Work Engagement


Book Description

This book provides the most thorough view available on this new and intriguing dimension of workplace psychology, which is the basis of fulfilling, productive work. The book begins by defining work engagement, which has been described as ‘an opposite to burnout,’ following its development into a more complex concept with far reaching implications for work-life. The chapters discuss the sources of work engagement, emphasizing the importance of leadership, organizational structures, and human resource management as factors that may operate to either enhance or inhibit employee’s experience of work. The book considers the implications of work engagement for both the individual employee and the organization as a whole. To address readers’ practical questions, the book provides in-depth coverage of interventions that can enhance employees’ work engagement and improve management techniques. Based upon the most up-to-date research by the foremost experts in the world, this volume brings together the best knowledge available on work engagement, and will be of great use to academic researchers, upper level students of work and organizational psychology as well as management consultants.










Dissertation Abstracts International


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Abstracts of dissertations available on microfilm or as xerographic reproductions.




Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership


Book Description

For 15 years and through two editions, this handbook has been indispensable for serious students of leadership. Now, in this third edition, Bass introduces a decade of new findings on the newest theories and models of leadership. With over 1,200 pages of essential information, Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership will continue to be the definitive resource for managers for years to come.







Developing a Leadership Style to Fit in the 21st Century Challenges


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Leadership style is defined as the process taken by an individual (a leader) to influence other group members with a view to achieving the group's goals. Leadership is also seen as process which people use to bring out the best in themselves and others. Organizational culture plays a prominent role in determining the effectiveness of leadership styles. Leadership literature identifies transformational leadership, transactional leadership and laissez-faire leadership as the three common leadership styles, with transformational leadership and transactional leadership as being the most dominant. The purpose of this study was to critically examine the various leadership styles in order to develop a leadership style to fit the 21st century challenges. The focus was on transformational leadership, transactional leadership, autocratic leadership, democratic leadership, visionary, charismatic and the servant-leadership styles of project managers and their impact on the challenges and project performance.







Leadership Styles A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition


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What are the leadership styles practiced by your organization principal? How do different leadership styles link into different organizational emotions? Has your organization learned new leadership styles or changed existing ones? Why are certain leadership styles more effective in certain situations? How do the leadership styles directly affect staff motivation? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Leadership Styles investments work better. This Leadership Styles All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Leadership Styles Self-Assessment. Featuring 968 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Leadership Styles improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Leadership Styles projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Leadership Styles and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Leadership Styles Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Leadership Styles areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Leadership Styles self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Leadership Styles Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.