Leadership & Organization Development Journal
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A Buddhist view of leadership: the case of the OTOP project
Tập 30 Số 8 - Trang 737-758
– This paper is concerned with the role of leadership in community organisations in Thailand. While previous studies of leadership have focused on leadership theories influenced by male‐dominated North American studies, the present paper aims to demonstrate that it is necessary to take the influence of cultural, historical and social structure into account. The purpose is to develop a model of lea......
Empowerment within the UK construction sector
Tập 23 Số 6 - Trang 333-342
The feasibility and success of empowerment are to some extent determined by factors relating to the culture and structure of the industries within which organizations are embedded. The UK construction industry is an example that has a unique socio‐technical context, some aspects of which seem well‐suited to empowerment strategies. However, despite support for empowerment, it has not yet been unive......
Who is a ″Good Manager″?
Tập 13 Số 6 - Trang 3-7
Examines the practical utility of research on managerial behaviour
and managerial effectiveness for training and development programmes.
Casts doubt on the relevance of models in the literature that tell
managers what they should do. Reviews studies of effective managers.
Concludes that the design of programmes in particular settings requires
a study of who is an effective manager in that setting;......
Quality behaviour for quality organizations
Tập 16 Số 6 - Trang 10-15
Goal setting and feedback techniques have previously been used to
improve safety behaviour. Describes a pilot study of the application of
a behaviour‐based quality improvement process in a continuous process
production plant with a particular focus on certain aspects of the
organizational structure and climate which might be conducive to the
changes necessary to facilitate this approach. Since “qu......
MRP Systems: Using New Technology in Manufacturing
Tập 4 Số 2 - Trang 26-29
Material Requirements Planning systems are complex and sophisticated and can bring about great changes; they have much to offer manufacturing industry but must be carefully implemented.
Managing employees in China from Hong Kong: interaction, relationships and productivity as antecedents to motivation
Tập 19 Số 3 - Trang 147-156
States that managers must often try to motivate employees working in another country. Senior accounting managers in Hong Kong were interviewed on their experiences leading professionals in China. Results of structural equation analyses suggest the usefulness of Deutsch’s theory of co‐operation and competition to understanding how interaction between leaders and employees develops future motivation......
Is personality associated with perceptions of LMX? An empirical study
Tập 28 Số 7 - Trang 613-631
– The paper seeks to investigate whether or not leader‐member exchange (LMX) is influenced by the personality of subordinates and/or supervisors., – Previous literature from the general leadership, personality, and LMX domains was used as a theoretical background for proposing certain types of relationships between the personality traits that make up the Big Five and employees’ perceptions of LMX.......
Creating organizational conditions that foster employee spirit at work
Tập 27 Số 4 - Trang 280-295
– This study sought to identify organizational factors that foster an individual's experience of spirit at work., – Ten women and three men, ranging in age from 26 to 81, who were in full‐time paid employment in a variety of occupations, and who self‐identified as having high spirit at work, participated in in‐depth, reflective interviews., – Inspired leadership emerged as central to influencing i......
Environmental leadership development: Toward a contextual model of leader selection and effectiveness
Tập 27 Số 2 - Trang 93-105
– The purpose of this article is to provide a basis for comparing the interactions between the level of environmental support for leadership development and individual leadership characteristics in determining leadership selection and effectiveness within organizations., – A contextual model of leader selection and effectiveness examining the interactions between the level of environmental support......