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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"formal authority"”.
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Women and Authority: Transitioning Into a Role of Assigned Authority as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in a Leadership Class
Women are assuming positions with significant formal authority, yet women still remain underrepresented in many areas of the public sector (Kellerman & Rhode, 2007). Additionally, women in formal positions of authority have increased opportunities to exercise leadership and address challenges while …
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Projections, politics, and practice in regional planning : a case study of MetroFuture
… for the region entitled 'MetroFuture,' Without formal authority to ensure compliance with the plan, the agency worked to increase the scale, transparency, and specificity of its efforts in order to build broad-based support for implementation. This study analyzes MAPC's use of modeling, public …
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Agnes Nestor: Labor Leader, Politician, and Social Reformer--A Portrait of a Leader
… Gender and the Management of Gender Relations, Formal Authority, and Control of Scarce Resources most frequently as sources of power. Nestor appears to underutilize Ability to Cope with Uncertainty. These findings indicate that leaders have an array of available power sources, and that leaders …
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Collaboration for children: leadership in a complex space. A voluntary sector perspective.
… and Vangen 2000) in this context, where the formal authority, control of resources, and decision-making appear to be in the hands of the public sector. Findings highlight the challenges of influencing dominant public sector agencies, the tensions which voluntary sector leaders experience, and …
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The Effects of State Constitutional Design of Gubernatorial and Legislative Authority in State Budget Policy
… technology, state constitutions delineate formal gubernatorial and legislative authority. Extant literature has focused on gubernatorial and legislative relations from the standpoint of the contemporary contextual political factors associated with individuals serving in the respective …
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How Leaders Use the Construct of Culture to Influence Change Resistance: A Study of a Planned Change Initiative in a Combined Government and Military Organization
… and mental constructs those in positions of formal authority used to make sense of and influence the change process. The particular focus was on identifying any culture-oriented change strategies leaders use to overcome resistance to change. The study also examined how organizational culture …
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Effects of Teaching Styles on Male Achievement in Single-Sex and Co-Educational Classrooms in Selected School Districts in Georgia
… The teaching styles for this study were Expert, Formal Authority, Personal Model, Delegator, and Facilitator. These styles were considered to be the most common styles exhibited by teachers across the country (Grasha, 2002). This procedure allowed the researcher to see if teachers in single-sex …
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The impact of Thandukuphila HIV/Aids community based-care centre in Enseleni kwaZulu-Natal
… because of resources, expertise and support from formal authority structures. The narrative discussion intertwines quotations with the author’s interpretations. Also in data analysis the researchers “seek to identify and describe patterns and themes from the perspective of the participants” …
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GOOD WIVES: A STUDY IN ROLE DEFINITION IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND, 1650-1750
… crucial in defining and enforcing boundaries of authority and responsibility.</p><p>"Eve" examines the sexual and reproductive roles of consorts and mothers, noting contradictory elements in folk, Puritan, and genteel images of female sexuality. Through their roles as midwives, helpful neighbors, …
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Developing methodologies for sustainable groundwater management in sub-Saharan Africa: a case study of the Chad Basin around Maiduguri, Nigeria
… contamination as well as those that have formal authority and influence in addressing the situation. A total of 22 stakeholder groups comprised of; 10 government agencies, 4 water user groups, 3 professional organisations, 3 civil society organisations, an NGO, and a research institution …
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No meaningful participation without effective representation: the case of the Niall Mellon Housing Project in Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… played by local leaders who are not part of the formal democratic system of representation in development participatory processes. In exploring the Niall Mellon Housing Project as a case study, the research illustrates three main points: first, local leaders played a crucial role in the housing …
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Description and Analysis of Factors That Generate Acceptance of Leadership within Selling Centers.
… the responsible sales employee, who assumes an informal project manager role during the sales project, has no formal authority over the selling center participants involved. This means that a sales employee can only lead participants laterally, which, however, presupposes that the participants …