Developmental Psychology 2005‚ Vol. 41‚ No. 4‚ 625– 635 Copyright 2005 by the American Psychological Association 0012-1649/05/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.41.4.625 Peer Influence on Risk Taking‚ Risk Preference‚ and Risky Decision Making in Adolescence and Adulthood: An Experimental Study Margo Gardner and Laurence Steinberg Temple University In this study‚ 306 individuals in 3 age groups—adolescents (13–16)‚ youths (18 –22)‚ and adults (24 and older)— completed 2 questionnaire measures
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Best Companies for Leadership Study that conducted by Bloomberg BusinessWeek.com and the Hay Group in 2009‚ revealed that best companies for leadership focus on employee engagement through commitment and discretionary effort and on employee enablement‚ with optimized roles and supportive environment‚ leading to financial success‚ customer satisfaction and employee performance – all to drive organisational performance. (SHRM Research Quarterly‚ 2010). This report was made to explain
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BOOK REVIEW The Six Secrets of Change: What the Best Leaders Do to Help Their Organizations Survive and Thrive Submitted by: Mitchell Abstract Through research and initiating large-scale‚ significant change in public schools and university reform in England and Ontario as well as being involved in major change initiatives around the world‚ Michael Fullan examines what is known about successful organizational change under complex conditions by suggesting six secrets of change. This review
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Academic Essay - Military Leadership Theory ABSTRACT While researching the Military Leadership theory I was able to discover many interesting philosophies and ideals that transfer seamlessly to the business world. It is my belief that many of today’s organizations derive their structure to the military’s hierarchical structure and leadership model. This is evident by almost every organization’s “top down” management structure regardless of its size. As I will discuss‚ the military typically
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Determine the revenue variance from Arcadia Hospital’s 2005 budget. Is the variance positive or negative? Upon reviewing the Arcadia Hospital Income Statement for the year of 2005‚ I would say that the variance is negative because the actual budget for 2005 $568 million minus the budget of $596 million equals a negative amount of $28 million under budget‚ which means less revenue. In other word‚ revenues were $28 million below budget‚ therefore the variance is negative. Which is desirable
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Another OB theory that is examined in The Hurt Locker is Leadership. This theory is defined as the ability of an individual to influence‚ motivate‚ and enable others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of organizations of which they are members. There are four perspectives on Leadership; these perspectives include Trait‚ Behavioral‚ Contingency and Transformational. The trait or competency perspective of leadership proposed that leaders are more likely to have certain personality
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Strategic Inflection: TiVo in 2005 Tivo’s consumer perception of its patented features and level of service could not be better. Tivo also had the first-mover advantage being the first company to enter the DVR market and still has a highly differentiated product that matches customer perception. There are network effects derived from current users promoting the brand via world-of-mouth‚ these references are vital to gain a significant consumer base in the mass market. The key issues TiVo
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contrast of four leadership models and theories. The purpose of this paper is to acquaint readers with the basic concepts underlying each model and theory. A review of the scholarly studies on leadership shows that there is a wide variety of different theoretical approaches to explain the complexities of the leadership process (e.g.‚ Bass‚ 1990; Bryman‚ 1992; Gardner‚ 1990; Hickman 1998; Rost‚ 1991). Some researchers conceptualize as a trait‚ or as behavior‚ while others view leadership from a political
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“A History of Violence‚” released in 2005‚ is an American crime thriller which demonstrates and relates to numerous topics discussed in Psychology: An Exploration. Different psychological disorders and theories can be seen throughout the film. Tom Stall‚ the main character‚ kills two robbers in self defense and becomes a hero. However‚ his over night popularity thrusts him into the spotlight and causes members of an organized crime family to begin harassing Tom and his family. The mobsters claim
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Transformational Leadership and Performance Across Criteria and Levels: A Meta-Analytic Review of 25 Years of Research Gang Wang1‚ In-Sue Oh2‚ Stephen H. Courtright1‚ and Amy E. Colbert1 Group & Organization Management 36(2) 223–270 © The Author(s) 2011 Reprints and permission: http://www. sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1059601111401017 http://gom.sagepub.com Abstract Although transformational leadership has been studied extensively‚ the magnitude of the relationship between
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