Leadership characteristics that influence corporate efficiency

Management Skills ◽

Leadership Qualities ◽

Two Phase ◽

Leadership Practice ◽

Phase Study ◽

Focus Analysis ◽

Questionnaire Research ◽

Economic focus analysis alone cannot answer an organisation’s efficiency issues, as the soft attributes associated with management skills and leadership qualities are also important. According to transformational leadership theory (Bass–Avolio 1994, Bass 1990, Judge–Bono 2000, Bass–Bass 2008), there is a transformation between the manager and the subordinate, in which the two parties interact with and affect each other. A joint two-phase study was conducted to investigate the role of management in increasing corporate efficiency. As a first step, financial data of 1752 Hungarian manufacturing firms were analyzed. Companies were grouped according to their TFP (total factor productivity) (Juhász et al. 2020). As a second step, we linked a questionnaire survey to the preliminary TFP categorization. In our questionnaire research, we examined the individual characteristics, qualities, and specialties of leadership practices concerning the economic performance of the organizations. According to our findings, both the individual qualities of the leader and the characteristics of the leadership practice are decisive for the efficiency and results of the organization.

MEDIA SOCIALIZATION OF PERSONALITY IN THE CONTEXT OF INMUTATION IN THE MASS MEDIA

Pedagogical Sciences ◽

10.32999/ksu2413-1865/2020-91-15 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 104-109

Author(s):

Chernysh O.O.

Keyword(s):

Mass Media ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Effective Interaction ◽

Media Culture ◽

Active Growth ◽

Media Space ◽

The Media ◽

The urgency of the researched problem is connected with the growing role of mass media in modern conditions leads to change of values and transformation of identity of the person. The active growth of the role of the media, their influence on the formation and development of personality leads to the concept of “media socialization” and immutation in the media. The aim of the study is to outline the possibilities of the process of media socialization in the context of immutation in the media. The methods of our research are: analysis of pedagogical, psychological, literature, synthesis, comparison, generalization. The article analyzes the views of domestic and foreign scientists on the problem of immutation in the media and the transformation of the information space. In the context of the mass nature of the immutation of society, the concept of “media socialization” becomes relevant, which is the basis for reducing the negative impact of the media on the individual.The author identifies the lack of a thorough study of the concept of “media socialization” in modern scientific thought. Thus, media socialization is associated with the transformation of traditional means of socialization, and is to assimilate and reproduce the social experience of mankind with the help of new media.The article analyzes the essence of the concepts “media space”, “mass media” and “immutation”. The influence of mass media on the formation and development of the modern personality is described in detail.The study concluded that it is necessary to form a media culture of the individual, to establish safe and effective interaction of young people with the modern media system, the formation of media awareness, media literacy and media competence in accordance with age and individual characteristics for successful media socialization. The role of state bodies in solving the problem of media socialization of the individual was also determined. It is determined that the process of formation of media culture in youth should take place at the level of traditional institutions of socialization of the individual.The author sees the prospect of further research in a detailed analysis and study of the potential of educational institutions as an institution and a means of counteracting the mass nature of the immutation of society.Key words: immutation, media socialization, mass media, media space, information.

Bulletin of Kemerovo State University Series Political Sociological and Economic sciences ◽

Developing Conflict Management Skills in Municipal Employees: a Sociological Study

10.21603/2500-3372-2021-6-4-472-481 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 2021 (4) ◽

pp. 472-481

Author(s):

Aleksey Shilikov

Keyword(s):

Conflict Management ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Diagnostic Methods ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Management Skills ◽

Sociological Study ◽

Municipal Employees ◽

Draft Resolution ◽

The article introduces a sociological survey that featured the development of conflict management skills in municipal employees of the Belgorod region. The methods involved a questionnaire survey and a semi-structured interview of Belgorod municipal authorities, teaching staff of the Higher School of Management of the Belgorod State University, and employees of the Institute of Regional Personnel Policy of Belgorod. The reasons behind the conflicts were divided into those caused by the specifics of the municipal service, the peculiarities of team relations, and the individual characteristics of a municipal employee. The results of the study can improve the practical work of municipal personnel departments or be used in teaching sociological disciplines. Further study is required to develop diagnostic methods to identify the conflict management skills in municipal officials, collect information, define conditions and patterns of development, draft resolution procedures, etc.

Understanding the role of convenience in consumer food choices: a review article

SURG Journal ◽

10.21083/surg.v2i2.983 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 40-48 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Mary-Ellen Wales

Keyword(s):

Consumer Demand ◽

Food Choices ◽

Home Delivery ◽

Review Article ◽

Western World ◽

Internet Shopping ◽

Meal Preparation ◽

It is evident that convenience plays a prominent role in the food choices of today’s consumers. A trend having begun throughout the Western world, consumer demand for convenience foods is now on the rise around the globe. The growing presence of drive-thru windows, microwave dinners, take-out meals, home delivery for groceries and internet shopping, all demonstrate the importance of convenience in determining food choices. Costa et al. have argued that convenience itself determines where, when, why, what, how, and even with whom we eat. Several studies have examined the role that convenience plays in determining food choices, in particular, studies looking at the role of convenience in relation to full meal preparation and/ or consumption.The two areas of investigation will be 1) the dimensions of convenience as a part of the meal preparation and consumption processe, and 2) the individual characteristics of consumers and how they value these dimensions.

