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The study is an attempt to provide empirical elaboration, in the context of business and management education, for the “onion” and cognitive control models of cognitive style. Using a sample of 226 business and management undergraduates the research explored the relationship between...
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Despite extensive research into psychologically‐based issues in the workplace, in practice there remain a confusion and lack of knowledge about psychology and psychological issues in manager/organisation development. This article explores areas in which psychological processes affect the...
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This article investigates the potential mediating role of organizational commitment in the relationships of leadership … leadership behavior with organizational commitment, job satisfaction and job performance in such a setting. Results suggest (in … support of many western studies) that those who perceive their superiors as adopting consultative or participative leadership …
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leadership behaviour have been extensively investigated in other fields, studies of these variables in the fire service …, particularly in Australia, are almost absent. This article examines links between job satisfaction and leadership behaviour in … aviation fire fighters. Fifty‐six fire fighters responded to the Job Descriptive Index and the Leadership Behaviour …
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boards. The paper investigates the fundamental difference between the exercise of leadership, management and political power …
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This article describes the importance of fitness (chiefly exercise) for top ranking executive leaders and for their respective organizations. The authors discuss how fitness can contribute to stamina, mental clarity, ability to cope with stress and a variety of other factors that can affect an...
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A framework is developed, and validated, that provides an insight into the role of leadership in transforming a loose … the team. Four distinct leadership “key roles” are identified: legitimate, social, task, and macro, which lead to the … identification of critical leadership issues that limit the speed with which loose groups transform into effective teams. This in …
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Spirituality is a long‐neglected dimension in the leadership issue as it is in the psychological contract implicit in … upon and a burgeoning literature on personal meaning and transformative leadership. This paper reviews leadership praxis …
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The purpose of this research was to determine how regular exercise impacted leadership scores on two multi …‐rater leadership assessment instruments – the Executive Success Profile® (ESP), and the Campbell Leadership Index TM (CLI). Since 1997 …, data have been collected from over 600 senior‐level executives attending Leadership at the Peak, a five‐day course at the …
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A growing number of organizations are adopting self‐directed work teams (SDWTs), but many firms experience trouble with the transition – the time needed for SDWT development. The addition of a SDWT represents a change in the organization and requires that managers adjust their use of...
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