This conceptual research paper reviews how positional authority affects the servant leadership-organizational performance relationship and provides insight on leadership can be implemented effective in absence of authority, i.e. through cultivation leveraging influence. A review literature is used to propose that positively associated with increased organizational performance. Through lens uppe...

The recent discourse on modernizing organizations and leadership has often placed a strong emphasis on values and ethics. This article elaborates on the benefits and challenges in the integration of values into leadership and organizational actions, most notably in regards to appraisals of values-based leadership (VBL). It is proposed that if the critical success factors and the challenges in i...

BACKGROUND With current emphasis on leadership in medicine, this study explores Goleman's leadership styles of medical education leaders at different hierarchical levels and gain insight into factors that contribute to the appropriateness of practices. METHODS Forty two leaders (28 first-level with limited formal authority, eight middle-level with wider program responsibility and six senior- ...

The Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) is a widely used measure of narcissism. However, debates persist about its exact factor structure with researchers proposing solutions ranging from two to seven factors. The present research aimed to clarify the factor structure of the NPI and further illuminate its nomological network. Four studies provided support for a three-factor model consistin...

Emergent leaders within groups have been witness in leadership research after bulk of formal or established leader research. Without formal organizational authority or power, how emergent leadership influences group members under such situation? Emotional recovery and emotional threshold, the two dimensions of a new construct of emotional stability (Li, 2005), were used to predict emergent lead...

As more physicians become employed rather than joining or opening an independent practice, they are finding themselves in large organizations with a well-defined chain of command. Maneuvering in this hierarchy can be difficult for physicians, who are accustomed to being “captain of the ship” when making clinical decisions, but it’s an essential skill for garnering the resources and support we n...

In this paper we will present findings from a recent LFHE-funded study comprising interviews with 152 university leaders at various levels in 12 UK universities to explore competing perceptions, experiences and approaches to leadership within HE. In particular, we explore the concept of ‘distributed leadership’ and its potential as a descriptive and analytic framework. Analysis of transcripts r...