The Neolithic was marked by a transition from small and relatively egalitarian groups to much larger groups with increased stratification. But, the dynamics of this remain poorly understood. It is hard to see how despotism can arise without coercion, yet coercion could not easily have occurred in an egalitarian setting. Using a quantitative model of evolution in a patch-structured population, w...

There is a trend in health systems around the world to place great emphasis on and faith in improving 'leadership'. Leadership has been defined in many ways and the elitist implications of traditional notions of leadership sit uncomfortably with modern healthcare organisations. The concept of distributed leadership incorporates inclusivity, collectiveness and collaboration, with the result that...

The concept of "authenticity" derived direct from the word "authentic" has various meanings such as “original, genuine, real, true, first hand, not copied, accurate, frank or representing the first author or source” (Ulukan and Ersen, 2014;17). Having been used in the fields of sociology and education in the 1990s, this concept has been questioned by Chan, Hannah and Gardner (2005) in terms of ...

0749-5978/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier Inc. A doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2011.10.006 ⇑ Corresponding author. Address: Department of B Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus Universi 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail address: [email protected] (M. van Dijke). We examined how procedural fairness interacts with empowering leadership to promote employee OCB. We focused on two core empowering ...

This article explores how headteachers/principals engage in social justice leadership practice using data gathered from the Scottish and American contributions to International School Leadership Development Network’s (ISLDN) research on leadership. While literature focuses high-level strategies address issues of equity there is limited discussion day-to-day In fostering inclusive cultures, crit...

Article history: Received 21 December 2013 Available online 28 February 2014 The value of mentoring is growing substantially as organizations take a renewed interest in employee development to better survive in the dynamic and competitive market today. In the wake of this renewed interest, this meta-analysis was conducted to quantitatively review the multi-level antecedents (e.g., individual, r...

Transactive Goal Dynamics (TGD) Theory is a multi-level, Q4 relational theory of goal pursuit that can be used to understand behavior within organizational teams. The theory describes the nature of goal-related interdependence (called transactive density) within dyads and groups, and predicts when transactive density will have positive versus negative consequences for goal-related outcomes. TGD...

Relationship-based approaches to leadership represent one of the fastest-growing fields and help us understand better organizational leadership. Relation-based emphasize relationship interaction between leader follower. The emphasis is placed on way that they interact influence each other at attaining mutual goals. It known leaders are linked followers vice versa in a sense responding other's n...