Guidelines for Effectively Studying the Behavior of Leaders  in the Tourism Sector Using Interactionism Model from  a Strategic Management Perspective

The interactionism model is strongly connected to the theory of leadership effectiveness as a secondary concept of psycho-behavioral science that is extensively used today to support leaders in various professions, including tourism management, implying that strategic leadership qualities are a behavior capable of adapting to change and guiding the organization to reach its highest goals. Hence, this article explains the theoretical relationship between the interactionism model, leadership effectiveness theory, and McKinsey 7s framework concepts in tourism management and proposes an integrated research framework as a guideline for Thai scholars to investigate leadership behavior in the future under the conditions of tourism management. This study suggests combining the two ideas using a structural model analysis (SEM) framework due to its findings. The situational leadership effectiveness is categorized as part of the interactionism model, which focuses on two dimensions of leadership behavior: LPC psychological element and situational governance. It has been augmented by leaders’ circumstances or the working environment because of the study's context-specific situations, namely, tourist management. Consequently, a connection between leadership and strategic management was discovered.

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Influential Role of Culture on Leadership Effectiveness and Organizational Performance

Information Management and Business Review ◽

10.22610/imbr.v3i2.925 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 127-132 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Syed Kamran Ali ◽

Adeel Razaq . ◽

Muhammad Yameen . ◽

Suleman Sabir . ◽

Muhammad Asif Khan .

Keyword(s):

Organizational Culture ◽

Organizational Performance ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Leadership Effectiveness ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Leadership Behavior ◽

Research Paper ◽

Two Dimensions

The purpose of this research paper is to examine the influential role of culture on leadership effectiveness and organizational performance in Pakistan. Culture is discussed with its two dimensions, national and organizational culture. In this competitive and globalized arena, culture plays a significane role in the organizational performance and leadership effectiveness. It was also found that supportive leadership style is frequent in most of the orgnaizations in Pakistan. Participative leadership style has also a positive impact on organizational performane and leadership effectiveness but to some extent, but instrumental leadership style has a negative impact. This research paper is exploratory in nature which explains the importance of leadership styles and its impact on decision making which influence the overall performance of the organization. Our study is limited regarding the national culture and organizational culture as a mediating role. Practically there is some diversity among cultures of the Pakistani organizations which leades to the diversity in the leadership behavior.

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Revisiting Tourism Destination Image: A Holistic Measurement Framework Using Big Data

Journal of Travel Research ◽

10.1177/00472875211024749 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 004728752110247

Author(s):

Vinh Bui ◽

Ali Reza Alaei ◽

Huy Quan Vu ◽

Gang Li ◽

Rob Law

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Structural Model ◽

Destination Image ◽

Tourism Destination ◽

Computational Framework ◽

Four Dimensions ◽

Tourism Management ◽

Measurement Framework ◽

Compare And Contrast

Understanding and being able to measure, analyze, compare, and contrast the image of a tourism destination, also known as tourism destination image (TDI), is critical in tourism management and destination marketing. Although various methodologies have been developed, a consistent, reliable, and scalable method for measuring TDI is still unavailable. This study aims to address the challenge by proposing a framework for a holistic measure of TDI in four dimensions, including popularity, sentiment, time, and location. A structural model for TDI measurement that covers various aspects of a tourism destination is developed. TDI is then measured by a comprehensive computational framework that can analyze complex textual and visual data on a large scale. A case study using more than 30,000 images, and 10,000 comments in relation to three tourism destinations in Australia demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed framework.

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Strategic Management as a Basis of Sustainable Development in Agricultural Production

Economics and Management ◽

10.35854/1998-1627-2021-7-523-529 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 27 (7) ◽

pp. 523-529

Author(s):

T. V. Simonyan ◽

N. V. Shvydenko

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Strategic Management ◽

Agricultural Production ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Structural Model ◽

Innovation Policy ◽

Cluster Structure ◽

Industrial Complex ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Russian Economy

Aim. The presented study aims to substantiate a structural model for developing a sustainable development strategy in agricultural production, making allowance for changes in the level of impact of environmental factors.Tasks. The authors determine the reasons why the Russian agro-industrial complex (AIC) is lagging; identify the specific aspects of forming a strategy for the sustainable development of regional AICs; formulate urgent problems of sustainable development for the agri-food sector of the Russian economy at the federal, regional, and enterprise levels.Methods. This study uses a reasonable and objective approach to the problem of applying strategic management as a foundation for the sustainable development of agricultural production based on the knowledge of the laws of development of socio-ecological and economic systems and a study of multidirectional factors of the external and internal environment. The methodological basis for the sustainable development of agricultural production includes the concept of sustainable development as a priority at the macroeconomic level; strategy as a planning tool based on consistency with programs implemented at the federal, regional and municipal levels of public administration; methods and tools of strategic management at AIC enterprises.Results. The key aspects of the institutional-synergetic approach to the sustainable development of the AIC include the need to coordinate all factors by forming coherent goals not only among economic and financial institutions, but also for technopolises that combine scientific, industrial, financial, and entrepreneurial capital into one system cluster structure. The authors formulate the stages of implementing a strategy for the sustainable development of regional AICs, making it possible to come up with measures aimed at reorganizing the structure of the agricultural sector and to overcome the negative manifestations of crises in the Russian economy, thus minimizing their consequences.Conclusions. During the development of a strategy for the sustainable development of regional AICs, a multiplicative effect arises, making it possible to activate innovation policy and boost the development of other sectors of the economy, improving the population’s quality of life. When developing a strategy at the microeconomic level, it is necessary to make allowance for the specifics of the industry and the mission of a modern agro-industrial enterprise and to focus on solving problems formulated based on the trinity of goals of social, environmental, and economic long-term sustainable development.

