Browsing PhD Dissertations by Subject "Leadership"

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Accentuate the positive : organizational and personal consequences of positive leadership

Weigand, Heidi A. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)

For this thesis, I examined the relationship between positive leadership and follower work behaviours through two studies. In the first, 313 employees participated in a study to examine how leaders’ positivity and positive ...
Character strengths in leadership

Thun, Noel Balliett (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2009)

This dissertation contains three sequential studies that use a mixed-methods approach. The first study involved qualitative interviews with 29 individuals using the critical incident technique (Flanagan, 1949) and Peterson ...
Contagious motivation in the workplace : an examination of how leaders' motivation can impact the motivation of their subordinates

MacLellan, Aleka Maria (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)

There is substantial research on the importance of autonomous motivation in the workplace; however, little is known on how to change motivation. Drawing on motivation and leadership theories, this dissertation examined the ...
Context and leadership in the remote environment

Kelley, Elizabeth (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2005)

Previous models of leadership have been based on an assumption of face-to-face contact between the leader and the follower. Increasingly, however, advanced information technology is being used by organizations to enable ...
Dignity at work

Thibault, Tabatha (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-08-02)

Workplace dignity has been an emerging topic in psychology in the last decade and is theoretically tied to employee well-being (Khademi et al., 2012; Utriainen & Kyngäs, 2011). However, dignity at work has been difficult ...
Discourse and intersectionality over time in leadership composition

Watson, Kerry A. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2023-06-13)

Using British Airways (BA) PLC as the case study, I undertake a critical discourse analysis of the lack of diversity in top management teams. Organization leadership is important for several reasons including its role in ...
Do the advantages of androgynous leadership extend to teams? : development, validation, and testing of a team androgyny instrument

Mercer-Prowse, Danielle (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)

Recent business scandals (e.g., Lehman Brothers) raise questions regarding the role of decision-making in shaping outcomes such as performance. Researchers have examined decision-making of organizational teams from a variety ...
From leadership to customer loyalty : reconceptualizing the service-profit-chain

Myrden, Susan E. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)

With consumers becoming progressively more sophisticated in their evaluations of their service consumption experiences companies are forced to focus greater attention on the nature and quality of the service provided to ...
Leading the way to safety : an investigation of S.A.F.E.R. Leadership

Ozbilir, Timur (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)

Work related injuries and fatalities can cause significant human suffering as well as considerable social and economic costs. A growing body of research has demonstrated that leaders can play an important role in enhancing ...
Maximizing the potential of age-diverse work groups and their leaders in contemporary workplaces

Scheuer, Cara-Lynn (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)

Age diversity has the potential to offer significant advantages in contemporary workplaces. However, surprisingly, many organizations fail to realize these benefits. This may partially be due to a lack of understanding of ...
Safety-specific transformational leadership :an experimental study

Mullen, Jane (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2005)

A model of safety-specific transformational leadership and passive safety leadership was developed and empirically evaluated based on a sample of young workers. The results of structural equation modeling illustrated that ...
Storytelling leadership : connecting heart, mind, body and spirit to stories of the old days and old ways of Labrador

Price, Shelley T. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)

The THEM DAYS stories of the old days and old ways of Labrador have offered me some leadership advise. This dissertation is a personal story of my uncomfortable long loving deeply contemplative multisensory learning journey. ...
Transformational leadership and employee well-being : a longitudinal two-study investigation

Johnston, Pierre J. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2012)

The present study examined the relationship between transformational leadership (using the Global Transformational Leadership Scale) and employee well-being (using the General Health Questionnaire - 12, and the Job-related ...