... in their companies. Design/methodology/approach The authors have undertaken extensive literature review to identify the variables that enhances engagement. These variables are yet to be leveraged fully in engagement models that have been developed but have the potential to impact the motivation levels...

...Julie Levesque-Côté; Claude Fernet; Alexandre J.S. Morin; Stéphanie Austin Purpose Although one of the central premises of authentic leadership theory is that authentic leaders mobilize their followers, the underlying motivational mechanisms of this process remain poorly understood. Drawing...

...Stephanie Gilbert; E. Kevin Kelloway Purpose A critical assumption of the organizational leadership literature is that leaders want to engage in effective leadership behaviors ( Gilbert and Kelloway, 2014 ). However, leaders may vary in their motivation to be effective in a leadership role...

..., satisfaction with the organization, and retention. Design/methodology/approach – Employing an action research approach, four studies were undertaken to: first, identify what intrinsically motivates professionals in a large R&D organization; second, create a survey of the leader behaviors that foster...

...Stephanie Gilbert; Patrick Horsman; E. Kevin Kelloway Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the question of what motivates leaders to engage in effective leadership behaviours by integrating transformational leadership theory and self-determination theory. The authors propose...

.... (1980) , to develop a coherent representation of a target person (the subordinate), a perceiver (the leader in this case) will acquire items of information about this person (here: level of competence, motivation, and self-determination). This encoded information becomes organized and represented...

... Group Publishing Limited 2014 --> Leadership Employee engagement Flow Motivation Work and meaning Ethics Values Passion Social capital Emotional intelligence Narcissism This is also an outstanding resource for those who provide undergraduate and graduate...

...: 978‐1‐4094‐2432‐1 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 --> Regional leadership Behaviours Attributes Management Motivation Leadership Leaders The author, Chris Edger, teaches in Birmingham City Business School, Birmingham City University and on the Warwick MBA programme...

... Empowerment Influence Interventions Leadership Management Motivation Performance Teams The concept of Employee Engagement plays a central role in the global landscape of business as organizations attempt to optimize the intellectual power inherent in today's diverse workforce. Employee engagement...

... Motivation Performance Recognition systems The author, John Fisher, specializes in employee incentives, staff communication and event planning. His book How to Run Successful Employee Incentive Schemes offers practical advice for any manager or responsible for the development of incentive...

...Pearl Steinbuch Leadership Authority Motivation Emotional intelligence Group dynamics Creativity Leadership – The Key Concepts presents 18 primary and 36 shorter articles about leadership. The primary articles address the core tenets of leadership, while the shorter articles...

... crossing the finish line.” Nigel   Risner . The IMPACT Code: Live the Life You Deserve . Capstone , 2006 . 273 pp. (paperback) , ISBN: 1‐84112‐716‐7   £9.99 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Change Goals Performance Improvement Motivation Comfort zone...

...Anne Murphy Part Two gets into didactic mode and describes the eight narrative patterns and their purposes as follows: to motive into action; to build trust in you; to build trust in your organisation; to transmit your values; to get others working together; to share knowledge, to tame...

...Peter Miller John   Adair . The Inspirational Leader: How to Motivate, Encourage and Achieve Success . London : Kogan Page Publishers   2005 . 202 pp.   £9.99 , ISBN: 07494 44568 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Leadership Motivation Inspiration...

..., motivated by the desire to do the right thing, does have the potential to do so. The difference between the rhetoric and business practice suggests that most businesses either intentionally or unintentionally adopt a surface approach to ethics. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Business ethics Self‐esteem...

.... 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...

... performance. Drawing from their case study material, the authors demonstrate how small‐scale changes can be effective for both sides of the dual agenda. This book merits close attention from readers interested in issues of organisational culture, motivation and work‐family challenges. Anyone who has...

...Iain L. Densten This study investigated the validity of inspirational motivation as measured by the multifactor leadership questionnaire (MLQ). Two new factors were identified, namely image‐based and concept‐based inspirational motivation, and their relationships with the leadership outcome...

... greet visitors to your office into a “work of art”! Who then is this book aimed at? I puzzled over this question because it is not obvious. Not MBA students, nor transactional leaders with a bent towards motivational theory. Eventually, I decided that managers in customer service areas, as well...

...Sandi Mann John G.   Fisher . How to Run Successful Incentive Schemes: A Manager’s Guide . London : Kogan Page   2000 . 186 pp. , ISBN: 0 7494 3407 4   £16.99 paperback Motivation Performance Benefits How many employees ever reach their potential? Most...