Psychology December 18th‚ 2013 Summary of the article " Internal - External Control and Reaction to Threat" Researchers at the Kansas State University conducted a Internal - External scale experiment on 225 students in several class on campus. The sample was divided into two groups: 19 externals - 14 females and 5 males‚ and 21 internals - 13 females and 8 males. They were provided parts of the Roschach‚ the Thematic Apperception Test (T A T)‚ the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
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Transactional leadership styles are more concerned with maintaining the normal flow of operations. Transactional leadership can be described as "keeping the ship afloat." Transactional leaders use disciplinary power and an array of incentives to motivate employees to perform at their best. A transactional leader generally does not look ahead in strategically guiding an organization to a position of market leadership; instead‚ these managers are solely concerned with making sure everything flows smoothly
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Transformational versus Transactional Leadership Leadership and Team Development-Fall 2011 Abstract This research paper addresses various aspects of transformational and transactional leadership styles. It mainly presents a comparative overview of these leadership styles. Further‚ it talks about an example of each transformational and transactional leadership in real-world. This leads to mentioning various applications that each leadership style finds in today’s business. Analysis of strengths
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Journal of Business Systems‚ Governance and Ethics Vol 3‚ No 3 The Ethical Dimension in Transformational Leadership Anona Armstrong Centre for International Corporate Governance Research Victoria University‚ Australia Anona.Armstrong@vu.edu.au Nuttawuth Muenjohn RMIT University‚ Australia Abstract Few empirical studies have been done that directly address the underlying values that drive leadership or distinguish its ethical dimensions. As a result the development of a theory
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come to people on this is to achieve Leadership but to be able to do it‚ it is imperative to understand its meaning‚ its strengths‚ its weaknesses and all concepts that may help individuals and organizations to approach it in their modern world. Thanks to these needs‚ many researchers have been looking for answers and ways to represent what is leadership significance. The purpose of this essay is to analyze and discuss two theories/approaches of leadership‚ in order to gain a better understanding
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Leadership: Charismatic versus Transformational Style Leadership refers to a person’s ability to inspire people in organizational to work towards achieving set goals and objectives (Ward‚2017). A good leader must‚ therefore‚ be able to communicate these goals to his/her team in an effective way. A leader is an inspiration to his/her team. This means that through the process of communication he/she is able to spark new energy among employees or team. But‚ how does a person become a leader? Leadership
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occurs both in the purposes and resources of those involved and in the relationship itself. The transformational leader plays an essential role in shifting change‚ followers and leaders are bound together in the transformation process. The importance of developing followers to their fullest potential extended the concept of transformational leadership (Bass‚ 1985; Bass & Avolio‚1993). Transformational leaders motivate followers by elevating their consciousness about the importance of organizational
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exciting lives of famous people‚ and J-14 is one of those. The particularity of this magazine is that it is completely targeted for teenagers between 12 and 15 years. J-14’s articles and images are full of topics related to beauty‚ fashion‚ and love; the magazine is completely oriented for girls‚ superficial‚ and does not typically touch on or contribute to any relevant topic in society. A person with a mature criteria and education can realize easily that J-14 is not giving teenagers much useful
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employees went along with it (Krames‚ 2002). The paradigm of transformational leadership is useful in analysing how he was able to accomplish this (Dubrin‚ Dalglish & Miller‚ 2006). It is also useful in identifying the personal characteristics‚ the leader and follower values and the situational factors that contributed to his success. This paper will analyse Welch’s leadership of GE using the framework of transformational leadership. Conclusions will be drawn regarding Welch’s leader behaviour
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charismatic and transformational leadership. Whitman moved from a tightly structured‚ traditional button-down corporate environment at Hasbro ’s Playskool division into the T-shirt and jeans atmosphere of an internet start-up company without missing a beat. In doing so‚ she illustrated that sometimes it is more important to have a vision and the willingness to commit to that vision than to have targeted knowledge of how the business works. Much credit must be given to Meg Whitman ’s particular leadership
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