News tagged with leadership
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
Sep 28, 2009 |
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People behave socially and 'well' even without rules: study
Fundamentally people behave in a social and rather compassionate and "good" way rather than aggressively, even without specified rules. That is the result of a study from the Institute for Science of Complex Systems at the ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Caveman instincts still play role in choosing political leaders
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to voter preference, the issues count. But some may pull the handle for a more primal reason: Physical fitness and stature against an opponent.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Leadership success linked to social status
(PhysOrg.com) -- People tend to follow leaders they perceive as high-status individuals and typically reject the take-charge efforts of people considered lower-status or misfits, according to a research team that included ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Relying too much on e-mail bad for business, study says
Firing off e-mails and cueing up videoconferences get work done fast, but not necessarily well, research by a University of Illinois business leadership expert found.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2010 |
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How a candidate moves influences how you vote (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The perceived health of an election candidate can predict how people will vote according to recently published research- and voters can form opinions about how healthy a candidate is based solely on the way ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Study: Evolutionary past may determine how we choose leaders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why did Barack Obama win the US election and did the fact he is over six feet tall influence the voters? The authors of a paper published in Current Biology this month argue that due to 'a ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Study: Embrace the 'Dwight Schrutes' in your office for better performance
Nobody wants to share a cubicle with a new hire like Dwight Schrute.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 30, 2009 |
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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
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Yahoo! dumping products in turn-around plan
Yahoo! is dumping products along with workers in a quest to return the faded Internet star to glory.
Apr 18, 2012 |
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China smartphone market 'to overtake US'
China is set to be the biggest smartphone market this year after shipments in the second-half of 2011 outstripped the US, a technology research firm said.
Mar 16, 2012 |
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New research reveals chief executive 'churn' as myth
Research into the leadership structure of the UK's largest companies, carried out by the University of Southampton in collaboration with executive search consultants Thorburn McAlister, suggests turnover rates ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Cultural 'tightness' holds back female leadership -- but not always, says study
Countries that more strictly uphold their cultural norms are less likely to promote women as leaders – unless those norms support equal opportunity for both sexes, shows a new paper from the University of Toronto's Rotman ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Sony's Hirai to replace Stringer as CEO in April
(AP) -- Sony Corp. announced Wednesday that Kazuo Hirai, who leads the company's core consumer products business, will replace Howard Stringer as CEO and president effective April 1, as the electronics and ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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'Doomsday' ticks closer on nuclear, climate fears
Global uncertainty on how to deal with the threats of nuclear weapons and climate change have forced the "Doomsday clock" one minute closer to midnight, leading international scientists said Tuesday.
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Leadership
Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". Other in-depth definitions of leadership have also emerged.
For more information about Leadership, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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