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Showing 1 to 20 of 170 for “"leadership theory"”.
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Understanding leader representations: Beyond implicit leadership theory
… integration of the theories of connectionism and leadership. Recent theoretical writings in the field of leadership have suggested that the dynamic representations generated by the connectionist perspective is an appropriate approach to understanding how we perceive leaders. Similarly, implicit …
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Transformational leadership theory: creative advance or theoretical desperation
Transformational leadership is held by its theorists to consist of charisma (mission articulation, empowerment, and confidence in followers), intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration. lt is alleged to result from flexible structure, crisis, and high socio-economic status (except …
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Changes in Navy Leadership Theory and Practice: Post-Vietnam
Since the Vietnam War, Navy leadership theory and practice has changed, becoming more like current civilian leadership theory and practice than traditional leadership of old. Indicators of this change have been seen in journal writings, the new Navy performance evaluation structure, current Navy …
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Classroom management: a study in leadership, theory, and implementation
The purpose of this study is to review the literature, identify components of a classroom management plan, and implement the research into practice to study the effects of implementing a classroom management plan. There will be three action research cycles that drive this case study. The case study …
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Developing resident leadership : theory and practice in Boston's neighborhoods
For decades, Boston residents have worked together and organized to strengthen and protect their neighborhoods, often in response to encroaching government policy and local development. The South End's Villa Victoria housing complex is a testament to the work of Puerto Rican residents to gain site …
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CULTIVATING CAPACITY: A PRINCIPAL’S USE OF DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP THEORY TECHNIQUES
… or a few individuals with few opportunities for leadership capacity to develop or be distributed among teachers. The author, who was a first-year principal, was in the process of implementing distributed leadership through shared decision-making and collaboration to increase students’ academic …
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Understanding Ourselves and Organizational Leadership: Theory, Instrument Development, and Empirical Investigations of Self-Awareness
<p>What is self-awareness? Is self-awareness always helpful? Studies of self-awareness have implications for a wide variety of topics in organizational behavior. Yet, this research has been scattered, resulting in gaps, siloed insights, a lack of clear and consistent conceptualization, and the …
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A Study of Islamic Leadership Theory and Practice in K-12 Islamic Schools in Michigan
Effective leadership in Islamic schools involves the incorporation of Islamic principles in the leadership behaviors and practices. With so much literature about the need of Islamic leadership in Islamic institutions in the United States, the problem addressed by the study was whether school …
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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.
… the use of the four pillars of authentic leadership theory for their self-development. This study addressed one research question: How do successful leaders within the U.S. Army implement the four pillars of the authentic leadership theory to effectively lead their units to organizational …
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An Evaluation of Reserve Component Leaders' Attitudes and Motivation as They Relate to Situational Leadership Theory in a Peacekeeping Operational Environment
… attitudes and Hersey and Blanchard's Situational Leadership Theory (SLT), and Thomas's Integrative Model of Intrinsic Motivation during a 2004 Sinai, Egypt, peacekeeping mission.</p> <p>Methodology. This descriptive study provided quantitative and qualitative results. Three instruments were used …
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Applying Leadership Theory to the Work-Family Interface: Examining the Interactive Effects of Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors and Leader-Member Exchange Quality
… past perceptions of support and contend that leadership can be used as a lens through which work-family outcomes can be understood (e.g., Major & Cleveland, 2007). Specifically, the current study contends that exploring leader-subordinate relationship quality (i.e., leader-member exchange) and …
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A Case Study of E-Leadership Constructs: An Assessment of Leadership in a Healthcare Organization
… this research is to identify the components of e-leadership theory and how it can be used to teach healthcare leaders to develop virtual teams in a healthcare organization. This study will define a way in which leaders can use e-leadership components to increase the efficacy of virtual teams. In …
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Enabling leadership of and innovation in South African mining companies : pursuing environmental, social, governance principles and the 2030 SDGs
In this thesis, titled ‘Enabling leadership of and innovation in South African mining companies: pursuing environmental, social, governance principles and the 2030 SDGs’, the candidate explored how leadership practices and processes foster an environment conducive to innovation, aligning with the …
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The impact of transformational and transactional leadership characteristics on motivation, job satisfaction and trust within Jordanian universities
… been undertaken in the area of transformational leadership theory and yet some notable gaps exist. Research has compared transformational and transactional leadership and has examined its existence in both public and private organizations. The leadership phenomenon has similarly been investigated …
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The Relationships Between Leadership Styles, Cultural Orientation, Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction and Perceptions of Organizational Withdrawal Behaviors
… cross-cultural research on transformational leadership theory has mainly focused on replicating the augmentation effects of transformational leadership over transactional leadership on followers' attitudes and behaviors. Relatively few studies have systematically examined cultural impacts in …
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An Analysis of the Instructional Leadership Role of the Jamaican Principal as It Is Affected by Local and External Education System Document Policies
… systems documents on the instructional leadership role of Jamaican principals. Literature on instructional leadership, dynamics of leadership theory, and effective schools, coupled with the writer's knowledge of Jamaican education, provided the conceptual framework of the study.
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An Examination of the Relationship Between Perceived Leadership Behaviors, Perceived Team Cohesion and Team Performance
… performance, studies examining the effects of leadership upon team performance have included a limited number of contexts (Antonakis, Avolio and Sivasubramaniam, 2003; Tejada, Scandura and Pillai, 2001). This study is the first to empirically examine the relationship of leadership styles to …
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The Glass Ceiling is Not Broken: Gender Equity Issues among Faculty in Higher Education
… The researcher utilized critical feminist theory and leadership theory to examine the notion of equity at this campus. The findings, shown through narrative profiles, demonstrate the five women have experienced equity issues at the institution including workplace bullying and lack of …
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How Instructional Leadership is Addressed in Educational Administration/Leadership Programs
<p>Problem</p> <p>Instructional leadership is a major factor in school effectiveness and student achievement, yet it is not widely practiced by school principals. One of the contributing factors, identified in the literature, is a lack of skills and knowledge. Although there is a great deal of …
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Voices of Female, Rural Superintendents as They Implement California's Local Control Funding Formula Policy
… and Shakeshaft’s (2011) diverse collective leadership theory. This emerging theory identifies five themes through which women educational leaders generally lead: relational leadership, leadership for social justice, leadership for learning, spiritual leadership, and balanced leadership.</p> …
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