...Larry W. Hughes J.   Timothy McMahon . Leadership Classics . Long Grove, IL, USA : Waveland Press, Inc.   2010 . 586 pp. , ISBN: 9781577666387   US$ 44.95 Paperback © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Leadership Research One of the most valuable...

..., and organizational commitment. It also seeks to examine the interactive effects of these three workplace spirituality aspects and individual spirituality on these three work attitudes. Design/methodology/approach The paper briefly outlines the existing workplace spirituality research, indicates the required...

...Geoffrey N. Soutar; Shaun Ridley Purpose Conjoint analysis is a useful research technique, but has not been used in the leadership area. This study aims to examine its relevance in exploring the trade‐offs followers make about leaders and the value of the leadership attributes examined. Design...

.... Design/methodology/approach Existing leadership literature is appraised within the context of the model. Previously‐proposed interrelationships among the components are enumerated. The paper suggests implications of the model regarding research content and methodology as well as leader development...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Organizational theory Communication Research Language Power measurement Culture (sociology) Organizational discourse entails the study of an organization with particular emphasis on the analysis and deconstruction of language – spoken...

... 2004 Myths Organizational culture Organizational change Research Symbols and metaphors play a crucial role in any kind of transformation, whether individual, group, organizational, or social. Because they appeal to the nonrational and emotional side of human beings, they impact...

...Badrinarayan S. Pawar Transformational leadership is one of the most recent conceptualizations of leadership concepts. It has been specified as an important mechanism of introducing organizational change. Transformational leadership has received substantial research attention over the last two...

... with them as a result. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Knowledge management Social systems Management services Research Some companies have recognized the value of social interaction, and are beginning to provide complimentary food and drink in an attempt to have their employees interact more...

...Siu‐Loon Hoe Mats   Alvesson and Stanley   Deetz . Doing Critical Management Research . Sage Publications , February 2000 . 240 pp. , ISBN: ISBN: 0‐7619‐5333‐7   £16.99 (paperback) Research Quality Postmodernism Ethnography Qualitative and critical...

...Anthony Deakin; Barbara White; Roy Rada Discusses how, in Part 1 the research group was at a “pioneering crisis” stage with considerable role and task ambiguity. An organizational development process was initiated aiming for greater systemization: a matrix structure was introduced and a groupware...

...Peter Hall; Peter Norris To be able to make sense of “Learning for Leadership”it is necessary to understand each of these vast subjects i.e. Learning and Leadership. Details the results of a research programme over a number of years that looks at leadership from a management development viewpoint...

... of a survey of 357 OD practitioners regarding their knowledge and understanding of important aspects of organizational change. Based on a comparison of the survey data collected with previous research, demonstrates that this group of presumed “change experts” is, in fact, more knowledgeable in most areas...

...,these intelligence networks which have come to play such a significant,perhaps pivotal role in organizational and management development. Part I of this two‐part article presents the role of management consultancy in the context of a knowledge typology – and reports on some of the findings of a preliminary research...

...Robin Snell Identifies four separate and distinct patterns through which managerial and micropolitical styles may be acquired by means of modelling. Each of these patterns is illustrated by examples drawn from research in two British‐based organizations, which invited managers to describe how...

... resource allocation implications, and modest cost are a few of the virtues of this managerial/consulting tool. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Organizational change Research 8 LEADERSHIP & ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL 13,6 A marriage of satisfaction and importance into a rough framework can...

... development Management training Nigeria Research FOLLOWERSHIP BEHAVIOUR: A NEGLECTED ASPECT OF LEADERSHIP STUDIES 11 T he implications off a study based on a simulated organisational setting where subordinates are unco-operative. Followership Behaviour: A Neglected Aspect of Leadership Studies...

...Ian Barclay; Mark Benson The major research studies into success and failure in new product development that have been conducted over the last 40 years are reviewed. These have provided consistent evidence, especially in the management of the development process, of attributes associated...

...Ian Barclay; Mark Benson The results of a three‐year research programme into the current practice and organisation of new product development are described. The results of a major survey of some 150 companies, in which the McKinsey 7S model was used to provide a structured analysis of all aspects...

...Donald F. Van Eynde; Julie A. Bledsoe The practice of organisation development has changed dramatically over the years. Enquiries are made into factors that have influenced those changes and six of the latest trends in the practice of OD are presented. Implications of the research for OD...

... are highlighted,along with what seems needed for the field to advance. New and intriguing directions in leadership research are then outlined, along with preliminary insights from these approaches. Finally, it is argued that we may now be poised on the brink of significant innovative advances in theory...