The aim of this article is to unravel the determinants inclusive leadership by combining mixed methods in two phases explore and test theoretically grounded personal organizational antecedents leadership. first qualitative phase used semi-structured interviews with public managers, while second quantitative tested assumptions using survey data from employees working Dutch sector. findings suppo...

The present paper brings novel insights to career literature, in particular the field of top managers' careers: first, by relying on boundaryless approach, we investigate how those managers who reach differ terms variety before being appointed board. Second, combining approach with human capital theory, analyze association between and time it takes them a board level position. For our empirical...

This research explored important questions concerning how top-performing African B2B service brands position their in this increasingly globalised, technology-driven and competitive digital ecosystem. In Study 1, we performed a content analysis of the homepages websites 140 to explore most frequently used positioning signals. 2, conducted semi-structured interviews with 32 managers understand p...

objectives: following the rise in the elderly population worldwide and the increase in chronic diseases among this demographic with their consequent need for care, the subject of elderly care is becoming increasingly important. considering the traditional standing of the elderly in iranian society and the importance of in-community care for them, it seems of crucial importance to study the obst...

The present study has evaluated the effect of TQM practices on business performance of manufacturing firms in Pakistan. A sample of 65 managers working in the quality assurance department was taken from these manufacturing firms and their responses were collected using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to demonstrate the effect of different levels of TQM practices on ...

This study had the purpose of developing a scale of learning strategies at work and verifying how often they are used by managers of a Brazilian public bank. Data collection was made through documental search, interviews and structured questionnaires. The questionnaires were answered by 881 bank managers and the data were submitted to descriptive and factor analysis. Results revealed 26 practic...

Even though social media technologies have been increasingly adopted in the workplace, few studies have looked at the consequences and contradictory outcomes of this adoption. This exploratory case study seeks to understand how organizations are using social media and what the consequences of this adoption are, from the perspective of managers and users. Ten in-depth, semi-structured interviews...

In-home health assessment of elders is often accomplished with the help of caregivers, usually family and friends. When formal support is necessary, it is commonly provided by case managers, professionals who visit the home to assess the mental and physical status of the elder, or “client.” In an effort to understand how ADLs are collected, we performed semi-structured interviews with five case...