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21 – 30 of over 3000Presents a framework for research into the exercise of values through organisational leadership. Leadership as a relationship and as a behaviour has values as a core dimension…
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Presents a framework for research into the exercise of values through organisational leadership. Leadership as a relationship and as a behaviour has values as a core dimension. Values underpin trust and credibility upon which relationships are built and sustained and inform the exercise of logical reasoning, communication, strategic thinking, and use of power. The proposed framework draws on work on emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence and management behavioural competencies. It does not seek to identify a particular value set as optimal for leadership, but rather to identify the skills base required for the exercise of values through leadership. Whilst the contribution to leadership of senior executive coaching is increasingly recognised, extending this to line managers will, in practice, require tools and programs built around a testable research framework. Such a framework will assist HR managers to argue the strategic case for investment in values leadership training skills for supervisory and middle management personnel.
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Accountants are looking for innovative solutions to challenges and problems that seem to become increasingly numerous and complicated. Researchers debate whether the emergence of…
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Accountants are looking for innovative solutions to challenges and problems that seem to become increasingly numerous and complicated. Researchers debate whether the emergence of these challenges is due to a general dissatisfaction with the existing accounting paradigm. This article therefore presents a transdisciplinary approach aimed at creating a new accounting paradigm. The discipline of accounting is challenged by blending the limitations within the present paradigm with the discoveries in physics and quantum mechanics. This study shifts the attention to those aspects of reality that characterise today’s accelerated social change, disorder, instability, diversity, disequilibrium and non‐linear relationships – all with a heightened sensitivity to the flow of time. By interpreting financial accounting and reporting from this perspective, new perspectives are offered from a holistic paradigm of transcendence in relation to the arrow of time and information capacity.
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Juan-Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Constantin Bratianu, Aurora Martínez-Martínez, Elena-Mădălina Vătămănescu and Dan-Cristian Dabija
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the generation of civic and public (C&P) engagement as an integrative outcome of a proper balance between emotional, rational and…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the generation of civic and public (C&P) engagement as an integrative outcome of a proper balance between emotional, rational and spiritual knowledge, via the mediation of interpersonal competencies.
Design/methodology/approach
The empirical analysis relies on a questionnaire-based survey conducted with 294 respondents from two knowledge-intensive organizations. Structural equation modeling, using Smart PLS 4, is used to analyze the data.
Findings
Individual knowledge can be considered as the refined outcome of the underlying transformations of various knowledge sources and resources, which is apposite for the next level of knowledge workers’ acumen. Individual knowledge – which relies on a good balance of rational, emotional and spiritual knowledge – exerts a positive effect on interpersonal competencies, wherein the latter positively influences the C&P engagement of knowledge workers.
Research limitations/implications
Policymakers should capitalize on the development of strong interpersonal competencies; they should be able to understand the social mechanisms of motivating people, of stimulating, harnessing and channeling individual knowledge toward higher C&P as a prerequisite of value creation.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first argumentative undertaking intended to explore the conversion of the three knowledge types into individual knowledge as a premise of interpersonal competencies development and as a relevant antecedent of C&P engagement. The results of this paper support that achieving balance in one's life is essential for increasing interpersonal competencies and C&P engagement. This study not only represents the first contribution to this debate but also helps managers and organizations to recognize that a good balance requires emotional, rational and spiritual knowledge.
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Sohail Akhtar, Mohd Anuar Arshad, Arshad Mahmood and Adeel Ahmed
The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of spiritual quotient (SQ) on the organisational sustainability from the Islamic perspective. Till date, many organisations…
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of spiritual quotient (SQ) on the organisational sustainability from the Islamic perspective. Till date, many organisations around the world are facing environmental, social and economic issues affecting their organisational sustainability.
Design/methodology/approach
The present paper is conceptual paper based on literature review on employee’s behavioural issues and role of SQ for organisational sustainability.
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This present paper argues that SQ must be considered as the important factor for employee development in the organisation. It develops spiritual awareness among employees which enhances their productivity within the organisation. Furthermore, SQ is necessary means of identifying and harnessing deeper inner resources with the capacity to care for the well-being of the organisation and advance its development.
Research limitations/implications
The paper suggests SQ and its multi-dimensions with the implication for future research in organisational sustainability.
Originality/value
The paper discusses the development of the concept of SQ from the Islamic perspective.
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Patrick Primeaux and Gina Vega
Andrew Greeley draws a distinction between serious literature and popular literature, and locates theological and moral insight in the latter rather than the former. An overview…
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Andrew Greeley draws a distinction between serious literature and popular literature, and locates theological and moral insight in the latter rather than the former. An overview of modern writing leads him to conclude that, while “‘serious’ literature realizes that life is pointless and absurd…popular fiction or fairy stories…reassure their readers that there is meaning and purpose in life” (Greeley, 1988, p. 11). He readily acknowledges that this has not always been the case. However, to find “happy endings” revealing “paradigms of meaning” and hopeful, encouraging answers to the important questions of life the contemporary reader turns to popular literature (Greeley, 1988, p. 11).
Oswald A. J. Mascarenhas, Munish Thakur and Payal Kumar
All of us are born critical thinkers; some perfect this talent; others ignore it as useful in daily life. This chapter follows those who perfected this talent in order to learn…
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All of us are born critical thinkers; some perfect this talent; others ignore it as useful in daily life. This chapter follows those who perfected this talent in order to learn from them the art and models of critical thinking in terms of its optimal inputs, processes, and outputs. According to great critical thinkers in business management, critical thinking questions – or should question – the obsessive generalizations, constraints, and “best” practices of the prevailing system of management, and try to replace them with more valid assumptions and more meaningful generalizations that uphold the dignity, uniqueness, and inalienable rights of the individual person and the community. After setting out some cases illustrating the lack of critical thinking, in Part I of this chapter, we introduce some representative management thinkers on critical thinking, and in Part II, we introduce eight models or practical approaches for critical thinking.