... leadership (leading or influencing others). This study compares leaders to non-leaders (N = 318) in nonprofits and examines both the extent to which self-leadership practices are employed and the strength of beliefs concerning their importance. Design/methodology/approach Online survey of two...

...Henna Hasson; Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz; Susanne Tafvelin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the consequences of self–other agreement (SOA) between leaders and subordinates on constructive and passive leadership behaviors for employee well-being, performance and perception of learning...

... relations between them. Employee attitudes Leaders Post-acquisition performance Transitional economies Organizational culture differences Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are an important mechanism through which companies can achieve growth, access new markets, and improve...

... Publishing   2012 . (hbk) 304pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐4094‐2432‐1 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 --> Regional leadership Behaviours Attributes Management Motivation Leadership Leaders ...

...Maree Roche; Jarrod M. Haar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of leaders’ life goals on their work related wellbeing. Self‐determination theory (SDT) asserts aspirations (life goals) pursued in terms of personal growth, health, affiliation and community support...

...Barry Z. Posner Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine how national culture might impact both how leaders behave as well as their effectiveness as leaders. Design/methodology/approach Healthcare leaders and their constituents in Ethiopia, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines were...

... approach to leadership development pre‐leadership development program starting at the needs assessment phase. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 There has been much discussion recently in the literature about the important distinction between leader development and leadership development...

...Herman H.M. Tse; Ashlea C. Troth Purpose The purpose of this research is to examine how employees perceive the differential quality of relationships with their supervisors, and their emotional experiences within the leader‐member exchange (LMX) process for these differential relationships...

...Birgit Schyns; John M. Maslyn; Marc P.M. van Veldhoven Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report a study of the relationship between Leader‐Member Exchange (LMX) and span of control. The paper argues that depending on their extraversion, conscientiousness, and agreeableness, some leaders...

... leadership behavior and not related to transactional leadership behavior. Practical implications Results suggest that managers wishing to improve their skills as leaders may want to increase the frequency with which they attempt to look at issues from the perspective of their subordinates. Originality...

...Glenn D. Searle; Stephanie J. Hanrahan Purpose The purpose of this paper was to examine inspiring others as a psychological construct in leadership contexts by investigating lived and personal experiences of inspiring leaders. Design/methodology/approach A phenomenological design was used...

...Millissa F.Y. Cheung; Chi‐Sum Wong Purpose This study aims to examine the moderating role played by leaders' task and relations support in the relationship between transformational leadership and followers' level of creativity. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 182 supervisor‐subordinate...

...Sandi Mann Keith   Grint . Leadership: A Very Short Introduction . Oxford : Oxford University Press 141 pp. , ISBN: 978‐0‐19‐956991‐5 (Paperback)   £7.99 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Leaders Followers Leadership theories This very short...

...Dan S. Chiaburu; Ismael Diaz; Virginia E. Pitts Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which leader behaviors (authentic, directive, and transactional) predict subordinates' conceptualization of exchanges with their organization (i.e. social and economic exchanges...

...Aoife McDermott; Rachel Kidney; Patrick Flood Purpose The purpose of this paper is to integrate senior managers' personal experiences of leadership development with theory to provide insights into leadership development for aspiring and developing leaders. Design/methodology/approach...

...Greg M. Latemore Ronald D.   Sylvia . Leadership through the Ages . Long Grove, IL : Waveland Press   2010 . 148 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐57766‐621‐9 (paperback)   £12 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Leaders Leadership History Given the title...

...Randal Ford Purpose This paper aims to determine what leader‐leading competencies enable management of turbulent, uncertain change and what principles from a complex adaptive systems perspective constitute it. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a qualitative research case study...

...Rozhan Othman; Foo Fang Ee; Ng Lay Shi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify a number of limitations of the theory on leader‐member exchange (LMX). This paper aims to argue that under certain conditions high quality LMX can be dysfunctional. It proceeds to identify the antecedents...

... that have gone through mergers (two merger cases), recently in India. Data are collected on a structured questionnaire containing standard scales of leader‐member exchange (LMX), leader communication and employees' reactions to M&As. The psychometric properties of the measures are established before...

...Kanika T. Bhal; Namrata Gulati; Mahfooz A. Ansari Purpose Following Hackett et al.'s treatment of the reasonably established role of leader‐member exchange (LMX) in employee outcomes, this paper seeks to examine the mechanism which operates between LMX and various work outcomes...