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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"organisational leadership"”.
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The pedagogy of action learning facilitation – a critique of the role of the facilitator in an organisational leadership programme
This thesis presents professional practice research into Action Learning (AL) facilitation. Motivated by a combination of my formative years of cultural transmission and my enduring interest in learning and how it is facilitated, I have explored the professional practice of the AL facilitator. This …
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A phenomenological inquiry into the experiences of men who have felt depressive symptoms while in a senior organisational leadership role
… have felt depressive symptoms while in a senior organisational leadership role. While there is a considerable literature on employee mental health, relatively little is known about mental health in senior leaders, including their experiences of depression. This is a significant oversight because …
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A cross case thematic analysis of systemic leadership development.
… contributed towards efficacious systemic leadership development, within case studies in the energy and military sectors, and identified and explained common underlying themes and factors which could help formulate future interventions, as well as enhance extant theoretical knowledge. The …
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Generation Z employees' construal of workplace leadership: an application of the repertory grid technique
… African Generation Z (Gen Z) employees construe organisational leadership. The Repertory Grid Technique (RGT) was used as a part of structured interviews with sixteen Gen Z employees (N = 16). In addition to thematic analysis, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is utilised to explore nuanced …
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Assessing leadership's conflict handling style on an employee's turnover intention and employability in an organisation
… to assess conflict handling styles regarding leadership, and the relationship thereof with employees' turnover intention. Furthermore, little has been conducted concerning conflict handling styles regarding leadership and the influence thereof on an employee's turnover intention and perceived …
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Health Promoting Leadership in a Virtual Context
Organisational leadership is regarded as one of the most important aspects of the workplace as it has been linked to productivity and efficiency and significantly influences employee health and well-being. The outbreak of COVID-19 and the shift to virtual work has shifted job demands and often …
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Information technology capability services that support organisational innovativeness in agriculture companies
… markets and environmental conditions. Organisational innovation (OI) allows these agriculture organisations to evolve their way of work. Successful OI requires support from various internal and external stakeholders to a firm, and the IT capability has been recognised as a key enabler …
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Design and validation of a leadership model for South African higher education
… have not historically focused on their own organisational leadership as a subject of academic enquiry, there has been much academic substantiation of leadership knowledge as theory. My PhD dissertation was designed to explore the current typology of leadership in South African universities …
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A Conceptualisation of the self-perceptions of black professionals in relation to business leadership in South Africa
… (and leaders) in relation to business leadership and how these self-perceptions influenced their behaviours, aspirations and self-perceived abilities in leadership positions. The leadership behaviour of black leaders was found to be influenced by their upbringing, educational …
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What are the experiences of challenges to confidence during senior leadership transition and how does coaching support leaders with confidence at this transition point?
Existing research into senior leadership transition acknowledges that it is a challenging process but does not look at the impact on the leader and, in particular, on their confidence. Confidence in the coaching literature seems to have been neglected, other than quantitative studies of …
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Challenges Faced by Start-up Non-Profit Organisations in South Africa
… their start-up phase, relating to organisation leadership, financial sustainability and resource management. Organisation leadership challenges revolve around a lack of leadership, knowledge, experience and/or skill; managing and monitoring service delivery; the impact of the pressure to …
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Factors impacting on the adoption and operation of corporate governance reform in Australian state government departments
… (rational/technocratic influences) and organisational culture (political/cultural influences), and their impact on change, were combined to produce a framework that was tested in two phases. Phase one focused on the collection of qualitative data relating to corporate governance reform …
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Developing a complexity leadership competency framework for the Governance and Administration Cluster of the South African Public Service
… complexity through adopting a different leadership model that is characterised by distinct but complementary leadership functions. Complexity leadership theory (CLT) is thus adopted as an appropriate theoretical lens for the study due to its integrative, collective and relational approach …
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Choosing your coach: what matters and when. An interpretative phenomenological exploration of the voice of the coachee
… coachees experience the matching process in an organisational leadership context. Using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) methodology this study explores the experiences of coachees at different stages of a leadership coaching journey. It aims to gain a greater insight into the …
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Power relationships and authentic organisational learning : daring to break the silence on meaningful dialogue in policing organisations
… and creativity demands as the private sector. Organisational learning is a concept touted as an important and necessary strategy for organisations to keep pace with the rapid changing global environment that now plays host to opportunities as well as great economic and social volatility. …
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Leadership Style's Effects on Intrapreneurship and Organisational Performance: The Case of the Resort Islands in the Maldives
Leadership style has been recognised as a significant influencer on employees’ intrapreneurship and organisational performance. Thus, this research investigates the effects of leadership styles among transformational and transactional leadership styles to improve employees’ intrapreneurship and …
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Exploring the facilitators and barriers towards implementation of electronic prescribing, dispensing, and administration of medicines in hospitals in Ireland.
… access to patients drug records and that team leadership and hardware/software availability and reliability were essential for successful implementation. Key barriers consisted of hardware and network problems, altered work practices, and weakened interpersonal communication between healthcare …
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Knowledge Sharing among NHS Estates and Facilities Management Teams: Insights across Managerial Levels and Organisational Contexts
… little research has been conducted on inter-organisational KS processes among non-clinical hospital departments, such as EFM. Moreover, existing research has overlooked the variation in KS needs and behaviours across managerial levels. To address the research gaps outlined above, this thesis …
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Understanding the impact of culture on business IT alignment within a South African parastatal
… a better alignment between IT function and the organisational goals. Mature alignment develops into a relationship where IT and other business functions adapt their strategies together. Previous research on BITA has focused more on formal structures such as reporting structures, decision-making …
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The Impact of Leadership and Organisational Career Management Practices on Individual Work Related Attitudes
… the extent to which, in an Arab context, leadership and organisational career management practices predict individual career-related perceptions, attitudes and behaviours, and second to examine the extent to which the employees’ perceptions about organisational justice and politics mediate …
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