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The diversity of Leadership roles in the context of behavioral complexity theory and its impact on leadership effectiveness

Iraqi Administrative Sciences Journal ◽

10.33013/iqasj.v2n2y2018.pp255-294 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 255-294

Author(s):

Saleh Abdul Rida Rashid ◽

Amer Ali Hussein Al Atawi ◽

Saddam Kadhim Al Khozai

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation ◽

Leadership Effectiveness ◽

Hypothesis Test ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Leadership Roles ◽

Behavioral Repertoire ◽

Behavioral Complexity ◽

Behavioral Differentiation ◽

The University

This research aims to examine the nature of the relationship between the various leadership roles and the effectiveness of leadership according to the perspective of the theory of behavioral complexity. The faculty at the University of Qadisiyahwas selected to test the hypotheses of research and to verify the objectives. The authors distributed the questionnaire to a sample of (165)individualsworking at different faculties of the university. The behavioral complexity variable consists of two dimensions, behavioral repertoire and behavioral differentiation. The variable of leadership effectiveness is treated asa single dimension variable. The study hypothesized that there is a positive relationship between the behavioral complexity and leadership effectiveness ,In other words , the educational leaders who use a variety of different roles will achieve the highest level of effectiveness. A variety of statistical tools were used to present the statistical description and hypothesis test, namely mean, standard deviation, simple correlation coefficient,andconfirmatory factor analysis , and structural equation modeling. The results reflected the validity of the research hypotheses , and in light of that a set of conclusions and recommendations were formulated

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Strategic Management in German Mittelstand Companies

Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science - Handbook of Research on Strategic Management in Small and Medium Enterprises ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-5962-9.ch016 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 328-348 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Helmut Kohlert

Keyword(s):

Strategic Management ◽

19Th Century ◽

German Economy ◽

Basic Question ◽

The South ◽

Formal Approach ◽

South West ◽

Strategic Approach ◽

Strongly Connected ◽

The 19Th Century

The objective of this chapter is to analyze the special aspects of strategic management in Mittelstand companies. It is a German phenomenon, which comes primarily from the State of Baden-Württemberg, in the south-west of Germany. Although the south-west of Germany was one of the poorest areas in Europe at the end of the 19th century, it developed to the most prosperous region in Europe over the next 100 years despite two wars which threw the region back for decades. The Mittelstand companies especially, sometimes called “the mighty middle,” are strongly connected with the German “Wirtschaftswunder,” the rise of the German economy after 1945. The strategic approach of Mittelstand companies is the content of this chapter. The formal approach of big corporations in strategic management does not really work in the very owner-centric environment of a Mittelstand company. The owners of Mittelstand companies seem to act more intuitively and are more intrinsically motivated than their counterparts in big corporations. The question now is what do Mittelstand companies have in common in their strategic management which can be generalized? This is the basic question of this chapter, which is looking for plausible answers.

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Leading, Managing, and Facilitating Organizational Change

Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage - Evidence-Based Initiatives for Organizational Change and Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-6155-2.ch013 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 261-282

Author(s):

Paul Steven Turner

Keyword(s):

Organizational Change ◽

Private Sector ◽

Strategic Change ◽

Leadership Behavior ◽

Transformational Change ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Change Strategies ◽

Implementation Effectiveness ◽

Executive Coach ◽

And Performance

This chapter focuses on organizational change and development and how leadership behavior impacts upon the delivery of the desired change, in terms of implementation, effectiveness, and performance. The reflective perspective seeks to explore learning insights gained via business and academic approaches within transformational change programs in two dimensions: first, the author's PhD research project investigated leadership behavioral approaches designed to deliver organizational change and increased engagement and performance; and second, the author's involvement as a business consultant and executive coach, acting for private sector companies on transformational change programs designed to deliver strategic change to drive increases in efficiency, effectiveness, and performance. The purpose of this chapter is to inform professionals involved in organizational change and development within their own or their client organizations and facilitate learning to help better understand the potential of leadership behavior in delivering successful organizational change strategies.

