recent developments in leadership theories and styles have shifted interest from classic styles to transformational leadership style. this new style has become a popular model of leadership in most organizations especially, in educational organizations.transformation occurs when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels of...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To investigate the didactic and social leadership in parent education groups based on a parent perspective, and to conceptualise parent experiences of the leader roles in these groups. BACKGROUND Leadership in parent education groups has been associated with a lack of confidence in one's ability to function in that role. Research on how it can be delivered to produce a fav...

This investigation examines the relations between transforma-tional/transactional leadership and performance indicators of 20 diierent banks, using a sample of some 1500 observations. Leadership behavior is measured by the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), which i s used for the rst time in the German-speaking area. The psychometric quality of the German MLQ is analyzed and found to b...

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Objective: To examine the effects of communication skills training on physiotherapists’ supportive behavior during clinical practice. Design: Randomized trial. Setting: Hospital outpatient physiotherapy clinics. Participants: Physiotherapists (NZ24) and patients (NZ24) with chronic low back pain. Interventions: Two hospital clinics were randomly assigned to the intervention arm. Physiotherapist...

This research develops and validates an abbreviated version of the 35-item Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire (RSLQ), as developed by Houghton & Neck (2002). Using six major dimensions from the RSLQ, and a sample of undergraduate students, we used an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to identify three factors believed to embody the RSLQ. The EFA produced a nine-item scale. This shortened sur...

This paper studies the moderating effect of Transformational Leadership (TL) on the relationship between Deviant Workplace Behavior (DWB) and Job Performance (JP). Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire from 288 (n=288) respondents using quota sampling approach. The analysis shows that employees’ DWB negates JP and there is a moderating effect of TL behavior on the relation...

BACKGROUND Organizations in the health care sector are undergoing extensive structural reforms. To face these challenges, management initiatives that foster employees' commitment to and support for organizational change are needed in hospitals. PURPOSES In literature, a charismatic leadership style has proved to be especially helpful in times of crisis and change as well as an essential antec...