... (d) these constraints – three of them are unmarried and one of them was widowed. Their marital status assumes significance in the context of construction of particular gender identities they acquired in popular discourse, which does not preclude allegations of affairs with men in their close ... of leadership – traditional, legal/rational and charismatic. Weber (1947: 358–359) defined charisma as being 'set apart from ordinary people and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities regarded as of divine origin or as...

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... al., describe the various characteristics of a charismatic (god given talent in Greek) leader. Note the similarities with the Great Person theory. 1) Self-confidence. 2) Vision. 3) Extra-ordinary behaviour. Behaviour that is noteworthy or beyond ordinary scope. For example, the self-sacrifice of Ghandi. 4) Change agent. This is an interesting point - charismatic are always about change or rebirth. This can lead to some ... bound to be problematic. Contingency theories are better model. They argue that actions are situation dependent. The contingency theories of leadership specifically a...

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... individuals and not just members of a group. Branson can therefore be regarded a transformational leader as he inspires followers to go beyond their own self-interests, he has a deep and extra ordinary effect on followers (Grant, 2005) he is very motivational, influential, intellectually stimulating, considerate (Robbins and Judge 2009). In addition, he has strong-held beliefs and values, and likes to stimulate ... . (Grant 2005)   Team Climate and Knowledge Sharing According to (Seibert et al., 2004), team climate refers to an implicit frame that shapes individual perceptions, attitud...

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