A comparison of the effects of transactional and transformational leadership in synchronous and a synchronous online teamwork was conducted. In the study, groups of four participants interacted in online text chat and online text forum in problem solving tasks. The groups were leaded by a confederate who acted as a transactional or a transformational leader. Satisfaction in the interactions and...

The present study applies explanatory style theory and the content analysis of verbatim explanation (CAVE) technique toward examining the leadership behaviors and effectiveness of key Civil War generals. The results of our study suggest that relatively optimistic explanatory styles may lead to aggressiveness and risk taking while relatively pessimistic explanatory styles may lead to passivity a...

ḥasan ṣabbāḥ’s specific leadership style and his followers’ specific style of obedience, because of his followers’ unquestionable and voluntary obedience to him, is one of the most outstanding examples for stylistics studies of leadership and unquestionable obedience. unquestionable obedience of the ismā‘īlīs to the leadership of ḥasan ṣabbāḥ in a totally voluntary condition and to the cost of ...

The purpose of this study is to analyse the influence of Spiritual Intelligence to transformational leadership style displayed by student leaders. Students are the future leaders in organizations, be it in the public or the private sector. During the years spent at the institutions of higher learning, students will be able to learn and experience many types of leadership either through their ow...

The aim of the present study is to investigate the relationship between Greek Banks’ leadership style and their employee’s satisfaction with their job. Leadership is considered to be an integral part of an organization’s structure, policies and strategies, and overall function. Therefore, it affects employees’ everyday life, interpersonal relationships, problem-solving strategies and internal f...

This study aims at identifying the relationship between managers’ leadership style and employees’ job satisfaction. To achieve this aim and to examine the research hypotheses, two types of questionnaires, including Likert scale for leadership style and Job descriptive index for job satisfaction, were distributed among 218 employees in 3 different departments of Finance and Administration Deputy...

A number of corporate organizations in India have been successful mainly due to their unique leadership style. Based on the study of existing leadership trends and primary data analysis, this paper explores specific leadership qualities and styles that would be useful for steering organizations rapidly towards growth and enabling motivation and satisfaction to their employees. Though directive ...

Hospital efficiency relates to organizational factors and leadership style. This study investigated several factors, as one interdependent construct, with the potential to influence hospital performance in terms of quality-of-care. National database and survey information on modern management, lean management, organizational traits and leadership was compared. A positive correlation was found b...