Purpose - The article aims to identify and classify competencies and values considered essential or even necessary in the daily work of active managers and leaders. Design/methodology/approach - This article is based on the results of comprehensive ethnographic research. I acquired the research...

Servant leadership has been identified as extremely important for organizational performance and success; therefore, much focus is placed on developing and maintaining leaders' positive attitudes and behaviors toward their subordinates. Different servant models have been put out by earlier...

Upon entering an organization, newcomers aim to reduce uncertainty, and often do so by adjusting to the organizational status quo. In this paper, we argue that these efforts to adjust and fit in can, paradoxically, enable newcomers to stand out. We focus on a specific way in which newcomers can...