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Leading, Managing, and Facilitating Organizational Change

Research Anthology on Digital Transformation, Organizational Change, and the Impact of Remote Work ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-7297-9.ch088 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1770-1791

Author(s):

Paul Steven Turner

Keyword(s):

Organizational Change ◽

Private Sector ◽

Strategic Change ◽

Leadership Behavior ◽

Transformational Change ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Change Strategies ◽

Implementation Effectiveness ◽

Executive Coach ◽

And Performance

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A Dynamic Structural Model of Education and Skills Requirements for Careers in Information Systems

Information Systems and Technology Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-114-8.ch001 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Glenn R. Lowry ◽

Rodney L. Turner ◽

Julie Fisher

Keyword(s):

Professional Development ◽

Information Systems ◽

Structural Model ◽

Soft Skills ◽

Working Environment ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Relative Contribution ◽

Dynamic Structural Model ◽

Is Professionals ◽

Career Progress

This chapter presents a dynamic structural model of the relative contribution and importance of education and skills required of information systems (IS) professionals. Model development took into account the technical skills found in many tertiary IS programs, other business-oriented academic studies, and soft skills sought by employers in new graduates. The model also includes features of the working environment which influence the career progress of IS graduates. Acknowledging the importance of these four areas, the authors present a second-order structural model that links these areas and compares the application of this model to IS students and decision makers who employ graduates. The model fits the data for the two groups and exhibits some unexpected outcomes in the area of soft skills, with students attributing more importance to soft skills than IS managers. The model was employed to identify gender differences in perceptions of the relative contribution and importance of education and skills required of IS professionals. The model also includes features of the working environment which influence the career progress of IS graduates. The model was used to describe how attitudes and perceptions of IS professionals change across career stages as measured by age groupings. Changes in perceptions across four major age groupings show significant differences with respect to these factors according to age groups and by inference, career stage. The model allows, with some confidence, a quantitative interpretation of the relative importance of the respective variables from the perspectives of the student and employer stakeholder groups toward the education and professional development of IS professionals. The model also suggests the presence of contrasting, gender-based quantitative views of the relative importance of the respective variables to the education and professional development of IS professionals.

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A Two-Dimensional Adjustable Constant-Force Mechanism

Journal of Mechanical Design ◽

10.1115/1.4044917 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 142 (6) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Yu-Ling Kuo ◽

Chao-Chieh Lan

Keyword(s):

Limited Range ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Working Environment ◽

Design Parameters ◽

Constant Force ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Output Force ◽

Constant Output ◽

Force Variation ◽

Force Mechanism

Abstract Constant-force mechanisms (CFMs) can produce an almost invariant output force over a limited range of input displacement. Without using additional sensor and force controller, adjustable CFMs can passively produce an adjustable constant output force to interact with the working environment. In the literature, one-dimensional CFMs have been developed for various applications. This paper presents the design of a novel CFM that can produce adjustable constant force in two dimensions. Because an adjustable constant force can be produced in each radial direction, the proposed adjustable CFM can be used in applications that require two-dimensional force regulation. In this paper, the design formulation and simulation results are presented and discussed. Equations to minimize the output force variation are given to choose the design parameters optimally. A prototype of the two-dimensional CFM is tested to demonstrate the effectiveness and accuracy of adjustable force regulation. This novel CFM is expected to be used in machines or robots to interact friendly with the environment.

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Job morale of physicians in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review of qualitative studies

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028657 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (12) ◽

pp. e028657 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alina Sabitova ◽

Sana Zehra Sajun ◽

Sandra Nicholson ◽

Franziska Mosler ◽

Stefan Priebe

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Grey Literature ◽

Well Being ◽

Analytical Framework ◽

Working Environment ◽

Reference List ◽

Middle Income ◽

Staff Shortage ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

Context Specific

ObjectivesTo systematically review the available literature on physicians’ and dentists’ experiences influencing job motivation, job satisfaction, burnout, well-being and symptoms of depression as indicators of job morale in low-income and middle-income countries.DesignThe review was reported following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines for studies evaluating outcomes of interest using qualitative methods. The framework method was used to analyse and integrate review findings.Data sourcesA primary search of electronic databases was performed by using a combination of search terms related to the following areas of interest: ‘morale’, ‘physicians and dentists’ and ‘low-income and middle-income countries’. A secondary search of the grey literature was conducted in addition to checking the reference list of included studies and review papers.ResultsTen papers representing 10 different studies and involving 581 participants across seven low-income and middle-income countries met the inclusion criteria for the review. However, none of the studies focused on dentists’ experiences was included. An analytical framework including four main categories was developed: work environment (physical and social), rewards (financial, non-financial and social respect), work content (workload, nature of work, job security/stability and safety), managerial context (staffing levels, protocols and guidelines consistency and political interference). The job morale of physicians working in low-income and middle-income countries was mainly influenced by negative experiences. Increasing salaries, offering opportunities for career and professional development, improving the physical and social working environment, implementing clear professional guidelines and protocols and tackling healthcare staff shortage may influence physicians’ job morale positively.ConclusionsThere were a limited number of studies and a great degree of heterogeneity of evidence. Further research is recommended to assist in scrutinising context-specific issues and ways of addressing them to maximise their utility.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42017082579.

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