BACKGROUND Since the 9/11 attack and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the development of qualified and able public health leaders has become a new urgency in building the infrastructure needed to address public health emergencies. Although previous studies have reported that the training of individual leaders is an important approach, the systemic and scientific training model need fur...

Resilience has merited growing interest in psychology and management research, given its potential to drive important organisational outcomes. Yet, there is limited understanding of the individual and contextual factors that promote resilient behaviours in organisations. This study explored relationships between dispositional variables (proactive personality and optimism), leadership styles (em...

This paper is based on a doctoral study of leadership development within the Defence Force Academy, a pre-commissioning training and education institution for the Australian military. Leadership is a core capability for the military. The paper highlights the changed emphasis in leadership style for the leader and explores evidence of consequent change in the leadership development processes. In...

Cop The historical aversion to effective leadership in American public administration literature imposes a troubling controversy over the appropriateness of nonelected public leaders being allowed to exercise the authority and capability to make decisions regarding the direction, focus, and intensity of their organizational efforts. Using principles from distributed, transformational, and authe...

As complex systems, organizations face the challenge of continuing efficient operations and adapting to a changing environment. This challenge is often framed in the context of strategic leadership: leaders are seen as managing the tension between longand short-term objectives and between exploration and exploitation. This article looks at how leadership and the actions of leaders relate to the...

Purpose Given the important role of change capability for organizational development and competitive advantage, purpose this study is to clarify influences transformational leadership (TL) on (OCC) via mediating roles two specific aspects trust in namely disclosure-based reliance-based trust. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modeling applied test degree TL employee OCC empirical ...

The globalisation of the software development industry has solved one set of problems and created a new set. Skills shortages in the host organisation can be solved by Global Software Development, yet the effective management of virtual teams is a new challenge. This study proposes a process reference model (PRM) and assessment model for the leadership of project teams, including complex virtua...