U programs in educational leadership have been criticized for failing to prepare effective leaders for our nation’s schools. Many of these critics are demanding signifi cant changes to leadership preparation programs, however, amidst these strident calls for change there has been very little dialogue about or consensus on what we as members of a democratic society believe capable educational le...

Considering that organizational climate corresponds to what organizational actors mostly represent and with regard to their organization and taking into account that the most intense student experiences occur within the classroom, we wanted to know whether student views on teachers’ leadership and practices are related to what they perceive as school climate. The students came from schools all ...

BACKGROUND Leadership is widely regarded as central to effective health-care systems, and resources are increasingly devoted to the cultivation of strong health-care leadership. Nevertheless, the literature regarding leadership capacity building has been developed primarily in the context of high-income settings. Less research has been done on leadership in low-income settings, including sub-Sa...

This study aims to describe the democratic leadership style, individual characteristics, work motivation and employee performance at Population Civil Registration Office in Muaro Jambi Regency analyze influence of style characteristics on through as mediation Office. Civilian Regency. The analysis tool used is PLS analysis. Based results description Department that Democratic Leadership shows a...

(2014). Leadership styles used by senior medical leaders : patterns, influences and implications for leadership development. one copy of any article(s) in SHURA to facilitate their private study or for non-commercial research. You may not engage in further distribution of the material or use it for any profit-making activities or any commercial gain. Leadership styles used by senior medical lea...

Luis Inácio Lula da Silva’s victory in Brazil’s 2002 presidential election brought to power Latin America’s largest leftist party, the Workers’Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores [PT]). The PT won because it moved to the center, and voters regarded this shift as credible. The party’s transformation is puzzling, because political scientists do not expect strategic flexibility in “mass bureaucratic”...

Unquestionably, rural Australia is under stress with the future of many small rural towns uncertain. To begin the process of reversing these downward trends, there needs to be increased community participation and improved democratic processes at the local level, and a framework through which to manage change. The role of leadership and the creation of learning communities are essential element...

As nation-state leaders age they increasingly engage in inter-state militarized disputes yet in industrialized societies a steady decrease in testosterone associated with aging is observed--which suggests a decrease in dominance behavior. The current paper points out that from modern societies to Old World monkeys increasing both in age and social status encourages dominant strategies to mainta...