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of four main leadership styles – transformational, authoritarian, participative and delegative – and describes the … benefits the college has gained by, in the main, practicing transformational leadership. Findings – The paper shows that, when … transformational leadership is practiced, team members believe that their leaders care about them as people, rather than as a means to …
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the workplace. This is particularly true when female employees are managed by women. Various expectations can be … ascertained and organized into three overlapping themes. In essence, women employees expect women managers to understand them …
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opportunities for women and organizational performance in the Japanese workplace. Design/methodology/approach – This review is … effect of promoting women, on Japanese organizational performance, depends on having a promotion‐management system that takes … should pay attention to the management style of those that have improved organizational performance by promoting women, and …
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writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Women have made great advances in … leadership roles over the past decade; however, there are still many challenges to be faced and overcome before there is equality … with men. The labyrinth metaphor is a useful one, as it represents the challenges and opportunities women may face along …
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achieved. Findings – Reveals that ten women from Rockwool have earned accredited Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM … get more women into senior manufacturing jobs by signing up for a program to help female production workers climb the …, which is run by the women's economic‐development body, Chwarae Teg, to boost women's confidence, unlock their management …
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at some of the research into leadership skills and draws conclusions regarding the paucity of women in management … more women in leadership positions – that is, more positive role models – would help to give women more confidence in their … ability to be great leaders and would encourage more women to push themselves forward for leadership opportunities.  …
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greater when women occupy executive positions. However, female participation in the top corporate jobs is still low overall …. This can be addressed by challenging conventional gender stereotypes that assume women lack the attributes perceived as … necessary to succeed in a leadership role. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading …
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international reputation for gender equality, but across the data, women recounted numerous examples of how they navigate working … life to manage sexualized and discriminatory encounters and comments. Women reported feeling under constant surveillance …
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A telecommunications company, trade union and university are involved in one of the most ambitious examples of workplace learning undertaken in Britain. BT plc, a company considered to be at the forefront of partnership working, has teamed up with the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU),...
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