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Browsing Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) by Subject "Leadership"
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(Emerald, 2020-07)LEARNING OUTCOMES : Students should be able to use the case study in debate apply theories relating to the subjects specified. CASE OVERVIEW/SYNOPSIS : The case is based on a fictitious South African company going through ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-07-08)We are in the midst of a crisis of confidence in the leadership spearheading many of our domestic and global institutions. The global financial crisis, the credit crunch, mass retrenchments and worldwide recession have all ...
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(Emerald, 2019-05)PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of a positive form of leadership, particularly authentic leadership, on ambidexterity, as ambidexterity has shown to improve financial performance. What ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-05-11)This research was undertaken to establish the behaviours of leaders who get things done. Leadership attributes can be divided into three broad categories, namely, personal traits of leaders (who leaders are), their knowledge ...
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(Wiley, 2019-02)This qualitative study investigates whether the views of managers need to be congruent with the corporate sustainability (CS) logics—either integrative or instrumental—of their employing organization. We assessed the CS ...
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(UNISA School of Management Sciences, 2014)In this study we draw on a series of in-depth interviews with chief executives of some of South Africa’s most prominent businesses, to investigate how their careers unfolded as they rose to the top of their organisatio ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-03)Where cross-cultural encounters are often part of daily life in business and social contexts cultural intelligence has become a necessity for our times. This is especially true in a culturally diverse South Africa where ...
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(Emerald, 2022-10)PURPOSE : Major social changes, such as those induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, intensify the need for organisations in Africa to accelerate adaptation. Leadership plays an important role in their organisations’ adaptation. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Leaders of organisations are faced with a severe challenge due to a rapidly changing business environment. Increased competition and lack of knowledge workers have seen organisations operating with lean labour forces, thus ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-04-17)The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a significant shift from traditional, physical workplaces to hybrid work environments. This has increased the current need for creativity and disrupted the way organisations operate, ...
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(UNISA School of Management Sciences, 2017-11-14)Assertiveness is arguably one of the strongest predictors of success among business leaders and professionals. The study focuses on imposter phenomenon (IP), which occurs when an individual, normally considered to be a ...
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(Graduate School of Business Leadership and the Department of Business Management, University of South Africa, 2012)Organisational energy is described in the literature as a renewable resource that can be viewed as a differentiator between excellent and mediocre performance of organisations. The level of intensity of energy can have ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-21)The main objective of this study was to determine the entrepreneurial potential amongst Grade 10 learners in South Africa (Moutse East, Sekhukhune district of Limpopo Province), using the ATE test2 developed at the Kingston ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)Wisdom is very difficult to study due to the complexity of defining wisdom outright. Various models propose characteristics of individuals that are perceived as wise but wisdom finds its real application in decision making. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-09-11)Investigating the lived experience of followership during the COVID-19 crisis, this study provided greater insight into the importance of followership in the leader-follower paradigm and the influence which crises have on ...
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(Emerald, 2022-01)PURPOSE : Organisations have to be ambidextrous to survive in modern times. This study, therefore, aims to investigate the influence of contextual leadership on exploratory and exploitative innovation. Environmental dynamism ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)The need for this research stems from the need for organisations to develop, nurture and grow managers into leadership positions and identifying the factors that positively contribute to this growth within organisational ...
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(Routledge, 2024)This study examined the communication styles of rectors and vice-rectors of German public universities during the COVID-19 pandemic to explore the influence of gender on leadership communication. We collected data from ...
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