...Abstract This chapter serves as an introduction to the book. It discusses the significance of thriving, which is evolving energetically, as a way to learn leadership. Time is spent on leadership as a process that includes leader(s) and follower(s) in a specific context. Emphasis on how leadership...

...Abstract Being able to see complexities and nuances of a situation is critical for leaders and followers in the process of leadership. This chapter explores how better understanding the environment you are in is essential for thriving and leadership learning. Various aspects of context...

... integrates contextual influences. First, drawing on emotion theory and emotion regulation, we argue that context shapes the goals of emotionally intelligent behavior. Specific situations generate distinct emotional requirements, prompting individuals to select and adapt behaviors that align...

...: Reading Manifestations of the Public Sector Context in Merger Integration The importance of planning in the New Zealand public sector is longstanding. It became more salient with the reforms of the 1980s and 1990s which were part of international initiatives to implement principles of New Public...

... that shape their business experiences. Using field data drawn from interviews with women operating in Dhaka, Rangpur and Khulna City, the study sheds light on how rural context influences entrepreneurial motivation, behaviour and outcomes. The authors identify a range of constraints including gender norms...

...Questioning the assumptions of scientists allows awareness of the paradigm and brings us to the search for a new one if it does not fit the emergent questions. Aiming to contribute to this search, the coloniality of knowledge ( Grosfoguel, 2013 ) argues about the context in which this knowledge...

...The views of UNCRC do not do justice to children of the majority world as it generalizes their experiences with two issues: participation and autonomy. In many non-Western contexts, children are expected to adhere to collective values ( Behera, 2007 ) rather than assert individual rights...

... and resolving conflict. Facilitating change: Working toward new directions. Consciousness of Context—Awareness of the Setting and Situation Analyzing the group: Interpreting group dynamics. Assessing the environment: Interpreting external forces and trends...

...Contextualization has received increased attention in organization and entrepreneurship studies, yet predominant assumptions remain of contexts as fixed and having objectivist effects on organizing and entrepreneurial activities, independent from local actors’ perceptions. In this paper, we bring...

..., the case studies of women entrepreneurs derive from qualitative interviews and observations of entrepreneurship in context. The case studies are unique and provide in-depth cultural insights into business processes in various family and community settings, industries, and countries. The chapter briefly...

...Abstract This chapter focuses on the contextual conditions around which entrepreneurship is a positive option for individuals on the autism spectrum. Drawing on omnibus and discrete context (Johns, 2006) and on research on other forms for neurodiversity and entrepreneurship, this chapter explains...

... of the constructs, social justice, equity, inclusion, as a continuous beginning again. Each study itself represents a new beginning in a specific context that results in finding partial truths which fit a theory or research design, method, all inside that one context. My Reading of the Text Our task...

...Abstract Abstract While the entrepreneurship literature historically supported the idea that the center and finality of the research is the entrepreneur or the entrepreneurial firm, current developments highlight the importance of the context in which the entrepreneur or the entrepreneurial firm...

... and the importance of embedding the analysis of talent management in its broader organizational and institutional context. In the final part of this introduction chapter, we will explain how the talent management topics are discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. Talent talent management academia...

... immigrant women cannot necessarily be successful. Women immigrant entrepreneurship management context motivations obstacles performance networking identity 1. Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to investigate the immigrant women entrepreneurship phenomenon by analysing management academic...

... choices based on perceptions of a specific pressure due to organizational characteristics (internal pressures) or due to context (external pressures). The relationship between firm characteristics, context, and bribery was estimated using unique data from a survey of 606 Vietnamese entrepreneurs. We...

... between things with mass or energy, causes the apple to fall to the ground from the tree. Evolution results from the mechanism of natural selection. It is important to understand the generative mechanisms at work and the ways in which they operate, which is contingent on context. In applying a critical...

... articulate their views on urgency both in terms of its effects on their individual professional role, their own stake, as well as in terms of the effects on employees as internal stakeholders. The analysis also explores the role of internal and external context in shaping the views on urgency in merger...

...Abstract This chapter engages in a methodological discussion of the notion of context in qualitative research on inclusive teaching practices from a global perspective. We argue that it is crucial to reflect on processes of contextualization within data analysis in international research. Two...

... entrepreneurship. Moreover, it is also well documented the close relationship between entrepreneurship and family business (FB). Keeping in mind the multidimensionality of the latter, its scholars are beginning to look into the entrepreneurial elements embedded in the family processes and the influence of context...