A rise in the number of high-profile cases of management failure and leadershipmisconduct increased the awareness of one of the core challenges of management,namely to lead responsibly and with integrity. The environment which senior managerscreate and within which middle managers need to...

This article is intended as a conceptual and practical foundation for those who wish to conduct research in the area of leadership-as-practice. Rather than offer a single methodology for studying how social and leadership activity is carried out in everyday life, it details a pluralistic set of...

Purpose - The article aims to identify and classify competencies and values considered essential or even necessary in the daily work of active managers and leaders. Design/methodology/approach - This article is based on the results of comprehensive ethnographic research. I acquired the research...

In recent years, the number of contract workers has increased considerably – especially in the IT sector and the media sector. There is some evidence that the specific characteristics of contract working have consequences for the work-life balance of contract workers. However, there is a lack...