Purpose – To develop a model clarifying the personal factors and behavioural characteristics (competencies) relevant to effective command, leadership and management in the Royal Navy. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire study was conducted on a sample of 261 Officers and ratings....

Purpose – This paper aims to present a summary of a study to identify the competencies of effective leadership and management in the British Royal Navy (RN). Design/methodology/approach – The sample consisted of 261 Officers and Ratings. Performance was determined through the organisation's...

Purpose – To investigate the new leadership dimensions questionnaire (LDQ) and a related framework for assessing an individual's leadership style in relation to the context in which the leader works; the three new LDQ sub‐scales designed to measure organisational context, follower commitment...

Emotional intelligence (EI) is a topic of growing interest. This article describes the design of a new tailored instrument to measure emotional intelligence, which was piloted on 201 managers. Data are presented showing its high reliability and validity. In particular, construct validity is...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Importance of Emotional Intelligence -- Chapter 3.Does Emotional Intelligence Make a Difference? -- Chapter 4. Measuring Emotional Intelligence -- Chapter 5. Can Emotional Intelligence be Developed? -- Chapter 6. Developments in Leadership Thinking --...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Importance of Emotional Intelligence -- Chapter 3.Does Emotional Intelligence Make a Difference? -- Chapter 4. Measuring Emotional Intelligence -- Chapter 5. Can Emotional Intelligence be Developed? -- Chapter 6. Developments in Leadership Thinking --...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a model of change which is both academically rigorous and practitioner‐friendly. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical meta‐analysis is conducted by clustering themes from across a broad range of change‐related literature...