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This study by Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Suzanne C. DeJanasz, and Robert E. Quinn examines the relationship between psychological empowerment and leadership.
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Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Suzanne C. DeJanasz, and Robert E. Quinn examine the relationship between managerial cognitions of empowerment and transformational leadership.
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In this paper, Gretchen Spreitzer and Robert E. Quinn describe a field study of a large scale management development program for a Fortune 100 organization’s population of middle managers designed to stimulate change.
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This study by L. Chang, S. Cohen, and G. Ledford, Jr. validated the Self-Management Leadership Questionnaire (Manz & Sims, 1987) and assessed the relationship between self-management leadership, work group effectiveness and quality of work life (QWL).
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This study by L. Chang, S. Cohen, and G. Ledford, Jr. validates the Self-Management Leadership theory as operationalized by the Self- Management Leadership Questionnaire (Manz & Sims, 1987) in a large telephone company.
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Morgan McCall asks the questions “What does it mean to have “potential” as an international executive? Of the seemingly endless list of attributes that might serve an executive well, which ones should you look for in a high potential manager?”
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In Learning to Lead, Jay Conger shares his undercover experiences in five of the nation’s most popular leadership programs to offer readers personal insights into the role training plays in leadership development.
James O’Toole and Warren Bennis ask “Are large organizations inherently superior because they possess greater resources to protect the interests of their constituencies against the vagaries of powerful external forces, or are small-scale organizations superior because they are more sensitive to their constituents’, needs (and more adaptable to changing conditions)?”
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Sydney Finkelstein states that although most large firms have many officers, typically only a smaller subset are most responsible for setting policy (Thompson, 1967). It is this inner circle, or dominant coalition, that is the focus of this paper.
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Morgan W. McCall, Jr. discusses how dramatic change has stimulated a search for a “new kind of leader,” implying that selection and development of leadership was adequate in the past but that the chosen skills are no longer adequate for today’s world.
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According to Arvind Bhambri and Larry Greiner, research reveals that new CEOs frequently intervene to attempt major strategic change but, on average, make a minimal impact on the economic performance of their organizations.
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Nirmal K. Sethia analyzes the distinctive attributes of creative individuals and resources required for creative work. The knowledge thus gleaned is used for illustrating how creativity is shaped significantly by its organizational context, in particular, by leadership, organizational structure, and reward system.
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