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Transformational Leadership And Workplace Injury And Absenteeism: Analysis Of A National Nursing Assistant Survey, Doohee Lee, Alberto Coustasse, Andrew Sikula Sr.
Transformational Leadership And Workplace Injury And Absenteeism: Analysis Of A National Nursing Assistant Survey, Doohee Lee, Alberto Coustasse, Andrew Sikula Sr.
Management Faculty Research
Background: Transformational leadership (TL) has long been popular among management scholars and health services researchers, but no research studies have empirically tested the association of TL with workplace injuries and absenteeism among nursing assistants (NAs).
Purpose: This cross-sectional study seeks to explore whether TL is associated with workplace injuries and absenteeism among NAs.
Methodology: We analyzed the 2004 National Nursing Assistant Survey data (n = 2,882). A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to test the role of TL in the context of workplace performances.
Principal Findings: Results reveal that the TL model was positively linked to workplace injury …
Government Financial Management, Strategy For Preventing Corruption In Indonesia, Haryono Umar
Government Financial Management, Strategy For Preventing Corruption In Indonesia, Haryono Umar
The South East Asian Journal of Management
In popular view, the term accountability generally refers to a wide spectrum of public expectations dealing with organizational performance, responsiveness, good governance, and even morality of government and nonprofit organizations. These expectations often include implicit performance criteria – related to obligations and responsibilities – that are subjectively interpreted and sometimes even contradictory. And in this broader conception of accountability, the range of people and institutions to whom public and nonprofit organizations must account include not only higher authorities in the institutional chain of command but also the general public, the news media, peer agencies, donors, and many other stakeholders (Kearns, …
Managing Virtual Team Performance: An Exploratory Study Of Social Loafing And Social Comparison, Limin Zhang, Fang Chen, Joseph Latimer
Managing Virtual Team Performance: An Exploratory Study Of Social Loafing And Social Comparison, Limin Zhang, Fang Chen, Joseph Latimer
Journal of International Technology and Information Management
This study investigates the effects of social comparison and social loafing on virtual team performance when teams engage in asynchronous ideation process. The results of the study suggest that the effects of social comparison and social loafing co-exist in virtual teams. Team members may choose to engage in different behaviors (social loafing vs. social comparison) in different team interactions. Furthermore, team members tend to elaborate on the ideas generated by co-workers. As a result, teams with less social loafing will produce richer elaboration on ideas generated.