The Neolithic was marked by a transition from small and relatively egalitarian groups to much larger groups with increased stratification. But, the dynamics of this remain poorly understood. It is hard to see how despotism can arise without coercion, yet coercion could not easily have occurred in an egalitarian setting. Using a quantitative model of evolution in a patch-structured population, w...

There is a trend in health systems around the world to place great emphasis on and faith in improving 'leadership'. Leadership has been defined in many ways and the elitist implications of traditional notions of leadership sit uncomfortably with modern healthcare organisations. The concept of distributed leadership incorporates inclusivity, collectiveness and collaboration, with the result that...

Background: Entrepreneurial leadership is the becoming concept in health, social sciences, business, management, and education that can influence direct performance achievement of either staff or organizations. Unfortunately, entrepreneurial has received limited attention healthcare fields, especially nursing.Purpose: This cross-sectional study aimed to explore examine its associated factors am...

social entrepreneurs are impassioned individuals who combine leadership, creativity, and an entrepreneurial spirit to solve social problems related to matters affecting human welfare at systemic levels. the purpose of this study which is based on qualitative approach is to form a developing social entrepreneurship model in iran. accordingly, social entrepreneurs want to develop innovative progr...

kambeiz talebi, the author of the article discusses the urgent needfor topmanagers to change their style in small entrepreneurial firms during a business life cycle. although most leadership theories assume that it is an easy task, but the case studies and practical experience suggest the opposite - managers find it hard to move from an innovative style when the company is young to taskoriente...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the antecedents of, and the relationships between, entrepreneurial opportunity recognition, and individual-level innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaire data were collected from 268 senior R&D project team members (response rate 64.58 percent) along with 83 R&D managers who evaluated their employees’ innovative behavi...

This study aimed to understand the implications of the entrepreneurial competence in microenterprises. Literature on micro-enterprises and entrepreneurial competence has been reviewed; the research design opted the analysis of entrepreneurial competence in micro-enterprises in a multi-case study way. By the research findings were divided by the construct implication of entrepreneurial competenc...

Kambeiz Talebi, the author of the Article discusses the urgent needfor topmanagers to change their style in small entrepreneurial firms during a business life cycle. Although most leadership theories assume that it is an easy task, but the case studies and practical experience suggest the opposite - managers find it hard to move from an innovative style when the company is young to taskoriente...