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Leadership Styles And Company Performance: The Experience Of Owner-Managers Of Smes, Palli Mulla K A Chandrakumara, Anura De Zoysa, Athula S. Manawaduge
Leadership Styles And Company Performance: The Experience Of Owner-Managers Of Smes, Palli Mulla K A Chandrakumara, Anura De Zoysa, Athula S. Manawaduge
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Leadership styles of owner-managers were explored in the context of a developingcountry in South Asia with a view to examining their impact on financial performanceof SMEs. It was justified that the study has both theoretical and contextualsignificance. Data were collected from 204 companies in Sri Lanka by adopting mixedmethodologies that consisted of both qualitative and qualitative approaches.Descriptive statistics and correlation coefficient were used in the analysis. The findingsrevealed that the existence of three main leadership styles in the sample, namely;entrepreneurial, managerial, and mix of both entrepreneurial and managerialleaderships. The analysis indicated that 60 percent of firms had increased financialperformance, while …
Just Don't Call Me A Feminist: Senior And Junior Women Managers' Perceptions Of Communication Dilemmas At Work, Mary Barrett
Just Don't Call Me A Feminist: Senior And Junior Women Managers' Perceptions Of Communication Dilemmas At Work, Mary Barrett
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Barrett (2004) found senior women managers evaluated workplace communication strategiesdifferently according to whether they thought a man or a woman was using the strategy. Butorganisationally junior younger women often reject overt feminist standpoints and might evaluatethese strategies differently. To test this, 255 junior women managers evaluated strategies for the samedilemmas older women had. When evaluating strategies for short and medium term dilemmas (egbeing interrupted, getting credit for an idea), junior women managers evaluate less than older womenmanagers on the basis of the communicator's gender. However with longer term dilemmas (eg gettingachievements noticed for promotion), junior women managers avoid some strategies …
A Model Of Predictors Of Managers Performance, Peter Hosie, Zeenobiyah N. Hannif
A Model Of Predictors Of Managers Performance, Peter Hosie, Zeenobiyah N. Hannif
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The 'happy-productive worker' thesis is a commonsense theory that has recently evolved into the 'performing-managers' proposition. This paper summarises the research that was conducted to develop a Partial Model of Managers' Affective Wellbeing, Intrinsic Job Satisfaction and Performance. This lays the groundwork for developing a more comprehensive Model of Predictors of Managers' Performance. This represents a far more complete and sophisticated conceptualisation of the predictors of managers' performance than what is currently available in the literature. Job characteristics, role conflict, role overload, role ambiguity, organisational commitment and extrinsic job satisfaction are introduced as logical extensions to the Partial Model, and …
Ethical Ideologies Of Senior Australian Managers: An Empirical Study, Mario Fernando, S. Dharmage, Shamika Almeida
Ethical Ideologies Of Senior Australian Managers: An Empirical Study, Mario Fernando, S. Dharmage, Shamika Almeida
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Forsyth’s (1980) Ethics Position Questionnaire and Hunt et al.’s (1989) Corporate Ethical Value Questionnaire are used to examine the ethical ideologies of senior managers from organizations listed in the Australian Stock Exchange. The results indicate how corporate ethical values, religion, gender and age are related to the idealism and relativism of senior Australian managers. After discussing the results, limitations of the study are offered. Finally, managerial implications are provided and recommendations for future research are given.
The Role Of Community Leaders As 'Senior Managers' In Place Brand Implementation, Gregory Kerr, Gary Noble, John Glynn
The Role Of Community Leaders As 'Senior Managers' In Place Brand Implementation, Gregory Kerr, Gary Noble, John Glynn
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Brand management is now being applied to places to stimulate economic and social development. While the literature advocates the benefits, it suggests that the process of implementation is not understood. Referring to the corporate brand-place brand analogy and the important role of senior management in corporate branding, this paper examines the role of community leaders, as the senior management equivalent, in two cities which have implemented a place brand strategy. This paper provides an insight into the importance of community leaders as drivers of the place brand as well as the cultural change which may be required to ensure the …
Beliefs And Attitudes Associated With Erp Adoption Behaviours: Grounded Theory From The It Managers And End-Users Perspective, S Arunthari, Helen M. Hasan
Beliefs And Attitudes Associated With Erp Adoption Behaviours: Grounded Theory From The It Managers And End-Users Perspective, S Arunthari, Helen M. Hasan
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
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Engendering Healthy Organisational Communication - Evidence From Australian Female Managers And Business People, Mary Barrett
Engendering Healthy Organisational Communication - Evidence From Australian Female Managers And Business People, Mary Barrett
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Keeping 'good' communication in organisations is one of the most frequently prescribed recipes for organisational well being. Training programs for employees in assertiveness, improved communication, career development, and managing oneself and others, have often called attention to the specifics of verbal interactions between managers, employees and others in the organisation. Such training programs generally suppose that direct, open approaches to communication are best. Yet it has often been asserted in sociolinguistic research that men and women communicate differently, including at work. Despite this, precepts for 'good' communication that are recommended for both genders in communication training are usually consistent with …
Increasing Acceptance Of Managers For The Use Of Marketing Decision Support Systems, Danielle Stern
Increasing Acceptance Of Managers For The Use Of Marketing Decision Support Systems, Danielle Stern
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
There have been many investigations into decision support systems and the range of benefits they can provide to an organisation. Despite the increased use of these systems in professional practice, there remains a lack of acceptance towards marketing decision models, with many managers resisting their full implementation. This paper presents results of a task designed to explore the extent to which decision models are understood. Although findings show low levels of understanding, it appears that relevant ability and skill can be learned. Educational programs could use the task to raise awareness of problems related to human misjudgment and to demonstrate …