Principal Proactivity

2016 ◽  
pp. 29-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuncer Fidan ◽  
Ali Balcı
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Strategic Learning ◽  
Feedback Seeking ◽  
Environmental Complexity ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Organizational Functioning ◽  
Proactive Behaviour ◽  
Different Levels

Increasing environmental complexity and ambiguity require organizations to rely on their members' proactive behaviors to deal with potential chaotic occurences surrounding the organizational functioning. Individuals respond these occurences by displaying various proactive behavior forms to build predictability islands in ocean of uncertainty. In this context, principal proactivity is one of key determinants of effectiveness of schools functioning in complex and anarchic environments. In this study, numerous forms of proactive behaviour were categorized under six general dimensions as innovativeness, issue selling, social networking, strategic scanning, strategic learning and feedback seeking. A causal comparative design was used to determine levels of general forms of proactive behavior performed by school principals. The data were collected from school principals working at different levels of public and private schools in Istanbul Province during 2014-2015 year. According to the results of study, the most frequent form of proactive behaviour displayed by school principals was strategic learning.

The Emergence and Maintenance of Ethical Leadership in Organizations

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silke Astrid Eisenbeiß ◽  
Steffen R. Giessner
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Organizational Characteristics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Environmental Complexity ◽  
Group Influence ◽  
Analysis Society ◽  
Different Levels

The present paper gives a review of empirical research on ethical leadership and shows that still little is known known about the contextual antecedents of ethical leadership. To address this important issue, a conceptual framework is developed that analyzes the embeddedness of organizational ethical leadership. This framework identifies manifest and latent contextual factors on three different levels of analysis – society, industry, and organization – which can affect the development and maintenance of ethical leadership. In particular, propositions are offered about how (1) societal characteristics, notably the implementation and the spirit of human rights in a society and societal cultural values of responsibility, justice, humanity, and transparency; (2) industry characteristics such as environmental complexity, the content of the organizational mandate, and the interests of stakeholder networks; and (3) intra-organizational characteristics, including the organizational ethical infrastructure and the ethical leadership behavior of a leader’s peer group, influence the development and maintenance of ethical leadership in organizations. This list of factors is not exhaustive, but illustrates how the three levels may impact ethical leadership. Implications for managerial practice and future research are discussed.

A Critical Analysis of Selected Public and Private Mutual Fund Schemes in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (8) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Dr. V. Murali Krishna ◽  
Dr T. Hima Bindu ◽  
Dr. Ravikumar Gunakala
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Capital Market ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Portfolio Diversification ◽  
Financial Intermediaries ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Fixed Base ◽  
Banking Institutions ◽  
Different Levels

Mutual Fund Industry is one of the emerged dominant financial intermediaries in Indian Capital Market. The main objective of investing in a mutual fund is to diversify risk. Though the mutual fund invests in diversified portfolio, the fund managers take different levels of risk in order to achieve the schemes objectives. Mutual funds allow portfolio diversification and relative risk management through collection of funds from the savers/investors, the same investing in equity and debt stocks. This type of invested funds is managed by professional experts called as fund managers Funds are categorized as income should fixed base in India are a kind of mutual fund which makes investment in debt securities that have been issued to the corporate, banking institutions and to government in general

Sporting Safe in the Liminal Sphere

2016 ◽  
pp. 865-875
Author(s):  
Santosh Khadka
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Rhetorical Performance ◽  
The Web

Facebook, like any other social networking site, troubles the traditional categories of private and public spheres. As it complicates (and transcends) the distinction, it can be called a different space, or a liminal space, which falls somewhere in-between private and public spheres. The author argues that this recognition of Facebook as a liminal sphere has important implications to the (re) definition of public and private spheres and to the ways rhetoric should work or be used in the Web 2.0 sites like Facebook. The author also proposes that Michael de Certeau's notions of “strategy” and “tactics” can be powerful rhetorical tools to deal with Facebook's liminality and to enhance the rhetorical performance of self in Facebook and other similar new media forums.

Public Relation Practitioners, Independency, and Teamwork in the UAE Organizations

2012 ◽  
pp. 964-980
Author(s):  
Badreya Al-Jenaibi
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public Relations Practitioners ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Key Issues

This study includes topics related to social networking and teamwork in the United Arab Emirates organizations. The paper focuses on different concepts including the meaning of teamwork, formal and informal teamwork, and social teamwork challenges. Several key issues to be addressed are evaluating network communication in business, teamwork rewards, and scopes in the UAE business organizations. The research method utilized is a structural interview and focus group that includes 14 Public Relations practitioners in different public and private organizations. The researcher developed specific questions, such as: What are the challenges that face Public Relations practitioners when developing teamwork for social networking? Do leaders respect social network teams? Why? What are the advantages and disadvantages of social network teams? One of the research goals is to investigate PR employees and their adaptation of teamwork in local organizations, collaborations, and virtual and social networking. The study concludes with many behavioral and PR employees’ thoughts, such as a preference of informal teamwork as it relates to the organizational environment. Consequently, if the managers offer motivation and job satisfaction, the teamwork will accrue.

