...Titus Oshagbemi; Samuel A. Ocholi Purpose The purpose of this article is to review what influences leaders' behaviours and why leaders behave in certain ways and not in other ways. Using a range of job characteristics such as the different leadership styles utilised in conducting various tasks...

... local NGOs based on a Ghanaian case study. Design/methodology/approach The research used a combination of quantitative and qualitative research approaches. Findings The study identifies that the availability of funds, quality material resources, supportive leadership, development of needs‐based...

...Barrie Pettman; Joe Wallis; Brian Dollery Purpose Alongside public agencies and private firms, non‐profit organizations (NPOs) play a vital role in the delivery of human services in a number of advanced nations. The purpose of this paper is to advance a theory of leadership to try to explain how...

... organization. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Ethics Race Globalization Leadership Business ethics has been a controversial issue. On the other hand, business ethics has been considered a vital part of everyday business life. The importance of ethics in business has been justified by suggesting...

...Tuomo Takala The aim of this article is to present the great lines of managerial thoughts concerning ownership, business, social responsibility and leadership. The perspective of consideration is historical, and especially conceptual. We noticed that in the twentieth century a modern business...

... in human motivation and intimates how leaders may influence the hopes of their followers and why followers submit to this leadership. Effective leadership can be assigned a role in the execution of public policy which counters the pursuit of private interest in the public domain so that the problems...

... of the rural economy continued to be run by the old administrative methods of command and control. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Democracy Development Economic systems Leadership Politics Social economics Socialism USSR If co‐operatives were the most energetic element in the Gorbachev...

...” envisaged under his leadership, Gorbachev held, “renounced everything that deformed socialism in the 1930s and that led to its stagnation in the 1970s”. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Democracy Development Economic systems History Leadership Social economics Socialism USSR This article...

... are also encouraged to live vicariously through them; but it is also argued that revolutions produce the kind of chaos which creates a demand for authority. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Marxian economics Economic theory Russia Leadership History Professor Raiklin, Hegel and World the World...

... to exercise moral leadership,cultivates the Aristotelian virtue of phronēsis. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Ethics Leadership Philosophy International Journal of Social Economics 16,6 Moral Leadership and Practical Wisdom 14 by Thomas M. Jeannot Department ofPhilosophy, Gonzaga University...