Leadership style‚ employee motivation and commitment: The study investigated the relationship between different leadership styles and employee motivation and commitment after a merger in a retail bank operating in an economically volatile environment. Data were collected from 121 employees (17 managers and 104 non-managerial) using three closed-ended questionnaires. Using measures of central tendency and correlation analyses‚ results indicated weak but significantly positive relationship between
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nsfor How Transformational Leadership Inspires Change | | About the Author Philip Berry is involved with global management consulting‚ executive coaching and training specializing in leadership development‚ global talent development‚ global diversity‚ innovation‚ team building‚ and corporate social responsibility and employee relations effectiveness. Mr. Berry has extensive global experience‚ was previously Vice President‚ Global Workplace Initiatives for Colgate-Palmolive and also worked
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In William Golding’s Nobel Prize winning‚ Lord of the Flies‚ Golding creates two characters that seem to become complete polar opposites as the novel progresses. The novel depicts a group of kids attempting to survive on an island that’s on the brink of a new world war. After learning of a “beastie”‚ order begins to break on the island and terror ensues. The island begins to break in two as the blood of pig and human spills‚ and trust between everyone starts to crumble. Two kids on the island‚ Jack
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Leadership can be defined as the ability to lead a group of people successfully in an organization. Hall‚ et al (2008) have mentioned that an effective leader has to be visionary‚ motivating and responsible in order to successfully run a business organization. In business the two key leadership styles‚ which are widely used in today’s corporate world are autocratic leadership and democratic leadership (Johnson‚ n.d.). Autocratic leadership may be explained as “a leadership style where the manager
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Matrina Williams BA 2309 Leadership and Management Styles In today’s workplace‚ it has become increasingly important to develop leadership and management styles which are effective and productive. Leadership is finding a balance between getting the job done and working well with others. Additionally‚ excellent leadership depends upon establishing a management style which yields the best results in any given circumstance. The definition of leadership varies upon the situation; however‚ great
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basis of two types of leadership that are described in contemporary leadership literature. Indeed Daft (2005) describes leaders as transformational when they operate as change agents and induce people to; “transcend their personal interests for the good of the organization” (p 63) James Mc.Gregor Burns (1978) describes Transactional leadership as‚ “a barter‚ an exchange of wants between leader and follower.” (p 63) The definitions of transformational and transactional leadership support the basic
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Transformational learning is the process of effecting change in a frame of references. There are four stages of the transformational learning process. The first stage is recognizing a significant problem. Until the individual recognizes he/she has a problem‚ there is little to no chance the problem will be resolved. The second stage is confronting the problem intensely. This stage takes a person through the possible reasons why the problem exists. It may require learning about the problem and effective
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Full Year Assessment Type: Case study analysis Assignment Title: Critical discuss leadership style according to the case study given. Student Name: Kuan Shu Yee Student ID Number: N0464384 Date of Submission: 16/11/2012 Word count: 1911 A person who as the ability to influence others and has certain managerial authority can be clearly clarified as a leader. Leadership is a combination of mindset‚ behaviors and skills which drive an organisation to its goals and mission
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There are varying opinions about leadership. Nonetheless‚ there are many who believe leadership is exemplified by certain traits‚ which are presumed to make a person an effective leader. These characteristics include things such as attractiveness‚ intelligence‚ expressiveness‚ and being able to speak well. These individuals are often identified as a ’born leader.’ However‚ the idea of leadership also includes a process‚ or the leader’s actual performance. If one focuses on process‚ rather than being
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Contemporary Trends in the Analysis of Leadership Processes E. P. Hollander and J. W. Julian Chapter 1– Reading 3: Psychological Bulletin 71: 387-397 (1969) The authors argue that neither the older trait approach to leadership nor the situational approach that replaced it in the 1940s and 1950s were adequate – both produced distorted “caricatures.” In the 1960s the study of leadership was redirected toward processes like power and authority relations. The focus turned to the interrelationship
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