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View article: A Fuzzy Approach to Project Success: Measuring What Matters
A Fuzzy Approach to Project Success: Measuring What Matters Open
This paper introduces a novel approach to project success evaluation by integrating fuzzy logic into an existing construct. Traditional Likert-scale measures often overlook the context-dependent and multifaceted nature of project success. …
View article: How Leaders ‘Strength of Heart’ and ‘Strength of Will’ Enhance Team Performance
How Leaders ‘Strength of Heart’ and ‘Strength of Will’ Enhance Team Performance Open
Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
View article: Visibilizing and managing paradox: redefining the role of non-executive directors
Visibilizing and managing paradox: redefining the role of non-executive directors Open
Purpose This paper aims to discuss the work of non-executive directors (NEDs) as inherently paradoxical. Paradox refers to the presence of persistent contradictions between interdependent forces. Those persistent tensions are explored, and…
View article: From a Hobby to a Business: Drifting through Paradox While the Business Accelerates
From a Hobby to a Business: Drifting through Paradox While the Business Accelerates Open
Our longitudinal case study investigates the emergence of an embryonic business from a hobby. As the hobby evolved to become an entrepreneurial venture, the dimensions of play and work engaged in a paradoxical tension that dynamically pers…
View article: Are Gritty Leaders Happier <i>or</i> Unhappier? It Depends on How Prudent They are <sup/>
Are Gritty Leaders Happier <i>or</i> Unhappier? It Depends on How Prudent They are <sup/> Open
Grit in leaders (and, in general, all employees) typically results in greater success and well-being but also has potential downsides. We propose that gritty leaders also need to be prudent or they may spend excessive time and resources at…
View article: Positive leadership action framework: Simply doing good and doing well
Positive leadership action framework: Simply doing good and doing well Open
This article presents the Positive Leadership Action Framework (PLAF) to structure Positive Leadership (PL). The novelty of the PLAF is that it incorporates the connections of PL to positive outcomes (financial and economic performance and…
View article: Myopia during emergency improvisation: lessons from a catastrophic wildfire
Myopia during emergency improvisation: lessons from a catastrophic wildfire Open
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how a number of processes joined to create the microlevel strategies and procedures that resulted in the most lethal and tragic forest fire in Portugal's history, recalled as the EN236-1 road…
View article: Theorizing compassionate leadership from the case of Jacinda Ardern: Legitimacy, paradox and resource conservation
Theorizing compassionate leadership from the case of Jacinda Ardern: Legitimacy, paradox and resource conservation Open
During times of suffering such as that inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic, compassion expressed by leaders helps to ease distress. Doing so, those in a position to provide resources that might facilitate coping and recovery are attentive t…
View article: The paradox of the peasantry in management and organization studies
The paradox of the peasantry in management and organization studies Open
Purpose Burrell (2020) challenged management and organization studies (MOS) scholars to pay attention to a topic they have mostly ignored: the peasantry, those 2 billion people that work in the rural primary sector. This paper aims to addr…
View article: ‘Open Purpose’: Embracing Organizations as Expressive Systems
‘Open Purpose’: Embracing Organizations as Expressive Systems Open
The concept of purpose gained prominence in organization theory in recent years but there are discrepant views of its meaning, which we review as evolving and different perspectives: economic theories of the firm; stakeholder approaches; i…
View article: Non-naïve organizational positivity through a generative paradox pedagogy
Non-naïve organizational positivity through a generative paradox pedagogy Open
Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS), with positivity as a core conceptual component, is a major innovation in recent decades in management and organizational studies. Just as organization is an inherently paradox laden process, so to…
View article: Cognition, emotion and action: persistent sources of parent–offspring paradoxes in the family business
Cognition, emotion and action: persistent sources of parent–offspring paradoxes in the family business Open
Purpose The purpose of the study is to explore inductively the unique paradoxical tensions central to family business (FB) and to analyze how FB's members face these tensions and their implications in the personal and professional realms. …
View article: Moral_Courage_DATA.sav
Moral_Courage_DATA.sav Open
This multi-source study, involving a sample of 102 team leaders (assessed by peers, team members, and supervisors), tests how leader-expressed moral courage predicts leader effectiveness through, serially, leader respect for team members a…
View article: Employees’ Improvisational Behaviors: Exploring the Role of Leader Grit and Humility
Employees’ Improvisational Behaviors: Exploring the Role of Leader Grit and Humility Open
Organizations often have to improvise to deal with and capitalize on changing conditions. It is thus crucial that employees improvise and contribute to their organization’s adaptability. However, the microfoundations of organizational impr…
View article: Resilient Leadership as Paradox Work: Notes from COVID-19
Resilient Leadership as Paradox Work: Notes from COVID-19 Open
Crises and tragedies befalling individuals, teams, organizations or communities call for leadership that builds resilience in the face of danger. The COVID-19 pandemic, full of both known and unknown unknowns, is no exception and variable …
View article: Attitudes and HRM decisions toward older workers in Africa: exploring contradictions through an empirical study
Attitudes and HRM decisions toward older workers in Africa: exploring contradictions through an empirical study Open
We explored the attitudes toward older workers of African versus Portuguese managers, and how these managers make HRM decisions in scenarios involving younger versus older workers. To make cultural, social, and institutional explanations m…
View article: Hope in business organizing for societal progress: Three narratives
Hope in business organizing for societal progress: Three narratives Open
The relationship between business and society has been contested throughout history. This chapter explores the role of capitalistic organizations in society from ethical, empirical and prudential perspectives. The ethical analysis reviews …