According to Harold Koontz‚ “leadership is defined as an art or process of influencing people so that they strive willingly and enthusiastically towards attainment of group goals”. According to Yukl (1994)‚ “leadership is a process which one member of a group influences other group members towards attainment of specific group goals”. Thus‚ leadership is a process of influencing the behavior of people by making them strive voluntarily towards achievement of organizational goals. The above definition
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Research THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP‚ INTEGRITY AND AN ETHICAL CLIMATE IN ORGANISATIONS Authors: Anja S. van Aswegen1 Amos S. Engelbrecht1 Affi liations: 1 Department of Industrial Psychology‚ Stellenbosch University‚ South Africa Correspondence to: Amos Engelbrecht e-mail: ase@sun.ac.za Postal address: PO Box 3543‚ Stellenbosch‚ 7602‚ South Africa How to cite this article: Van Aswegen‚ A.S.‚ & Engelbrecht‚ A.S. (2009). The relationship between transformational
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on Exploration of Job Satisfaction: A Gender Prospective of Private University Faculty Members Submitted By Aunonno Chowdhury (I.D. # 2008-3-70-043) Md. Arafat Siddiqui (I.D. # 2009-1-70-014) Md. Abu Kawsar Sarker (I.D. # 2010-3-70-017) Md. Fahmidur Rahman (I.D. # 2008-3-70-039) [Group – VII] Submitted To Asheek Mohammad Shimul Adjunct Faculty Department of Social Sciences East West University Submission Date 19/12/2012 Exploration of Job Satisfaction: A Gender Prospective
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Pediatric Registered Nurse Satisfaction with Nurse Leadership Calandra Wesley NUR 518 December 12‚ 2010 Kristen Crusoe Individual Library Search: Pediatric Registered Nurse Satisfaction with Nurse Leadership Azaare‚ J.‚ & Gross‚ J. (2011). The nature of leadership style in nursing management. British Journal of Nursing (BJN)‚ 20(11)‚ 672-680. The leadership style of front-line managers is associated with retention and staff nurse job satisfaction. This article provides answers
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In the investigation of the various characteristics and styles of leadership the emphasis of the style approach is the focus on the actions and behavioral characteristics of the leader. There are two behaviors of the style approach that researchers have observed: task behaviors and relationship behaviors (Northouse‚ 2007). People who are in roles of leadership should possess both behaviors to be successful in their position and maintain motivation and the quest for achievement in their subordinates
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Running Head: JOB SATISFACTION WITHIN SUCCESSION PLANNING Job Satisfaction Within Succession Planning 2 Few things are more important to an organization’s success and operations than its ability to continue a steady stream of having the best people in the right positions. Yet‚ many organizations fail to implement the correct type of plan that will develop‚ satisfy‚ and retain their employees. Many are using old systems when attempting to refine individuals into future leaders
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THE IMPACT OF MOTIVATION ON JOB SATISFACTION AMONGST EMPLOYEES OF A NATIONAL BROADCASTER XOLANI ENOCH TYILANA SHORT DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree MAGISTER COMMERCII in BUSINESS MANAGEMENT in the FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT at UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG STUDY LEADER: PROFESSOR WOLHUTER BACKER OCTOBER 2005 Acknowledgements I dedicate this work to my country South Africa. I also want to express my sincere gratitude to my family
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The Facts About Job Satisfaction This article was written by Carrie Bloomfield. Job satisfaction is an attitude that employees have about their work and is based on numerous factors‚ both intrinsic and extrinsic to the individual. Job satisfaction is important from the perspective of maintaining and retaining the appropriate employees within the organization; it is about fitting the right person to the right job in the right culture and keeping them satisfied. 1‚2 Today ’s business environment
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seeks to understand why people behave the way they do. The intention is to produce goal-oriented behavior. It aims at influencing good result and arises from within the individual. The inner feeling balances the perception of an individual and satisfaction of his needs that influence the direction‚ volume‚ behavior limitation and efforts of an individual. Hence motivation is an inducement of inner feeling of an individual. It cannot be forced upon from the outside. According to Steers and Porter
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Sir Francis Galton was one of the pioneers who have put in efforts and great times in experimenting human nature and how would individual personalities and traits. He also started to take an academic approach to measure traits. Galton measured the weights of livestock and aristocrats‚ the speeds of reaction times‚ the sizes of heads‚ the shapes of fingerprints‚ and many other characteristics. (Nettle‚ David 2007). Galton has also contributed significantly in the personality theory by taking scientific
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