The Breastfeeding Controversy and Facebook

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasmin Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Values ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Spaces

Facebook’s decision to invoke its obscenity clause to bar users from posting pictures of breastfeeding ignited a controversy. Members protested against the ban both offline and online. The controversy raised various issues between our lived offline experiences and the rules of engagement in social networking sites. Image economies on the Internet present new problems and challenges. Although they are crucial in the construction of profiles and identities in social networking sites and may therefore function as a referent of social values and norms, there may be disparities in the ways they are gazed at and interpreted as published content online. This paper examines the salient issues which emerged in the breastfeeding controversy with relevance to the image economy in social networking sites. In particular, it discusses the politicisation of the image, users’ notions and construction of public and private spaces in social networking sites, and the use of the image as symbol of dissent and activism in such online communities.

scholarly journals Market-Based Governance in Farm Animal Welfare—A Comparative Analysis of Public and Private Policies in Germany and France

Animals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colette S. Vogeler
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Farm Animal ◽  
Farm Animal Welfare ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Animal Protection ◽  
Agricultural Restructuring ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Private Actors ◽  
Different Levels

The intensification of livestock production and the focus on economic gains of agricultural policy have resulted in animal welfare related challenges. In many countries the societal concern for the welfare of farmed animals is increasing. Whereas policymakers on the European Union’s level and in EU member states have passed specific farm animal protection laws, the existing policies do not always guarantee the welfare of farmed animals. At the same time, the engagement of market actors in the field is increasing. This article explores the development of public and private policies in two countries with very different levels of regulation. By conducting a comparative analysis of public and private policies in Germany and France, the findings illustrate that, although they have different starting points, retailers in both countries are getting increasingly involved in farm animal welfare. In addition, there is evidence that governmental policies are shifting from regulatory to voluntary approaches in cooperation with the private sector. Given that in both countries these dynamics are a very recent development, it remains to be seen whether governmental actors will (re-)assume the lead in the field, whether they will engage in cooperation with private actors, or whether they will leave the task of agricultural restructuring to the market.

Linking Psychological Capital and Feedback-seeking Behavior: Feedback Cognition as a Mediator

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 1099-1112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanfei Wang ◽  
Jie Mei ◽  
Yu Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Psychological Resources ◽  
Feedback Seeking ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Seeking Behavior

Although previous researchers have examined the effects of the 4 positive psychological resources of psychological capital (PsyCap) on feedback-seeking behavior, and the influence of PsyCap on proactive behavior, the relationship between PsyCap and feedback-seeking behavior and its underlying mechanism has not been established. Thus, we explored whether or not the link between PsyCap and feedback-seeking behavior was mediated by feedback cognition, by conducting a 3-wave survey with 215 students from 4 universities in southern China. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were applied to examine our hypotheses. Results showed that PsyCap significantly influenced feedbackseeking behavior, and that feedback cognition fully mediated this relationship. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Environmental complexity during early life shapes average behavior in adulthood

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjiu Xu ◽  
Qi Yao ◽  
Wenwen Zhang ◽  
Feng Zhang ◽  
Haifeng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Structural Complexity ◽  
Complex Environments ◽  
Environmental Complexity ◽  
Linear Mixed Effects ◽  
Average Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Traits ◽  
Population Average ◽  
Robust Evidence ◽  
Different Levels

Abstract Personality has been identified in a range of animal taxa during the last few decades, with important ecological and evolutionary implications. Investigating the effects of environmental factors during early life can provide important insights into the ontogeny of animal personality. We reared newborn mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, in tanks of different structural complexities, and measured their behavioral traits (i.e., shyness, exploration, and sociability) when they reached sexual maturity. Univariate linear mixed-effects models were fitted to test the effects of environmental complexity and sex on population-average behavior, whereas multivariate models were fitted to quantify behavioral repeatability (i.e., personality) and among-individual correlations (i.e., behavioral syndromes). On average, females were shyer and more social than males, and the fish reared in complex environments were shyer, less explorative, and more social than those reared in open environments. Among-individual differences were consistently large across trials for all behaviors, indicating that personality variation was present in mosquitofish of both sexes reared in different environments. Repeatability did not differ among behaviors, and there were no differences in repeatability in any behavior between sexes or among environments. A negative correlation between shyness and exploration was found in mosquitofish from all treatments at both phenotypic and among-individual levels, with the latter indicating a strong shyness–exploration behavioral syndrome. Our study provides robust evidence that average levels of personality might vary when mosquitofish are raised in different levels of structural complexity during early life.

scholarly journals Shaping Multi-Level Energy and Climate Policy within the SET Plan Framework

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9545
Author(s):  
Mattia Manni ◽  
Valentina Coccia ◽  
Diletta Paoletti ◽  
Fabio Raspadori ◽  
Timo Ritonummi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Policy ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Level Energy ◽  
Energy Policies ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Energy And Climate Policy ◽  
Different Levels

At the dawn of a new European Green Deal (EGD), it is necessary to reconsider the plans and actions that have characterized the European energy policies during recent decades by tuning and updating the priorities and targets. The present work moves from the systematic review of the documents, laws, and scientific studies concerning energy and climate initiatives to the analysis of the role of the Strategic Energy and Technology Plan (SET Plan) in the energy transition. Thus, the principal research question addresses the influence of the SET Plan on multi-level energy policies. To answer this, firstly, the juridical framework in which the SET Plan was instituted is provided; secondly, its correlation to the upcoming EDG is described and the targets identified by each Implementation Working Group (IWG) are discussed. Such a dissertation is followed by the investigation of the activities at various levels from the IWG on Renewable Fuels and Bioenergy. The study has confirmed that the SET Plan contributed to shaping the energy and climate policy at European, national, and regional levels by implementing synergies among different levels of governance, different sectors, and various stakeholders (both public and private). Furthermore, it eased the sharing of data on flagship projects by periodically monitoring the achieved results.

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