Genome-Wide Expression of MicroRNAs Is Regulated by DNA Methylation in Hepatocarcinogenesis

Gastroenterology Research and Practice ◽

10.1155/2015/230642 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Jing Shen ◽

Shuang Wang ◽

Abby B. Siegel ◽

Helen Remotti ◽

Qiao Wang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Dna Methylation ◽

Potential Role ◽

Dna Hypermethylation ◽

Two Phase ◽

Genome Wide ◽

Phase Study ◽

A Genome ◽

Genome Wide Expression ◽

Inactive Chromatin

Background.Previous studies, including ours, have examined the regulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) by DNA methylation, but whether this regulation occurs at a genome-wide level in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unclear.Subjects/Methods.Using a two-phase study design, we conducted genome-wide screening for DNA methylation and miRNA expression to explore the potential role of methylation alterations in miRNAs regulation.Results.We found that expressions of 25 miRNAs were statistically significantly different between tumor and nontumor tissues and perfectly differentiated HCC tumor from nontumor. Six miRNAs were overexpressed, and 19 were repressed in tumors. Among 133 miRNAs with inverse correlations between methylation and expression, 8 miRNAs (6%) showed statistically significant differences in expression between tumor and nontumor tissues. Six miRNAs were validated in 56 additional paired HCC tissues, and significant inverse correlations were observed for miR-125b and miR-199a, which is consistent with the inactive chromatin pattern found in HepG2 cells.Conclusion.These data suggest that the expressions of miR-125b and miR-199a are dramatically regulated by DNA hypermethylation that plays a key role in hepatocarcinogenesis.

MIKHAIL VRUBEL IN SEARCH OF THE “STYLISHLY BEAUTIFUL”. THE BIOGRAPHICAL ASPECT

Articult ◽

10.28995/2227-6165-2021-3-56-67 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 56-67

Author(s):

Olga S. Davydova ◽

Keyword(s):

Art History ◽

The Self ◽

Present Stage ◽

Leading Role ◽

Stage Of Development ◽

Russian Symbolism ◽

The Individual ◽

Independent Existence

The article is a conceptual exploration of the life and creative path of Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel (1856-1910) in the context of the individual characteristics of his personality. The relevance of this study is determined by the need to find new conceptual angles in the field of understanding the idealistic component of M.A. Vrubel's work, i.e. in the field of his iconographic poetics. The visual myth-making of the artist, who drew on authentic spiritual prototypes, defined the leading role of Vrubel not only in Russian Symbolism and Modernism, but also in Modernism as a whole. The linking of the biographical aspect with M.A. Vrubel's poetic thinking, examined through the prism of “pure art”, i.e. in the context of the idea of the legitimacy of the independent existence of the self-contained reality of the work, can give entirely new accents of understanding the deep origins and potential meanings of the artist's work at the present stage of development of art history.

The Factors’ Affecting Innovative Competency Development of Vietnamese Universities’ Lecturers

Journal of Education, Teaching and Social Studies ◽

10.22158/jetss.v3n3p1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. p1

Author(s):

Dr. Pham Xuan Hung ◽

MA. Pham Hoang Khanh Linh

Keyword(s):

Industrial Revolution ◽

Self Control ◽

Competency Development ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

University Teachers ◽

Know How ◽

Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽

The world’s in the process of globalization with the Fourth Industrial Revolution that connects people, influential nations, interactions, interdependence in every way. To survive and develop all of us must constantly innovate, create new products excel. Optimal solutions and breakthrough decisions’re entirely dependent on the creativity of each member of the organization. In this context, higher education, the role of universities’ teachers’re seen as the vanguard of innovation with mission to train human resources of high quality to meet the needs’ economic development - social. The articles’ give three groups of factors that influence the development of innovative competency’s university teachers; in which influential group’s within themselves, motives, the individual characteristics, the energy of the behavior. Self-motivation’s the key to formation and creation. And the way to develop the creative ability of university lecturers’re awaken the potential in each person so that they know how to self-control, master, orient themselves to develop their career.

