...Emmanuel Quansah; Dale E. Hartz Purpose Approximately half of all new businesses fail within the first five years of operation. This study was undertaken to understand the behavior of small business (SB) leaders, including their decision-making processes and adaptive leadership practices...

... organizations within the US Midwest with various contexts to determine how their respective cultures impacted their change initiatives. Specifically, the authors spoke to sustainability change agents with regard to their leadership and culture, and the factors that are conducive to (or barriers to) implementing...

...., 2003 ; Tsang and Kwan, 1999). Stijn Decoster can be contacted at: stijn.decoster@ppw.kuleuven.be © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Leadership Performance OCB LMX Abusive supervision Exchange OCBI OCBO During the past decade, a growing range of studies have...

...Lane Tracy Conflict is inherent and unavoidable in any organization, because the individuals who comprise its leadership face divided loyalties. They must make decisions for the organization, for themselves, and often for departments, groups, or other organizations as well. Additionally, decision...