‘In this work, Crystal Davis pulls together some of the keenest minds in the field of Servant Leadership. While many have a vague idea of what it looks like to be in service in the workplace and beyond, this book puts meat on the bones with focus, scholarship and heart. Davis’ contribution...

Bleiben bei einer gut aufgestellten Organisation die bisherigen Erfolge aus, dann ist oft ein gefährlicher Organizational Burnout (OBO) die Ursache dafür. Erstmalig beschreibt Gustav Greve das weit verbreitete Phänomen des OBO, erklärt die Erfolgsdefizite der betroffenen Unternehmen und...

Der demographische Wandel stellt Unternehmen vor zentrale Herausforderungen: Die Belegschaften altern und ihre altersbezogene Heterogenität steigt. Bislang war unklar, ob und über welche Mechanismen der Umgang mit Beschäftigten unterschiedlicher Altersgruppen dazu beitragen kann, die...

Employee disengagement is one of the most pressing problems plaguing managers today hampering the innovation capacities of countless organizations. According to recent polls, some 20 percent of workers report feeling disconnected from their jobs, in an environment of stagnating wages, massive...

This book is open access under CC-BY license. Moral dilemmas are a pervasive feature of working life. Moral Reasoning at Work offers a fresh perspective on how to live with them using ethics and moral psychology research. It argues that decision-makers must go beyond compliance and traditional...

This book provides a unique account of how perceived justice is influenced by various aspects of an organizational merger and investigates the impact on behavior for those involved in the process. Drawing from both psychological and sociological insights, the author considers justice from an...

1. Leadership in Dynamic and Diverse Health Sector Organisations.- 2. The Ecology of Healthcare.- 3. The Role of Leaders: The Importance of Leadership.- 4. Leading in the Health Sector: Research and Practice.- 5. A Model for Health Sector Leadership.- 6. Leadership Capability Through Personal...

In order to be developed, inter-organizational relationships, as well as organizational cultures, rely on communication, learning, trust, commitment, and shared meanings and symbols. This book discusses the emergence and development of an inter-organizational culture, in which meanings, beliefs,...

This volume explores the work environment in multinational corporations. To do so, it integrates studies on the organizational sciences, cross-cultural management, positive psychology and sociology within a single comprehensive framework. Twenty-two authors from six countries identify the...