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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"Leadership theories"”.
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Dissecting implicit leadership theories: a generalizability analysis
… explore the sources of variance in implicit leadership theories. Most studies which examine the differences in implicit leadership theories either focus on differences in the raters such as gender, religion, culture, and other individual differences, or focus on target differences such as …
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Incorporating implicit leadership theories into the transformational and transactional leadership framework
The role of implicit leadership theories within the framework of transformational and transactional leadership theory were examined. Two major issues were how implicit leadership theories (i.e., good, neutral, poor leader prototype) relate to specific leader behaviors (attributed charisma, …
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MULTISOURCE FEEDBACK LEADERSHIP RATINGS: ANALYZING FOR MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE AND COMPARING RATER GROUP IMPLICIT LEADERSHIP THEORIES
… feedback (MSF) rater group differences from a leadership assessment survey, after testing the measures for equivalence. MSF gathers and compares ratings from supervisors, peer, followers and self and is the predominant leadership assessment tool in the United States. The results of MSF …
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Beyond the Prototype: How Implicit Leadership Theories and Intersectional Identities Shape Perceptions of Leader Effectiveness
… demonstrating the benefit of diversity within leadership, individuals from traditionally marginalized groups are still vastly underrepresented in top roles within organizations. The individuals we most frequently see in leadership roles inform who we implicitly envision as a prototypical …
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Applying distributed and transformational leadership theories to increase opportunities for women in senior educational leadership in Saudi Arabia
… of representation of women in senior educational leadership is a problem that continues to plague the quality of K–12 educations in girls’ schools in the nation. In this paper, I will address the likely causes and outcomes of this issue and will suggest strategies for change that focus on the …
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Leadership Adapted: Towards an Understanding of How Western-Developed Leadership Theories are Translated and Practiced in the Modern Arab Middle East
… study is to understand how western-developed leadership theories are translated and practiced in the Modern Arab Middle East (MAME). Over the past century the notion of leadership has progressed through phases of understanding, definition, and practice. This evolution continues today and is no …
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Leader Influence Behavior, Follower ILTs, and Follower Commitment: A Multilevel Field Investigation
… Selected elements of followers' implicit leadership theories (ILTs) were expected to moderate the PLIBs – commitment relationships. Hypotheses were generated and tested in order to determine the extent to which (1) PLIBs constituted group-level phenomena and (2) PLIBs and ILTs were related …
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Examining Correctional Leadership Styles That Encourage Cooperative Compliance From Federal Offenders
… are left to independently devise various leadership styles to meet the needs of the organization. Bureau of Prison refresher training directs correctional staff to be consistent in methodologies regarding inmate management, but since correctional officers are developing individualized …
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Success Factors for the Leadership of International Humanitarian and Development Organisations in South Asia
… with many challenges. The effectiveness of IHDO leadership in capably handling these challenges has been questioned in the literature and in practice. Yet most of the leadership theories lack direct relevance; not necessarily providing IHDOs’ leaders with the philosophical foundations on which to …
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Servant Leadership and Mental Health Among Leaders and Followers: Empirical Investigations on Antecedents, Processes and Outcomes.
… the econo-my. In occupational health psychology, leadership is having an important role in maintaining and promoting mental health. A very promising leadership theory that goes beyond other prevalent leadership theories to increase positive out-comes on different levels (individual, team, …
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Leader Benefits: Exploring How Leaders Benefit from LMX
… theory has emerged as one of the most prominent leadership theories over the last thirty years. Scholars found that subordinates with elevated levels of LMX experience higher degrees of job satisfaction and work motivation, experience lower levels of burnout and turnover intentions, and …
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Exploring the Characteristics, Traits, and Qualities of Women Seeking and Obtaining a Secondary School Principalship
… and obtaining high school principalships. Leadership theories such as the Great Man theory has traditionally viewed leadership skills as gendered and has privileged men and masculine qualities. However, trait and behavioral theorists have argued that people can learn to be leaders and that …
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Rating Leadership Potential From Above: The Effects of Implicit Theories on Supervisors' Ratings of Leadership Potential
… are increasingly being asked to rate the leadership potential of their subordinates for use in various talent management practices, it is unclear what these ratings are based upon. Based on social categorization theory and leadership identity construction theory, it was proposed that …
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A Study of Leadership Dispositions of Transformational Leaders in Georgia High School
… direction of a school is of vital importance. Leadership theories suggest that transformational leadership is the best way to achieve the goals of schools in the 21st century. Educational leadership programs try to emphasize transformational leadership skill, but these schools need to identify …
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Leadership issues, concerns, and competencies of senior level student affairs professionals: a study of a 4 year public university
<p>The purpose of this study was to analyze the leadership competencies commonly exhibited by selected student affairs professionals at a 4-year public university in the northeast. To have a deeper understanding of leadership within the field of student affairs, issues and concerns were …
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Understanding the impact of leadership coursework on students' perceptions of self as leader
… as a leader as a result of taking a for-credit leadership seminar. The study used a qualitative case study methodology in order to interpret data collected through participant surveys and interviews. The participants were academically high-achieving college students who had won a prestigious …
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Leading the Way: Exploring the Impact of Leadership Styles on Women’s Experiences in Emergency Medical Services
… Medical Services (EMS), particularly in leadership roles, perpetuating inequities and retention challenges. The purpose of this dissertation in practice was to explore how women in EMS perceive leadership, organizational culture, and gender-related barriers as influencing their sense of …
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Training school staffs in concepts of participatory management in the Fairfax County public schools: an evaluation study
… decision-making models to the instructional leadership within each school. Leadership theories based on the writings of Herzberg, Maslow, Levinson, et al., and models such as Likert's linking-pin structure and Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership were presented in large group …
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Fostering teacher leadership: transforming learning and leading to enhance school culture
The complexity associated with educational leadership and the challenges related to school change require schools to cultivate new sources of leadership (Anderson, 2009; Copland, 2003, Danielson, 2007, Goldstein, 2004). Literature demonstrates that teacher leadership is linked to increased …
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Using Agent-Based Modeling to Test and Integrate Process-Oriented Perspectives of Leadership Emergence
… organizations utilize less hierarchical forms of leadership, the study of how leadership emerges within teams continues to grow in importance. Despite many theoretical perspectives used to study leadership emergence, little is understood about the actual process by which a collective structure …
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