Existing models of leadership have been built on the assumption of face-to-face interaction, cultural homogeneity, and hierarchical organizational structures. We introduce a new model, Ambassadorial Leadership, which recognizes that different behaviors are needed for leading globally distributed virtual teams. The behaviors include those that are characteristic of an Ambassador who must be cult...

The phenomena of leadership and organizational culture (OC) has been defined as the driving forces in the success or failure of an organization. Today, nurse managers must demonstrate leadership behaviors or styles that are appropriate for the constantly changing, complex, and turbulent health care delivery system. In this study, researchers explored the relationship between nurse managers' lea...

Contemporary research into leadership has moved its focus from the individual leader to issues of leadership in an organizational and societal context. Current research is concerned not only with the characteristics which define a leader but with how leadership manifests itself in organizations, in part by individual leaders but also through interaction with members of the organization. Leaders...

Global events like wars and natural disasters have led to the refugee population reaching numbers not seen since the Second World War. Attitudes to asylum have hardened, with the potential to compromise the mental health needs of asylum seekers and refugees. The challenges in providing mental healthcare for asylum seekers and refugees include working with the uncertainties of immigration status...

For 3 1/2 years an occupational therapist persevered in efforts to introduce an innovative outpatient service of multidisciplinary team case management within a general community hospital. The service was intended to meet the needs of discharged clients with severe mental illnesses who were attempting to live successfully and satisfactorily in the community. The reality of attempting to initiat...

Löfström, A. 2014. Implementing a Vision. Studying Leaders’ Strategic Use of an Intranet while Exploring Ethnography within HCI. Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 102. xii+206 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-8866-6. This thesis investigates an Intranet based leadership strategy. The aims are to follow, describe and analyse an Intranet ...

This article reviews research on cross-cultural organizational behavior (OB). After a brief review of the history of cross-cultural OB, we review research on work motivation, or the factors that energize, direct, and sustain effort across cultures. We next consider the relationship between the individual and the organization, and review research on culture and organizational commitment, psychol...

Correspondence: Maura MacPhee University of British Columbia, T201-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2B5, Canada Tel +1 604 822 2891 Fax +1 604 822 7466 Email [email protected] Abstract: This paper provides an overview of trends associated with global health care leadership development. Accompanying these trends are propositions based on current available evidence. T...