nowadays, organizations are active in dynamic environments filled with changes and transformation. the requirement for surviving in such a situation is to create continuous organizational changes and upheavals, whether in behavioral dimension or structural one. in these organizational changes and upheavals, leadership and management have a determining role. therefore, the existence of knowledge...

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between leadership styles (transformational leadership style, transactional leadership style and laissez-faire leadership styles), and quality management practices in Saudi public hospitals. A quantitative research design was adopted to collect data, test hypotheses, and answer the research questions. A cross-sectional survey method w...

Wearable computers, embedded in clothing or seamlessly integrated in devices we carry with us, have a tremendous advantage to become the main gateway to personal health management. Current stateof-the-art devices allow to monitor basic physical or physiological parameters. Applications include e.g. improving performance in sports, early fall detection for elderly people, long-term heart monitor...

Based on uncertainty management theory [Lind, E. A., & Van den Bos, K., (2002). When fairness works: Toward a general theory of uncertainty management. In Staw, B. M., & Kramer, R. M. (Eds.), Research in organizational behavior (Vol. 24, pp. 181–223). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.], two studies tested whether a management style depicting situational uncertainty moderates the relationship between ab...

the purpose of this study is evaluating the impact of organizational culture and leadership style on knowledge management considering the mediating role of technology acceptance. the hypotheses were tested against the data collected from a sample of 54 manufacturing companies in qazvin province, using the variance based structural equations modeling (partial least square technique) and path ana...

introduction: identification of the styles of behavior management as related to job attitudes and satisfaction level of management has been among the topics of interest in the past few decades. this study aimed to examine the leadership styles of managers (heads) and its correlation with job satisfaction among university employees. methods: the study population included all employees working at...

kambeiz talebi, the author of the article discusses the urgent needfor topmanagers to change their style in small entrepreneurial firms during a business life cycle. although most leadership theories assume that it is an easy task, but the case studies and practical experience suggest the opposite - managers find it hard to move from an innovative style when the company is young to taskoriente...

abstract introduction: hospital is one of the most important parts of a health- ‎providing network which requiring an experienced and efficacious ‎managing system thus a weak managing system would result in increase in ‎expenses, loss of economic sources, and decrease in optimal usage. ‎therefore current study has performed to evaluate the association between ‎leadership styles of managers and ...

aesthetics relates to felt meaning generated from sensory perceptions, and involves subjective, tacit knowledge rooted in feeling and emotion. we believe the aesthetics of management is important, but little understood, aspect of organizational life. we propose that followers use their aesthetic senses in making these assessments. in this article we try to discover the role of aesthetic in man...