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Effective Leadership And Nonprofit Sustainability, Vaughn Orsborne Gleaves
Effective Leadership And Nonprofit Sustainability, Vaughn Orsborne Gleaves
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
A sustainability plan of an organization is useless without effective leadership in its design and execution. The purpose of this case study was to explore strategies that church leaders having at least 7 continuous years of organizational fiscal sustainability and leadership used to ensure fiscal sustainability. The study included 8 face-to-face and 2 phone interviews with 4 senior pastors, 3 associate pastors, a treasurer, a finance committee chair, and a certified public accountant who lived in the Akron, Ohio area along with a review of documents including a leadership meeting agenda and financial committee meeting agenda, provided by study participants. …
The Relationship Between Ethical Leadership And Sustainability In Small Businesses, David Amisano
The Relationship Between Ethical Leadership And Sustainability In Small Businesses, David Amisano
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Since the 2008 financial crisis, business leaders' ethical behaviors have been under scrutiny. These leaders face uncertainty regarding ethical leadership behaviors and their impact. Because small business leadership involves multiple facets of behavior and decision-making, small business leaders may have an insufficient understanding of the impact of ethical leadership behaviors on the sustainability of their businesses. The purpose of this correlational study was to examine the relationship between ethical leadership and financial, social, and environmental sustainability in small businesses. Integrated social contracts theory was the theoretical framework. The participants consisted of 80 members of a chamber of commerce located in …