... and behavioural requirements are intimately intertwined. Hence, competency frameworks normally express both required skills and required behavioural accomplishments (Storey, 2011, p. 24). Although leadership literature widely uses the terms behaviour, capability, competency, attribute, and skill, the aim...

...Geoff Sheard; Nada Kakabadse; Andrew Kakabadse Purpose Characteristics of leaders whose behaviour is visceral include taking action based on instinct rather than intellect and exhibiting coarse, base and often negative emotions. Despite the challenge of precisely defining the nature of visceral...

... behavior: truthfulness and integrity, trustworthiness, justice, benevolence, humility, kindness and sabr (patience). These will be described briefly here. Muhammad's (p) truthfulness was so well known that even after he claimed Prophethood, his enemies would still not accuse him of lying. Modeling...

... education should concern itself more with the congruence between values and behaviour. Practical implications The case study demonstrates that there are techniques that can be used to overcome organizational defence routines. Originality/value This is the first time Argyris's ideas have been...

... (Block, 2003 ; Chang and Lee, 2007). Organizational culture Knowledge management Behaviour Leadership Competitive advantage Australia Schein (2004) reveals that organizational culture consists of two layers of concepts, namely, visible and invisible characteristics. The visible layer...

... of decisions. Managers do not need only skills for making correct decisions, but practical wisdom and moral virtues, too. Originality/value The approach presented in the paper defeats the conventional but narrow views of managerial decision making based on maximizing behavior or on satisficing behavior...

... to be a self‐fulfilling prophecy – as scholars adapt their behavior to the lessons learned. That is why – according to Ghoshal – bad theories are destroying good practice. Other prominent and long‐standing observers of management education supported Ghoshal's passing remarks about the negative effects...

...). In another study, Yousef (2000) investigated the relationship between leadership behavior and the work outcomes of job satisfaction and job performance in the UAE. Results revealed that employees who perceive their managers as adopting consultative or participative leadership behavior are more committed...

... as developing economies, have many aspects in common. These include the need to pay attention to appropriate structure, relevant skills and competencies, legislative support, appropriate behaviour and attitudes, and most importantly a visionary leadership. Originality/value The reform experiences...

...‐work outcome relationship. Hossam M. Abu Elanain can be contacted at: helanain@ud.ac.ae © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Job descriptions Attitudes Behaviour United Arab Emirates There is an established body of knowledge supporting the idea that certain jobs can...

... 2007 Behaviour Cognition Problem based learning Leadership development Learning organizations Singapore To realize that you do not understand is a virtue;Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect (Lao Tzu, 6th century bc). Legendary Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu...

... of leadership behavior and dimensions of trustworthiness and to determine the relationships among the leadership behavior dimensions and trustworthiness dimensions. Findings Factor analyses support previous research advocating three dimensions of leadership behavior (relationship development, resource...

... industries could be meaningfully grouped on the basis of the leadership styles and behaviour patterns which they exhibited in the performance of their jobs. Design/methodology/approach Names of the potential respondents were randomly obtained from leaders and managers working in the UK key British...

... to either one may rapidly become embroiled in a self‐reinforcing pattern. Addiction Behaviour Sociology of work Communication technologies Human resource management The combination of global commerce and commerce‐enabling technology has helped make the world seem smaller. People are able...

... Business ethics Asset valuation Culture (sociology) Behaviour India The issues of business ethics have become increasingly important in the globalised business environment where comparative advantage and competitive edge are central to business decision‐making. In a highly diverse and intensely...