News tagged with leadership role

More than half of Americans doubt US global leadership in 2020

More than half of likely voters doubt that the United States will be the No. 1 world leader in science, technology and health care by the year 2020, according to a new national public opinion poll commissioned by Research!America. ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Apple fans: Company is more than Steve Jobs

(AP) -- Apple fans and would-be customers seemed to agree that while Steve Jobs' charisma and innovative genius is one-of-a-kind, the company he built will survive without him.

Technology / Business

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Do women have what it takes?

So much has changed since 1963, when Betty Friedan's influential "The Feminine Mystique" provoked a national discussion about the deep dissatisfaction women were feeling about the limitations of their lives. Many women came ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Organizational climate drives commercialization of scientific and engineering discoveries

Research universities with an organizational climate that actively supports commercialization and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers are more likely to produce invention disclosures and patent applications, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teachers can close gender gap in classroom leadership during medical school, study finds

Half of U.S. first-year medical students are female, yet a new UCLA study shows that they volunteer for leadership roles in the classroom significantly less than their male counterparts. Subtle encouragement from teachers, ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 28, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The evolving manager stereotype: Gender a factor in measuring a team's performance

Although women have made strides in the business world, they still occupy less than two percent of CEO leadership positions in the Fortune 500. Not surprisingly therefore leaders still tend to be thought of as men and most ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Do your children push the boundaries? It may be a sign of future leadership abilities study shows

Children whose parents use a firm parenting style that still allows them to test the rules and learn from it are more likely to assume leadership roles as adults according to a new study published in a recent edition of The ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Research Shows Pride’s Potential to Foster Individual Success

(PhysOrg.com) -- The age-old question of whether pride is the seventh sin or an adaptive virtue has been answered by two Northeastern University scientists. Contrary to popular belief, the researchers found that pride not ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0