Retail managers were examined to determine their leadership styles and any potential correlations to conflict management styles. Research findings suggest that successful retail managers exhibit transformational leadership styles, and those that exhibit laissez-faire leadership is strongly correlated with avoidance conflict management style. The Conflict Management Style (CMS) and Multi Leaders...

Background: A leader is the stronghold of any organization and leadership styles have evolved and transformed along with mankind. Leadership styles have varied from one-dimensional model to multidimensional models. From static styles practiced in the past to dynamic styles in the current contemporary world. Nursing leaders have mirrored the leadership styles adopted in their tenure of practice....

the aim of this study was investigating the relationship of humor styles, emotional intelligence and social competence in university students of tehran. the sample of this descriptive-correlational study included 395 students (196 male and 199 female) from faculties of technical sciences and humanities in universities of tehran, shahid beheshti and kharazmi who were selected through cluster ran...

this study investigated how awareness affected learners’ intake and production in relation to their cognitive styles. it is assumed that learners’ cognitive styles may affect their ability to notice particular features in the input and, consequently, their intake and production. adult learners of english were exposed to four english structures through four sets of problem-solving tasks, followe...

the effect of test on teachers, students, and their classroom behaviors has ever been amenable to scholarly studies. to explore such an effect, 20 professors offering ma tefl preparation courses and 30 candidates received plsp and apals inventories. paired-sample t-tests revealed significant differences. however, the respective componential multivariate anova revealed non-significant and signif...

intraorganizational units play a critical role in km processes of acquiring, creating, exchanging, and utilizing knowledge assets. while much attention has been directed to effective knowledge strategies forsupporting organizational km processes, there is a lack of insightful research on knowledge strategy and its implementation at the work-unit level. this study examines two types of work unit...

AIM This study investigates which leadership styles can be identified among general practice lead physicians and how they are associated with and predicted by staff and context characteristics like profession, gender, age, work experience, and team size. METHOD/MATERIAL: In a cross-sectional study self-administered questionnaires were distributed to staff physicians (42% females) and support st...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to outline a conceptual framework for understanding driving style and, on this basis, review the state-of-the-art research on driving styles in relation to road safety. BACKGROUND Previous research has indicated a relationship between the driving styles adopted by drivers and their crash involvement. However, a comprehensive literature review of driving sty...

Parents interact with children following specific styles, known to influence child development. These styles represent variations in the dimensions of demandingness and responsiveness, resulting in authoritarian, authoritative, permissive or uninvolved parenting. Given the similarities in the parent to child and owner to dog relationships, we determined the extent to which parenting styles exis...