...Iain Densten Purpose The executives, just below the chief executive officers represent an important but rarely investigated senior executives. The purpose of this paper is to investigate their need for social acceptance and the impact of culture on the perceived use of transformational...

... not acting upon certain knowledge in a networked and information‐rich world in which relationships and exchanges of information are the bases of success. Chapter 7 studies boardroom behaviour and the differing views inherent between American, British and European executives and the societies in which...

...M.L. Emiliani Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe common errors made by business leaders as the foundation of a new approach for improving leadership capabilities and effectiveness. Introduces the concept and practice “standardized work” to the duties of executive‐level leadership...

...James C. Sarros; Joseph C. Santora Explores the nature of transformational and transactional leadership among business executives. Comments reveal that most executives believe there are weaknesses as well as strengths with both leadership constructs in practice. Overall, major leadership strengths...

... Almost six in ten executives say they value their work and home life equally,whilst the number who say they see their home life as more important has grown from a quarter to nearly a third since the start of the study. Yet only 15 per cent say their organisation makes any attempt to help them...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Executives Working hours Management attitudes Quality of working life Family and friends back in fashion as business leaders opt to work shorter hours Keywords: Executives, Working hours, Management attitudes, Quality of working life...

...Sandi Mann Bernadette H.   Schell . Management in the Mirror: Stress and Emotional Dysfunction in Lives at the Top . Westport, CT : Quorum Books   1999 . 249 pp. , ISBN: ISBN 1 56720 179 0 (hardback)   £47.95 Executives Stress This rather weighty text...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Executives Remuneration Performance-related pay Keywords Executives, Remuneration, Performance-related pay Executive pay increased by 6.9 per cent in the year to January 1999 - a slight dip on the previous year's 7.2 per cent, but still...

...Ed Kur; Richard Bunning Describes a three‐track process for executive leadership development (TTL) intended to develop a cadre of strategic business leaders for the next decade. TTL consists of three simultaneous tracks of activity requiring as much as 18 months, during which participants also...

...Tricia Vilkinas; Greg Cartan; Sophie Piron Presents details of a study identifying the performance determinants required of chief executive officers (CEOs) and senior managers. The study compares current findings in management competences (referred to here as performance determinants) with previous...

... Executives Individual behaviour Interventions Leadership Management development Organizational change There are many different ways of bringing about change in organizations and we are engaged in an unending process of discovering how to do it. Although it is the task of managers to change...