The strategic leadership research stream characterisd by the predominantly instrumental upper-echelon research stream has provided extensive support for the strategic choice school of thought. In recent years it has been ctiticised for failing to develop from an exploration of whether...

This research examines the role and contribution of the Non Executive Director(NED) within the corporate board. The literature identifies the NED as a boundaryspanner. Boundary spanners are believed to be essential to the fulfilment of thefirm's corporate responsibility mandate. The research...

This thesis explores the impact of the use of Internet applications, provided by theHuman Resource (HR) ftinction as an internal supplier, on its internal customers'satisfaction at the managerial level with the HR function, using role theory to underpinthe research. From a review of the...

Purpose - This paper aims to offer a dynamic theory of leadership development.Design/methodology/approach - The paper examines selected leadership literaturethrough the lens of theory building-blocks. It identifies the role of the idealgoal in leadership and its importance in developing the...

Summary This paper reports a study into the nature, dynamics and effects of the 'chemistry' of the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) relationship. A qualitative, semi-structured interview, narrative analysis methodology over a twenty-eight month period was adopted. A sample of CEO's,...