How Does Learning in Leadership Work? A Conceptual Change Perspectivev

Learning under stress: how does it work?

The effects of stress on learning and memory are not always clear: both facilitating and impairing influences are described in the literature. Here we propose a unifying theory, which states that stress will only facilitate learning and memory processes: (i) when stress is experienced in the context and around the time of the event that needs to be remembered, and (ii) when the hormones and tra...

How to change a leadership pattern.

Many factors influence leadership, and no one leadership style fits all situations. To gain insights into one's leadership behavior and to develop the skills to change one's style, management researchers suggest application of transactional analysis. HEINZ WEIHRICH Heinz Weihrich, associate professor of management and organizational behavior at Arizona State University, writes frequently on man...

How does EMDR work?

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective treatment for alleviating trauma symptoms, and the positive effects of this treatment have been scientifically confirmed under wellcontrolled conditions. This has provided an opportunity to explore how EMDR works. The present paper reports on the findings of a long series of experiments that disproved the hypothesis that eye m...

How does doxorubicin work?

A new mechanism involving cleavage of a transcription factor called CREB3L1 has been proposed to explain the anti-tumour effects of doxorubicin.

How leadership influences student learning