of field research, using 6,124 managers undergoing...

Purpose – The aim of the paper is to investigate problem‐based learning (PBL) as a viable approach in leadership development. It identifies several key factors, strategies and possible outcomes associated with this new approach to training. Design/methodology/approach – Reflective inquiry...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand what contributes to transfer of soft‐skill, leadership training. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a literature review resulted in five broad factors that may influence transfer of leadership training. These were used to...