...Muhammad Saqib Chaudhry; Muhammad Mustafa Raziq; Abubakr Saeed; Aymen Sajjad; Felipe Mendes Borini Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the management styles adopted by project managers in the software industry in Oman. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 208 project management...

... interconnected, in spite of the different (parallel) “conceptual universes” in which they have evolved until now. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Ethical theories Ethical leadership Professional ethics Leadership Management styles Most of the time, researchers do not try...

... Transformational leadership Leadership styles Personality traits Hotel managers Management styles Hotel and catering industry Cyprus A typical database search will identify several thousand journal articles and books on leadership indicative of the burgeoning interest the particular subject...

... specifically discriminated against because men are traditionally perceived and viewed as more suitable and appropriate for senior organisational roles (Yukongdi and Benson, 2006). National cultures Gender Leadership Management styles Malaysia Australia The changing nature of organisations...

... development today. Chief executives Confucianism Management styles Hong Kong In choosing a favorable leadership style among a plurality of styles, it is imperative to explore the benefit of the particular style. For this purpose, the present study focuses on the delineation of Chinese leadership...

... leadership Management styles Workplace training Performance management Spain In the last two decades there has been considerable research effort aimed at understanding the dynamics of transformational and charismatic leadership. Based on the seminal work of Burns (1978) and Bass (1985...

... 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...

..., and make managerial implications useful for business practitioners and educators. Design/methodology/approach The study applies comparative management research methodology. The management style dimensions analyzed in the paper are supervision, decision making, information‐sharing styles...

... Cremer, 2002 ; De Cremer and van Knippenberg, 2002 ; Yorges et al., 1999). Specifically, we focus on the role that trust in the leader plays in mediating the effects of leader self‐sacrifice on follower cooperation. Leadership Management styles Employee behaviour Motivation (psychology...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 --> Leadership Management styles Based in reality versus purely esoteric musings, Adair acknowledges that some people choose not to “live up to the promise within them.” However, he assures the reader “If you trust people, you may on occasion be let...

... across hierarchical levels in their sample. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Leadership Behaviour Management styles It is suggested that whether or not a supervisory leadership style is effective depends on the supervisor's influence in the hierarchical system. Wagner (1965...

... were mainly located in transactional capabilities. The study also questions the requirement for transformational leader qualities at all stages of an organisation’s life cycle. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Leaders Transformational leadership Transactional leadership Retailing Management styles...

...Erwin Rausch Andrew   Ward . The Leadership Cycle: Matching Leaders to Evolving Organizations . Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan   2003. . 178 pp. , ISBN: 0‐333‐99362‐4   (hardcover) Management Management styles Business development Organizational change...

.... International leader characteristics and organizational culture are found to determine an appropriate multicultural management style. Executive motivation is strongly influenced by this multicultural management style. Different dimensions of organizational effectiveness, including return on assets, most admired...

... of the model and empirical research to support it. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Leadership Management styles Model Various writers espouse servant leadership as a valid, modern theory for organizational leadership. For example, Greenleaf (1977) called for the application of servant leadership...

...Sandi Mann © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Work psychology Leadership Management styles Keywords: Work psychology, Leadership, Management styles One of the best Internet sites I have come across recently is one run by an organisational psychology consultancy called the Self...

... between nurses’ commitment to their wards and measures of hospital culture, ward culture, leadership style and job satisfaction. More specifically, it is expected that: © MCB UP Limited 1999 Organizational change Commitment Organizational culture Leadership Management styles Job...

...Sarah Powell; Warren Bennis © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Leadership Management styles Vision Trust Teams Great groups and leaders Sarah Powell Freelance journalist writing for MCB UP Warren Bennis Distinguished Professor of Business, Finance and Business Economics...

...Sandi Mann Alan   Hooper , John   Potter . The Business of Leadership: Adding Lasting Value to Your Organization . Aldershot : Ashgate Publishing Company   1997 . 135pp , ISBN: 184041 056 9 135   £11.99 paperback Competences Leadership Management styles...

... managers. Corporate culture Decision making Management styles Technology United Arab Emirates Decision style has been and probably will continue to be an important topic. It is linked with a variety of variables such as individualism (Ali, 1993); attitude towards risk (Ali, 1993; Singh, 1986...