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The impact of organizational culture and leadership performance on PR professionals’ job satisfaction: Testing the joint mediating effects of engagement and trust Juan Meng

Abstract: The study examines the impact of critical organizational factors (organizational culture and excellent leader performance) on public relations professionals’ overall job satisfaction by focusing on testing the joint mediating effects job engagement and trust could generate. A national online survey of 838 public relations professionals working in a variety of organizations was used as […]

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Grant Awarded: PR women with influence: Breaking through the ethical and leadership challenges Juan Meng Read More
Teaching Leadership in a Management Course: Using Q Methodology to Engage Students in Theory Building Keith Herndon Paper accepted for presentation at the annual conference of the Association of Leadership Educators in Chicago, July 8-11, 2018.

Abstract: Teaching leadership within the parameters of a management course can be a daunting task. It is imperative for students to have an understanding of the perceived differences in leadership and management, but such instruction requires a delicate balance between teaching theory and illustrating practical applications. This article, prepared as an innovative practice paper, shares […]

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Labor Productivity: Proposing the Economic Metric as an Empirical Leadership Proxy Keith Herndon

Abstract: Leadership is inherently difficult to quantify.  Studies have surveyed and observed behavior in all sorts of organizations attempting to understand relationships and causes and effects of leadership styles and outcomes.  As Yammarino (2013) stated, “we have many empirical studies (quantitative, qualitative, and meta-analyses) on leadership, but theory is still ahead of data.” This paper […]

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