Contemporary research into leadership has moved its focus from the individual leader to issues of leadership in an organizational and societal context. Current research is concerned not only with the characteristics which define a leader but with how leadership manifests itself in organizations, in part by individual leaders but also through interaction with members of the organization. Leaders...

rumors regarding the nature and influence of social anxiety that can increase productivity and reduce production and social validity employees, managers, agencies and organizations impair the. in this regard, we expect people who are ethics obligation, understand, analyze and manage rumors, have distinct behaviors. this study aimed to describe concepts such as gossip and review of management pr...

The purpose of this study was to determine the affect that contextual factors such as IS maturity of the organization, organizational factors, and environmental characteristics have on perceived usefulness and adoption of web-based services for transaction processing in organizations. To achieve the purpose of the study a research model and 10 hypotheses were developed based on past literature ...

This comment argues that instead of worrying about the pros and cons of whistleblowing one should focus on the more general problem of the failure of upward communication around safety and quality problems and consider what leaders and managers must do to stimulate subordinates to communicate and reward such communication. The article analyzes why safety failures occur and introduces the concep...

We attempt to make sense of ongoing gender disparities in the upper ranks of organizations by examining gender bias in leaders’ assessments of managers’ derailment potential. In a large managerial sample (Study 1:N 12,500), we found that ineffective interpersonal behaviors were slightly less frequent among female managers but slightly more damaging to women than men when present. Evidence of bi...

the present research intends to understand the influence of manager’s perception of quality of work life and ego-strength on their organizational commitment. the study was carried out in different private and public organizations located in delhi. data were collected from 300 managers. analysis of the data was done using stepwise multiple regression analysis and t-test. results revealed that on...