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Reviews the historical origins of behavioral style and overviews the most commonly used behavioral style assessment instruments. The perceived benefits of behavioral style assessments and their similarities to and differences from personality instruments are discussed. Suggests that research is...
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Organizations benefit from workforce diversity and also benefit from cultural cohesion. Individuals benefit from job/person fit. However, not only do individuals with diverse behavioral styles often have differing values and interests, they also tend to prefer different types of job assignments...
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Purpose – To introduce the behavioral style paradigm as a tool for creating effective upward influence within academic organizations. Design/methodology/approach – Concepts of upward influence, behavioral style, communication orientation, back‐up style, and style flexibility are described...
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Defines a leader in total quality management as a person who inspires, by appropriate means, sufficient competence to influence a group of individuals to become willing followers in the achievement of organizational goals. Reports research identifying the keys of successful leadership in quality...
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Firms involved in international business are affected by many crisis and crisis‐like events not generally associated with normal operations. Crisis management provides a business firm with a systematic, orderly response to crisis situations. Many crises can be prevented – or at least coped...
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This article deals basically with the dynamic environment of today’s businesses. Despite all of the efforts a company puts forth to scan the environmental issues, crises can occur and have to be managed. We have first reviewed several crises in businesses during the recent times, to define and...
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During the past decade, the environment for multinational corporations has been quite volatile, with numerous challenges for the firms operating in this arena. However, throughout this period there have emerged a number of executive leaders who have been recognized for their contributions to...
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When multinationals bring together individuals within the organisation who are from different cultural bases, interpersonal behaviour is an issue of major importance, particularly in superior/subordinate relationships. The best and probably most productive interpersonal relationships occur when...
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