...Ole Kristian Sandnes Håvold; Jon Ivar Håvold; Richard Glavee-Geo Purpose To investigate the relationship between trust in leaders and work satisfaction on work engagement in public hospitals. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 137 employees working in two medium-sized...

...Fahri Özsungur Purpose The main purpose of this study is to reveal the effects of ethical leadership on work engagement, intrapreneurship and service innovation behavior with a qualitative method based on social exchange theory. Thus, it is possible to obtain knowledge on the cultural structure...

... leadership, a major piece of research undertaken by The Work Foundation and to explore the implications of this for the public sector. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 The Work Foundation Outstanding leadership Engagement Performance Systemically Research summary Exceeding...

...John Alban‐Metcalfe; Beverly Alimo‐Metcalfe Part one of this paper draws a distinction between the concepts of the personal qualities and values required of those occupying a leadership role, leadership competencies, and engaging leadership behaviour. On the basis of reviews of the literature...

... their head only to reappear to announce ‘the strategy’ to the organisation. Thinking is of course a social activity that sees people coming together to develop and share ideas. The job of leadership is to exercise mastery over the process of social thinking in order to engage workers, to generate innovative...

... and senior managers irrespective of gender, inhibiting not only the effective exercise of leadership but also of ‘followership’, contributing to alienation and disengagement at all levels. This dynamic can also be seen in society, affecting the capacity for engaged citizenship. © Emerald Group Publishing...