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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"Organizational leaders"”.
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Leadership and ethics : a comparative study of leader moral values and organizational culture
… and ethical culture associated with contemporary organizational life is not often discussed in either the academic literature or in the popular managerial writings. The intent of this thesis is to examine the challenge I believe moral relativism poses to older ethical tradition based on a belief …
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Valuing a Culturally Diverse Work Force: An Examination of Intended Changes and Successes as Perceived by Upper and Middle Management, Supervisors, and Line Staff in a Health Care Organization
… and household compositions compels managers and organizational leaders to make a variety of organizational changes. Additionally, the globalization of business, the integration of the world economy, and the rapid changes in corporate life require a reexamination of how organizations are thought …
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Lessons Learned From the Narratives of Two Employees Returning to Work While Actively Grieving
… a narrative lens this project will examine how organizational practices influenced the experience of grieving for two individuals. As the literature review will show, most grieving adults return to the workplace while still actively grieving. Returning to work while grieving is not only …
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Communicative Strategies Used in the Introduction of Spirituality in the Workplace
Many organizational leaders and employees have become increasingly interested in implementing some form of spiritual practice or orientation into the fabric of the workplace. A burgeoning field of research and practice has emerged in the past two decades that attempts to address this growing …
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Communicative Strategies Used in the Introduction of Spirituality in the Workplace
Many organizational leaders and employees have become increasingly interested in implementing some form of spiritual practice or orientation into the fabric of the workplace. A burgeoning field of research and practice has emerged in the past two decades that attempts to address this growing …
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Speaking Up, Speaking Out, and Making Movements: How Employee Activists Raise Social, Political, and Moral Concerns at Work
… describing companies that valued openness and leaders that encouraged employee voice, employee activists believed internal, individual voice channels were insufficient in addressing their concerns, prompting them to instead engage in collective action and public protests. I explore how internal …
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Leading Before, During, and After a Major Organizational Transition.
… multiple-site case study that examined the leadership styles before, during, and after a major organizational transition. The purpose of the study was to determine if a major organizational transition affected the leadership styles of organizational leaders. It also sought to determine how …
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Knowledge management and adding value through leadership development
… want to be successful in the knowledge economy. Organizational leaders play critical roles in boosting the spirit of their followers in the world marked by rapid change. Leaders need to understand that rigorous knowledge management will determine the organisational survival of their organisations …
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Adult Third Culture Kid’s (ATCK’s) Concept of Belonging and Identity Creation: Can Spiritual Self-Leadership be a Solution?
… guided this study was “How can spiritual self-leadership foster identity development and sense of belonging in ATCKs in order for them to elevate their potential and value contribution in the workplace?” The four objectives for this study were to: (1) identify how ATCKs’ professional lives are …
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Espoused Versus Operationalized Organizational Values: A Case Study of Values Integration
… by a series of scandals about powerful business leaders unethically exploiting the system and their own organizations. Among the most familiar of these scandals is the one involving the former energy and commodities services corporation, Enron. Illegal accounting practices in that organization …
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Mastering a profession : a multiple case study on how authentic leadership theory drives organizational leader development in the U.S. Army.
… close attention to leader development to prepare leaders for the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment of the 21st century and large-scale combat operations (Hodne, 2013). While the Army's continued focus on leader development has improved, there is still a void for …
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New Communication Technologies, Organizational Culture, and the Creation of Innovative Learning Environments
… conducting moderately structured interviews with organizational leaders in four diverse organizations: Ingram Book Company, Service Merchandise Company, Inc., Life Way Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, and Dollar General Corporation. Results include an introduction to each …
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Knowledge Acquisition Processes: Understanding The Communication Event
… where, why, and how) of communication events. Organizational leaders and scholars of communication have a better understanding about how one organization’s team of leaders have addressed and responded to the Great Recession of 2008 and the recent explosion of social media in 2003 by practicing …
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Indigenous Engagement in Canadian Organizations: Building a Culture of Inclusion and Belonging for Indigenous Employees
… approach, engaging Indigenous employees and organizational leaders through interviews and focus groups. The findings reveal that current diversity, equity, and inclusion frameworks are insufficient for addressing the unique histories and rights of Indigenous Peoples. Instead, organizations …
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Satisfacción laboral y síndrome de burnout en profesionales del sector salud
… superiors. Furthermore, it is recommended that organizational leaders establish clear policies defining employee objectives and facilitating their achievement in the short and medium term, which could contribute to increasing employee job satisfaction.
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Queer Utopian Theory for Transformative Change in Theatre Organizations
… norms are aspects of QUT that are of utility to organizational leaders who wish to foster equitable environments.
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Elementary Principals’ Perceptions of the Effect of the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Educator Effectiveness System (Act 82 Of 2012) on Teachers’ Instructional Growth
… consideration for school principals and organizational leaders who utilize the evaluation model with the intent of improving teachers’ instructional pedagogy. However, if the requirements of the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Act 82 are not resulting in teachers’ instructional …
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The Formation and Operationalization of Charter(s) for the LYTE Foundation, Inc. (Living Your Truth Empowered), Through the Creation of Policies, Roles, and Responsibilities of Charter Leaders, Identification of Resources, and Identification of Community Needs
… developed. The second is through interviews with organizational leaders and stakeholders such as breast cancer survivors and advocates. This provided perspectives and thematic insights crucial for tailoring policies specific to LYTE’s charters. The resulting deliverables include charter bylaws, …
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A Comparative Analysis of Training, Mentoring and Coaching in the Sales Environment: Evaluating the Impact of Personal Learning on Role Ambiguity and Organizational Commitment
… demands of the job. A critical concern for organizational leaders becomes identifying learning strategies to encourage salespeople to apply what they learn. Researchers have advanced multiple studies on the learning needs of salespeople, yet there is not a consensus as to the most effective …
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Women's Leadership: Young Men's Expectations of Female Leaders
… to understand young men’s expectations of female leaders. Interviews of twenty pre-professional millennial men, most from major Midwestern cities were coded using InVivo and other initial coding methods to identify themes and categories that built a grounded theory. While many young men have …
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