This paper asks how complexity theory informs the role of leadership in organizations. Complexity theory is a science of complexly interacting systems; it explores the nature of interaction and adaptation in such systems and how they influence such things as emergence, innovation, and fitness. We argue that complexity theory focuses leadership efforts on behaviors that enable organizational eff...

one of the most difficult and the most common behavioral problems in people with mental retardation, from mild to severe, that adversely affect interpersonal behavior and unpleasant effect on people's moods and mental self. social skills is a process that individuals understand and predict the behavior of others and also control their behavior and regulate social interactions.quasi-experimental...

YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVLEOPMENT AND PEER-LED INITIATIVES By Kathryn Conley, M.A. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009 Major Director: Steven Danish, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology The current study explored the experiences of high school peer leaders (...

OBJECTIVE This study compares pre- and posttest Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI-Self) scores for public health leaders who completed the Regional Institute for Health and Environmental Leadership (RIHEL) training program at least 2 years earlier; it seeks to identify factors contributing to changes in practices and overall leadership development for public health and environment leaders. ...

introduction: conflict is inevitable in intimate relationship in the form of disagreements, dislikes, arguments and tensions. it may result in the renovation if handled properly or deterioration of relationship if managed poorly. the aim of this descriptive- correlation study was to investigate the effects of marital coping strategies, personality and self-control on the marital conflict in a p...

We posit a female advantage in the relationship between self-reliance and leadership evaluations. We test this prediction in four studies. First, using multi-rater evaluations of young managers, we find that self-reliance relates positively to leadership evaluations for women, but not for men. Next, in each of three experiments, we manipulate the gender of a leader and the agentic trait he or s...

This research develops and validates an abbreviated version of the 35-item Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire (RSLQ), as developed by Houghton & Neck (2002). Using six major dimensions from the RSLQ, and a sample of undergraduate students, we used an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to identify three factors believed to embody the RSLQ. The EFA produced a nine-item scale. This shortened sur...

The findings from this cross-sectional study on 27 corporate employees reveal relationships between leader and follower leadership behaviors and follower identity with the leader. A positive relationship was found between the leaders’ follower-centered leadership and followers’ follower-centered leadership, and the leaders’ capable manager leadership and followers’ capable manager leadership. F...

AIM Our aim was to describe the findings of a systematic review of studies that examine the relationship between nursing leadership practices and patient outcomes. BACKGROUND As healthcare faces an economic downturn, stressful work environments, upcoming retirements of leaders and projected workforce shortages, implementing strategies to ensure effective leadership and optimal patient outcome...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the impacts self-leadership, self-directed learning competency, and clinical competency on career adaptability nursing college students. This also conducted explore mediating effects relationship between self-leadership among students.Methods: Participants were 150 Data collected from November 1 30, 2020 using self-report questionnaires ana...