Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore two under‐developed areas of board research: the corporate governance of unlisted companies; and board behaviour, focusing on process factors that contribute to a board performing effectively. Design/methodology/approach – The Board...

Explains the model which underlies the Institute of Directors′ Standards of Good Practice for Boards of Directors produced in association with Henley Management College. These standards were derived from an extensive, rigorous research and consultation process over a period of...

Purpose: There is a paucity of research into high-performing virtual teams. This study aims to design and test a model of virtual team performance and to produce a profile of high-performing teams. Design/methodology/approach: The main constructs found to have influenced virtual team...

Many authors claim there is a paucity of evidence for the validity of measures of emotional intelligence (EI). This paper summarises existing information on the reliability and validity of two measures of EI, the Dulewicz and Higgs EIQ and the Bar‐on EQ‐i. It also reports the results of a...