Journal of Management Development: Volume 33 Issue 3

Leaders need to develop their willpower

Tom Karp

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of willpower in acts of leadership and, if significant, how a leader should develop his or her willpower in order to…

Exploring observational learning in leadership development for managers

Steve Kempster, Ken Parry

Observational learning within the leadership development of managers is under-theorized thus far. The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical argument that builds out…

Effect of a leadership intervention on subordinate well-being

Anna-Liisa Elo, Jenni Ervasti, Eeva Kuosma, Pauliina Mattila-Holappa

Leadership behaviours are shown to contribute to subordinate well-being. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of a 7.5-day personal growth-orientated leadership…

Teaching the un-teachable: storytelling and meditation in workplace spirituality courses

Joan Marques, Satinder Kumar Dhiman, Jerry Biberman

The purpose of this paper is to review the implementation of two strategies that are actually un-teachable yet highly effective in higher education: meditation and storytelling…

Simulation-based learning in management education: A longitudinal quasi-experimental evaluation of instructional effectiveness

Jiafang Lu, Philip Hallinger, Parinya Showanasai

Proponents have argued that simulation-based learning (SBL) offers capabilities that respond to persisting critiques of management education. This research intended to provide…

Gender, age and nationality: assessing their impact on conflict resolution styles

Oluwakemi Gbadamosi, Abbas Ghanbari Baghestan, Khalil Al-Mabrouk

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the conflict resolution styles used by university students in handling conflicts, and to determine the effects (if any) of age…

Conceptualizing and implementing the distributed leadership practices in Indian organizations: Preliminary findings

Ajay K. Jain, Hans Jeppe Jeppesen

The purpose of this paper is to measure employees’ attitude toward distributed leadership (DL) practices and investigate the challenges involved in implementing DL practices in…