PHASE INTERACTION BETWEEN EEG RHYTHMS IN THE STUDY OF PROCESSES OF TIME PERCEPTION

Bulletin of Siberian Medicine ◽

10.20538/1682-0363-2014-6-121-125 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 121-125

Author(s):

Yu. V. Bushov ◽

M. V. Svetlik

Keyword(s):

Time Perception ◽

Bispectral Analysis ◽

Eeg Rhythms ◽

Activity Type ◽

Gamma Rhythm ◽

Perception Of Time ◽

The Individual ◽

Occipital Lobes

The present study pursued to investigate the role of phase interactions between EEG rhythms in the process of the perception of time. The purpose of the study was to analyse the dependence of these interactions on the type and stage of the activity being performed, as well as on the individual characteristics of a human. For this purpose, 27 boys and 29 girls, all university students, were asked to reproduce and measure short intervals of time (200 and 800 ms), during which their EEG was recorded in frontal, central, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes, according to the system 10–20%. While studying phase interactions between EEG rhythms, we used wavelet bispectral analysis and calculated the bicoherence function. As it follows from the conducted research, most often close phase interactions are observed between the gamma-rhythm and other rhythms of EEG or between different frequencies of the gamma-rhythm. It was established that the phase interactions under study were influenced by the factors of “sex”, “activity type”, and “activity stage”. The study showed correlations of phase interactions with the levels of intellect, extraversion, neuroticism, with the particularities of the lateral organisation of brain, and the accuracy of time perception.

Are top executives important for earning management and firm risk? Empirical evidence from selected Chinese firms

International Journal of Emerging Markets ◽

10.1108/ijoem-09-2019-0734 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Khurram Iftikhar Bhatti ◽

Muhammad Iftikhar Ul Husnain ◽

Abubakr Saeed ◽

Iram Naz ◽

Syed Danial Hashmi

Keyword(s):

Financial Reporting ◽

Quantitative Data ◽

Active Role ◽

Earning Management ◽

Top Management ◽

Firm Risk ◽

Content Type ◽

PurposeThis study examines the role of the observable and unobservable characteristics of top management on earning management and firm risk in China.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used manager-firm matched panel for 104 non-financial firms listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange between 2010 and 2018. The authors also trace the persistence of managerial financial styles and their active role across two different firms between which managers switched during the sample period.FindingsThe results show that managers' financial styles indeed influence earning management and firm risk and that this influence differs across different managers. These findings are robust when tested for the persistence and active role of managers. Furthermore, individual characteristics such as age, gender, qualification and experience influence managers' financial styles.Practical implicationsGiven their findings, the authors propose that financial analysts and potential investors should not only depend on quantitative data but also consider the individual characteristics of managers when evaluating firms.Social implicationsThe findings of this study carry serious implications for managers, policymakers and potential investors. The findings assist the external auditors in measuring the risk of material misstatement, the various regulatory bodies to assess the quality of financial reporting and the users of financial statements to evaluate the earnings and make further investment decisions considering not only the quantitative data but also the individual characteristics of top managers.Originality/valueThe current study examines the observable and unobservable characteristics of top management on firm risk and earnings management in Chinese context.

Judging Expertise Through Communication Styles in Intercultural Collaboration

Management Communication Quarterly ◽

10.1177/0893318918824674 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 238-271 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Y. Connie Yuan ◽

Wang Liao ◽

Natalya N. Bazarova

Keyword(s):

Cultural Differences ◽

Chinese Students ◽

Communication Styles ◽

Second Phase ◽

Two Phase ◽

Intercultural Collaboration ◽

Phase Study ◽

Expertise Recognition ◽

Task Oriented

Recent research on expertise management calls for more attention to the role of communication in expertise recognition. Cultural differences in communication styles can complicate communication of expertise and consequently make expertise recognition more difficult in mixed-culture groups than in same-culture groups. This article reports results from a two-phase study (348 Chinese and non-Asian U.S. citizen [NAUSC] students in the first phase, and 24 four-person groups that consist of both NAUSC and Chinese students in the second phase) on the role of communication styles in intercultural collaboration. The results suggest that for both Chinese and NAUSC students, conversational control, tenseness, task-oriented communication, and confidence are important cues influencing expertise judgment, but perceived expertise and actual expertise may be unrelated to each other.

Survival estimation in two-phase cohort studies with application to biomarkers evaluation

Statistical Methods in Medical Research ◽

10.1177/0962280214534411 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 25 (6) ◽

pp. 2895-2908 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Paola Rebora ◽

Maria Grazia Valsecchi

Keyword(s):

Phase Ii ◽

Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽

Sampling Strategy ◽

Two Phase ◽

Entire Cohort ◽

Kaplan Meier ◽

Phase Study ◽

Survival Estimation ◽

Predictive Role

Two-phase studies are attractive for their economy and efficiency in research settings where large cohorts are available for investigating the prognostic and predictive role of novel genetic and biological factors. In this type of study, information on novel factors is collected only in a convenient subcohort (phase II) drawn from the cohort (phase I) according to a given (optimal) sampling strategy. Estimation of survival in the subcohort needs to account for the design. The Kaplan–Meier method, based on counts of events and of subjects at risk in time, must be applied accounting, with suitable weights, for the sampling probabilities of the subjects in phase II, in order to recover the representativeness of the subcohort for the entire cohort. The authors derived a proper variance estimator of survival by linearization. The proposed method is applied in the context of a two-phase study on childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which was planned in order to evaluate the role of genetic polymorphisms on treatment failure due to relapse. The method has shown satisfactory performance through simulations under different scenarios, including the case–control setting, and proved to be useful for describing results in the clinical example.