Background: Although the endorsement of a leadership approach that will change the culture of care for older people in nursing homes is a key national issue in several countries including the UK, the Republic of Ireland and the US, few robust studies exist that explore the correlation between transformational leadership and effective nursing care in long-term facilities for older people. Workin...

This article reports on an examination of the relationships between chief executive officer (CEO) personality, transformational and transactional leadership, and multiple strategic outcomes in a sample of 75 CEOs of Major League Baseball organizations over a 100-year period. CEO bright-side personality characteristics (core self-evaluations) were positively related to transformational leadershi...

Finding a strong project leader with effective management skills is critical to the successful implementation of information systems. Experience tells us that IT project leaders with superior leadership skills are able to take into account the unique challenges of managing technical employees. Yet, the key characteristics of leaders of technology projects are not wellunderstood. If these leader...

The validity of self-monitoring personality in organizational settings was examined. Meta-analyses were conducted (136 samples; total N = 23,191) investigating the relationship between self-monitoring personality and work-related variables, as well as the reliability of various self-monitoring measures. Results suggest that self-monitoring has relevance for understanding many organizational con...

With the recent resurgence in popularity of trait theories of leadership, it is timely to consider the genetic determination of the multiple factors comprising the leadership construct. Individual differences in personality traits have been found to be moderately to highly heritable, and so it follows that if there are reliable personality trait differences between leaders and non-leaders, then...

INTRODUCTION The field of organizational behavior defines leadership as " the ability to influence a group toward the achievement of goals " (Capella, 2005, p. 294). Leadership styles have been well studied and researched. Early leadership studies were developed using traditional, co-located work arrangements in mind. Later studies expanded to include traditional project team environments. In t...

Background and objective: There is a need for young physicians to take a responsible role in clinical teams, comparable to a leadership role. However, today's medical curricula barely consider the development of leadership competencies. Acquisition of leadership skills are currently a by-product of medical education, even though it seems to be a competency relevant for physicians' success. Ther...

The Effect of Teaching Approaches on Preschoolers’ Social Skills N. Mohammadi, Ph.D. M. Mesteri Social skills can be better fostered by teaching approaches that emphasize group work. Such skills include self-control, academic self-efficacy, persistence, leadership skills, and social communication. Teaching approaches also include work unit and project approaches. To explore ...