Although a large body of literature has suggested that doctoral supervisors play an important role in their students’ attempts at scholarly publishing, few studies have focused specifically on what roles they play. This study sought to address this gap by zooming in on the various roles a group of Chinese doctoral students found their supervisors playing in their scholarly publishing endeavors....

Power and social influence are integral aspects of relationships between individuals, social groups, and nations and are major topics in the fields of philosophy and social science. In the last 30 years, there has been growing interest in applying interpersonal influence theory to organizational settings, specifically on the power relationships between managers, subordinates, and peers (Higgins...

Power and social influence are integral aspects of relationships between individuals, social groups, and nations and are major topics in the fields of philosophy and social science. In the last 30 years, there has been growing interest in applying interpersonal influence theory to organizational settings, specifically on the power relationships between managers, subordinates, and peers (Higgins...

There is a lack of reliable information about the size and structure of the independent care home workforce. Estimates suggest 72,000 employed by the local authority and 390,000 in the independent sector (private and voluntary). Of the 390,000 staff (including support staff) working in the independent sector an estimated 47,000 are managers and supervisors, 288,000 are care workers and 36,000 a...

the purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of infrastructure and strategy of knowledge management on acquisition of core competencies through knowledge management process in ‘iran khodro company’. research method was descriptive-correlation. statistical population encompassed 400 members of supervisors, middle managers, and senior managers in iran’s ikco. the opinions of 198 members w...

OBJECTIVES Human resources (HR) are essential indicators of safety and health (SH) status, and HR can be key sources of workplace safety management such as safety and health education at work (SHEW). This study analyzed significant HR factors associated with SHEW of small manufacturing businesses in Korea. METHODS The secondary data of the 2012 Korea Occupational Safety and Health Trend Surve...

PURPOSE To perform a process evaluation of a multifaceted strategy to implement the participatory approach for supervisors to prevent sick leave in three organisations. METHODS The implementation strategy incorporated a working group meeting with stakeholder representatives, supervisor training, and optional supervisor coaching. Context, recruitment, reach, dose delivered, dose received, fide...

BACKGROUND External supervision of primary healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries often has a managerial main purpose in which the role of support for professional development is unclear. AIM To explore how Rwandan primary healthcare supervisors and providers (supervisees) perceive evaluative and formative functions of external supervision. DESIGN Qualitative, exploratory...

abstract: background: when organization managed by experienced, competent and well performed managers, the organization will be succeeded in achieving their goals and it will be more effective. objective: this study was designed with the purpose of determining the relationship between managers competency and hospital efficiency in teaching hospital of tehran university of medical sciences durin...