Social entrepreneurship has been positioned as a special form of entrepreneurship and is receiving growing attention from scholars and practitioners. It is relevant to all continents and cultures, but the ways it manifests itself in each continent vary. In this chapter we argue that the fundamental questions about what motivates people to start practicing as […]
Read MoreMuch of the current problems in organisations are emanating from the worldviews of the stakeholders involved in those organisations. The construct of worldview hails from the German word ‘Weltanschauung’. It refers to the belief framework through which an individual or community (group, organisation, nation, civilisation) conceptualises reality and interprets the world and interacts with it. […]
Read MoreWomen nowadays, despite progress and numerous attempts to fight oppression, still struggle for equal rights on a global scale. Now that we have entered the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, could this be the most opportune time for the world to finally overcome gender boundaries? Or will this threaten to deepen rigid gender stereotypes […]
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This chapter shows that decision-making involves interactions between reason and intuition. It explains how several subtle cues, when integrated, lead to a holistic, coherent understanding of what happens when decision makers act in a context that is not conditioned but creates room for natural stimuli. The emergence of subtle cues influenced by internal enablers can […]
Read MoreConnectedness is considered as one of the defining characteristics of the twenty-first century, with organizational research highlighting the importance of time, pace, rhythm, and cycles in business through the phenomenon of entrainment. Entrainment is a process of synchronization and connectedness within, between, and across rhythmic activities. This conceptual paper argues that applying spiritual leadership at […]
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The Routledge Companion to Management and Workplace Spirituality provides readers with a broad, cutting-edge overview of the discipline of management spirituality and religion (MSR). Marques has gathered leading scholars from around the world who share their insights and research on important topics such as linking spirituality and religion, cultural influences on workplace spirituality, mindfulness, and managing […]
Read MoreWe examine the mediating role of an entrepreneur’s opportunity register in the relationship between individual’s self regulation mode and emergence of growth intentions. Online survey among a stratified random sample of 155 entrepreneurs from client database of a bank was conducted. Six hypotheses were statistically analysed for ascertaining this mediating role. Findings imply that entrepreneurs […]
Read MoreThis paper attempts to provide an integrative definition schema suitable for redefining various definitions of leadership and building theories on leadership by following glocal fundamental research (GFR) approach which focuses both on an integrative and a holistic understanding of leadership. ‘GLocal’ research here refers to research that is culturally embedded in the local reality while […]
Read MoreTrust forms the bedrock of any business and can be seen as the fundamental currency of all human activity. The nurturing of trust is key to risk management, innovativeness and economic progress. Businesses benefit from several types of intelligence, especially those that give them power owing to an asymmetry of knowledge. However, firms often lack […]
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