This paper seeks to assess the leadership styles exhibited in selected non-bank financial institutions Cape Coast Metropolis, and, further investigate reasons for adopting such style(s). A questionnaire was utilized. Responses were sought from both leaders and their subordinates. census used select leaders, while simple random sampling technique The results showed that transformational transact...

The Asian immigration debate has become one of the most contentious topics of debate in Australia. Little about the debate is new and most of the arguments, both in favour and against, begin with demographic considerations, then move on to the economic consequences of immigration and the social and cultural ramifications. Delving deeper into the debate, one will realize that there is an underly...

The recent governance and anticorruption initiative of the World Bank1 (the Bank) has come under intense fire from developing nations and some corners of Europe. There is little disagreement that corruption and poor governance in developing nations represent substantial impediments to sustainable growth. The issue is whether the Bank’s continuing efforts to root out corruption and promote good ...

Mandates are policy tools that are becoming increasingly popular to promote renewable energy use. In addition to mitigating the pollution externality of conventional energy, mandates have the potential to promote R&D investments in renewable energy technology. But how well do mandates perform as innovation incentives? To address this question, we develop a partial equilibrium model with endogen...

Too often, the examination of the work of a major intellectual figure occurs in an historical vacuum. History has two meanings. One sense is obviously that of the social, political, and economic context within which a specific theoretical development takes place. Would Keynes have written The General Theory had England not suffered economic difficulties following World War I and had the capital...

We show that a one-sector real business cycle model with mild increasing returns-to-scale, variable capital utilization and saddle-path stability is able to produce qualitatively realistic business cycles driven solely by disturbances to government purchases. Due to an endogenous increase in labor productivity, a positive spending shock can lead to simultaneous increases in output, consumption,...

INTRODUCTION This study explores predictive factors in safety culture. METHOD In 2008, a sample 939 employees was drawn from 22 departments of a telecoms firm in five regions in central Taiwan. The sample completed a questionnaire containing four scales: the employer safety leadership scale, the operations manager safety leadership scale, the safety professional safety leadership scale, and t...

Traditionally, healthcare professionals have been expected to acquire technical skills while minimal attention has been paid to the non-technical skills (NTS) they require to work in complex health environments, such as resuscitation rooms. This article explains the importance of NTS in improving patient outcomes and why a model of dynamic nurse leadership is useful in resuscitative care.

There is limited knowledge on re-entry initiatives for formerly incarcerated women specifically on building women's advocacy and leadership skills. Our research highlights an empowerment evaluation on ReConnect, a 12-session; innovative advocacy and leadership development program rooted in an integrated framework of empowerment, and transformational leadership theories. Using thematic analysis,...

This paper reports the historical foundation of Northeastern University's course, LDR 6100: Developing Your Leadership Capability, a partial literature review of action learning (AL) and virtual action learning (VAL), a course methodology of LDR 6100 requiring students to apply leadership perspectives using VAL as instructed by the author, questionnaire and survey results of students who evalua...