BACKGROUND Transformational leadership (TL) has long been popular among management scholars and health services researchers, but no research studies have empirically tested the association of TL with workplace injuries and absenteeism among nursing assistants (NAs). PURPOSE This cross-sectional study seeks to explore whether TL is associated with workplace injuries and absenteeism among NAs. ...

In the current complex health care environment, nurses in all practice settings are called on to be leaders in advocating for a healthier future. Health care reform, the rise of the evidence-based practice movement, and the proliferation of new educational options are opening opportunities as never before for nurses to expand their leadership capacity to an interprofessional level. This interpr...

empowerment employee is one of effective techniques to increase employee's productivity and efficient use of the capacity and capabilities of individual and group them in line with organizational goals. the aim of this study is to investigate the relationship of ethical leadership with psychological empowerment with mediating of procedural justice and interactional justice.participants inc...

abstract the purpose of this study was to study the relations between the self- leadership behavioral- focused strategies and creativity among the faculty members of iran university of science and technology. the population consisted of all faculty members of iran university of science and technology in the academic year of 2008- 2009 of whom 113 subjects were selected by proportional stratifie...

Abstract Authority in Islam is often understood to operate as a site of negotiation. Based on textual analysis and ethnographic research, this article examines three case studies disparate Shi'i Sufi Orders where willing deferral certain types authority exists. In the first study, Soltanalishahi Order refer their members an outside mujtahid for all matters relating shariat , therein limiting po...

In an era that in which  the economy is in the core of knowledge aspect, knowledge is considered as a vital factor in maintaining the sustained competitive advantage of organizations. Today, the art and skill of management in organizations is moving towards changing into the art of "knowledge management"; and, leadership means providing suitable conditions and grounds in producing valuable know...

background and purpose: the movement of spiritual leadership is a special kind of service-centered leadership which looks forward to progress and staff control. job involvement also emphasizes timely attendance of staff, feeling successful at work, and sense of optimism and success about the future of the organization. therefore, this study investigated the relation between spiritual leadership...