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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"informal leaders"”.
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The Effect of Leadership Training on Manufacturing Productivity of Informal Leaders
The purpose of this study was to determine if leadership training, given to informal leaders, had a positive effect on manufacturing productivity. The leadership attributes of informal leaders were assessed using the Leader Attributes Inventory (LAI). Furthermore, the performance of informal …
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Championing Pedagogical Innovators: Supporting and Empowering Informal Leaders in Higher Education Teaching & Learning Spaces
… (DiP) examines the underrecognized role of informal pedagogical leaders—particularly contract, pretenure, and teaching-stream faculty—at a large Canadian research-intensive university (pseudonym: Scholar University). Although these educators are central to undergraduate teaching and student …
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Leaders Without Formal Titles: Student Leadership Within A Private University in the Midwestern U.S.
… phenomenological study was to discover the leadership characteristics which influence a follower to become an informal leader within a student organization at a university in the Midwestern U.S. The aim of the study was to use the discovered characteristics of the followers to assist student …
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Exploring how school intra-organizational mechanisms mediate the effects of external interventions on improving teaching and learning
… second study investigates the role of formal and informal leaders in supporting the diffusion of external reforms within schools. In the context of implementing reading policies as part of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) 2001 legislation, this study aims to examine a) how formal and informal …
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Influences on the development of informal teacher leaders
… determine the influences on the development of informal teacher leaders. An informal teacher leader is a classroom teacher who has the ability to influence other teachers because of specific characteristics and behaviors. While the informal teacher leader may have held such leadership roles as …
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PERCEPTIONS OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SPORT: A CASE STUDY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS (1965-1970)
… of participation in intercollegiate sport on the leadership success of former student-athletes who played intercollegiate basketball for The University of Western Ontario between 1965 and 1970. Thirty participants from these teams, twenty men and ten women, completed semi- structured interviews as …
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A poietic for leaders : engaging the moral imagination in educational leadership
… examined the role of imagination in educational leadership through an investigation of the creative (poietic) process exercised by formal and informal leaders in two schools. The purpose of the study was to explore the ways in which school leaders utilized poietic elements in their leadership …
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Organizational Identity Formation in a Virtual Education Organization: A Case Study
… of how organizational members perceptions of leadership, and of professional identity, impact organizational identity formation. This descriptive, single case study grounded in the interpretive qualitative paradigm and featuring a sample of thirty-five organizational members of a virtual …
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How Distributed School Leadership Practices are Implemented in a Rural Northeast Georgia Elementary School
Recent leadership literature calls for distributed leadership where the principal is not the sole leader in the building. Despite already being overloaded with classroom and other responsibilities, teachers are taking on leadership roles and school leadership is becoming distributed among many …
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Making the most of time: A Grounded Theory to explain what facilitates nursing home staff to connect with residents living with advanced dementia
… staff to make the most of time. Effective leaders were described to create a caring culture in which informal leaders (experienced staff) acted as role models. Staff were then more likely to understand, accept and tolerate dementia, know connections were part of their role, get to know …
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Instructional Designers and Their Use of Self-Regulated Learning Practices in Higher Education
Instructional Designers are informal leaders in higher education and play a critical role in maintaining the high quality of education expected from these institutions. Yet, there is minimal research on Instructional Designers and their integral role in higher education. The purpose of this study …
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Essays on the Political Behavior of Economic Informality and Public Goods
… examines the relationship between economic informality, political behavior, and public goods provision. In three papers, it explores how seemingly nonpolitical everyday social institutions and collective action rooted in economic informality help extend the reach of the state and advance …
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The informal leader's role on construction sites: A comparative analysis of formal and informal leadership structures within the construction industry
… of which stem from inadequate understandings of leadership characteristics and jobsite relationships. The focus of this study is to determine who construction personnel naturally seek advice from on a construction site when confronted with a situation that requires it. Additionally, this study …
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The Informal Leader's Role on Construction Sites: A comparative analysis of formal and informal leadership structures within the construction industry
… of which stem from inadequate understandings of leadership characteristics and jobsite relationships. The focus of this study is to determine who construction personnel naturally seek advice from on a construction site when confronted with a situation that requires it. Additionally, this study …
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The Role of Leadership for Community Building and Community Garden Programs
… As previous research has shown, effective leadership is a prerequisite to community building in garden programs. However, relatively little research to date has examined the types of leadership and leadership practices that exist and work in community garden settings, and even less has …