...), and some do not recognise the positivity and psychological capital of both leaders and employees (Youssef-Morgan and Luthans, 2013). Diversity Positive leadership Employee well-being PERMA Australia Diversity is increasingly visible in Australia’s workforce with more than 270 descents...

..., Australia. Questionnaires were distributed to employees in all levels of the two organizations. Respondent identity was maintained, apart from those who voluntarily chose to participate in follow up interviews. In total, 180 employees from the healthcare organization and 89 employees from the manufacturing...

... engagement and perceptions of meaning in work were assessed in an empirical study based on a sample of 530 full‐time employees working in Australia. Findings The results from structural equation modelling reveal that the transformational leadership style influences followers’ attributes of work...

... commitment, efficacy, OCBs, organisational efficacy and performance outcomes. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Australia Local authorities Transformational leadership Social processes Public sector organizations Organizational commitment Collective efficacy/outcomes expectancies...

... and choice of behaviours. The leadership behaviours of CEOs are influenced by their values and have important implications for organisational processes and outcomes. Iain L. Densten can be contacted at: i.densten@cranfield.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Australia Chief...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Substitutes for leadership Transformational leadership Social processes Performance outcomes Australia A review of leadership literature suggests that key to leadership effectiveness is the identification of important situational or contextual...

... and sustainable organizations in the NFP sector are discussed on the basis of these findings. Originality/value The paper describes the first study in Australia that compares the responses of NFP and FP managers on leadership and related constructs, and provides evidence of the impact of organizational...

... 100 retail pharmacies in Sydney, Australia where a manager and up to three staff members and three buying customers were interviewed in each pharmacy. Findings Supportive climates tend to be associated with higher organizational performance (i.e. financial performance, staff satisfaction, customer...

.../approach The study included two samples in a large financial firm headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. The employees' level of psychological capital were measured with the psychological capital questionnaire. Via regression, this was related to individual level financial performance data from the firm...

... effectiveness in Malaysia and Australia are to be explored. Design/methodology/approach Surveys from 324 middle managers from Malaysia and Australia were quantitatively analysed. The sample for the study was drawn from organisations in four industry types in both countries. Findings Findings suggest...

... new employee evaluation criteria according to the new vision. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Leadership Management styles Customer satisfaction Job satisfaction Retailing Australia This paper presents the results of a study examining the effects of a manager's vision...

... paper addresses this gap by examining character as it is reported among business managers in Australia. Character has been defined as “doing the right thing despite outside pressure to the contrary” (Likona, 1991), and has been elsewhere seen as an essential leadership attribute (Barlow et al...

... to facilitate mandated change in universities in response to regulation. Higher education Colleges Universities Organizational change Australia Many organizations operate within complex regulatory environments. Regulations can influence governance, service, research, administrative and business...

...Brenda Scott‐Ladd; Verena Marshall This paper reports findings on employee participation in decision making from a cross‐section of employees in the public, private and local government sectors in Western Australia. A contextual model of participation relevant to the prevailing industrial climate...

... and individual and group task situations and their findings closely matched those of Koh (1990) and Yokochi (1989) . Parry (1992, 1994) and Parry and Sarros (1994, 1996) both found slight variations between cultural groups’ results in Australia, but did not proceed to investigate the nature...

... and 2000s has been that organizations must be more productive: this could be partly achieved by reducing the workforce and empowering the survivors to make decisions affecting them. The data for this study were collected by the federal government from workplaces across Australia and released in late 1997...

... Effectiveness Management styles Australia The appealingly simple situational leadership model, popularized by Hersey and Blanchard (1969; 1982; 1996), is remarkable for its subsequent adoption by over three million people (Blanchard and Nelson, 1997). The model’s popularity is “… in spite of having...

... study on Workplace Industrial Activities across Australia (AWIRS 95). It appears, from the data, that there is a significant relationship between low levels of job satisfaction and the reporting of work‐related injury/illnesses in the previous 12 months. This is also true for people who reported high...

..., and contingent reward behaviours for enhanced leadership effectiveness. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Leadership Project management Information technology Australia Organisations are undergoing a paradigm shift under the shock of technological revolution. Rapid strides in technological advancements...

... with job‐performance orientation. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Australia Human relations Japan National cultures Performance USA 3 safety‐maintenance orientation. The relationships among these job‐related orientations, cultural traits, and characteristics of worker types...