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  • Open Access
82 Citations
118,887 Views
24 Pages

19 May 2023

A part of diversity management is working to achieve gender equality and create a comfortable working environment for women. However, in many organizations, gender biases and stereotypes frequently occur, consciously or unconsciously, regardless of w...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
53,314 Views
25 Pages

22 January 2025

Leading multidisciplinary teams requires not only strong leadership skills, but also a supportive organizational environment. This study examines the key characteristics necessary for adaptive leadership and identifies the main organizational factors...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
34,790 Views
30 Pages

7 November 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with human-level cognitive abilities are increasingly integrated into workplaces, posing risks of job displacement and redundancy. Understanding AI’s impact on job automation is thus essential, as it he...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
23,155 Views
11 Pages

11 September 2023

Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) have been introduced as an alternative to hospital-based treatment. Their effectiveness and the factors that may influence it have not yet been fully investigated. According to Belbin’s theory, a team is mo...

  • Essay
  • Open Access
3 Citations
18,177 Views
24 Pages

Empowering Leadership in the Military: Pros and Cons

  • João Teixeira,
  • Leonor Pais,
  • Nuno Rebelo dos Santos and
  • Bruno de Sousa

24 October 2024

The military serves as a vital bridge between strategic goals and societal values. This study aims to comprehensively analyze the potential and limitations of Empowering Leadership (EL) in the armed forces. Considering the current post-pandemic conte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
17,735 Views
12 Pages

16 December 2024

In recent years, the role of leadership in increasing employee satisfaction (ES) has received significant attention, with emotional intelligence (EI) emerging as a key factor in promoting effective leadership (EL) in organizations. Although research...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
14,413 Views
16 Pages

Digging into “Zoom Fatigue”: A Qualitative Exploration of Remote Work Challenges and Virtual Meeting Stressors

  • Svea Luebstorf,
  • Joseph A. Allen,
  • Emilee Eden,
  • William S. Kramer,
  • Roni Reiter-Palmon and
  • Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock

15 February 2023

Purpose: With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, employees suddenly had to work remotely and realize all work-related social interaction in virtual formats. The sudden shift to the virtual format came with new workplace stressors. To understand the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
13,117 Views
17 Pages

3 August 2023

Positive leadership such as transformational leadership is pertinent to employee positive work outcomes, yet not many studies have looked at how it functions under specific work environment (i.e., organizational culture). The present study investigat...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
17 Citations
11,422 Views
22 Pages

6 December 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in an unprecedented adoption and integration of telehealth and artificial intelligence (AI) driven by telemedicine technologies into healthcare systems worldwide. These innovations promise to revolutionize healthcare...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
11,334 Views
10 Pages

Perceived Workplace Support for Employee Participation in Workplace Wellness Programs: A Brief Report

  • Jennifer Altman,
  • Casey Mace Firebaugh,
  • Stephanie M. Morgan and
  • Michael Epstein

20 July 2023

Workplace wellness programs have the potential to help improve employee well-being and manage the growing costs associated with poor employee health. Low participation rates stunt the benefits to employee health and limit organizations from maximizin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
11,234 Views
10 Pages

5 December 2024

The role of talent management is to ensure that employees’ special skills and talents are identified, and that the right jobs are assigned along their career paths. This study examines the relationship between talent management and employee ret...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
10,801 Views
19 Pages

Microaggressions in the Workplace: A Guide for Managers

  • Jennifer Feitosa,
  • Aaliyah Marie Almeida and
  • Teslin Ishee

17 April 2025

This paper provides guidance for organizations and individuals to combat the subtle yet impactful discrimination of microaggressions. Drawing from interdisciplinary sources, it integrates insights from organizational science and health psychology, wi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
9,769 Views
24 Pages

Charting the Journey of Young Leaders: A New Model of Transferability of Skills

  • Despoina Karagianni,
  • Olga Lainidi and
  • Anthony Montgomery

20 March 2023

Globally, adolescents and young adults are calling for action from governments on global humanitarian crises, taking on leadership roles that have contributed to redefining leadership in terms of behavior and action rather than qualities and status....

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
9,080 Views
20 Pages

6 March 2023

This study aims to examine the effects of various maternity leave support on the quiet quitting behaviors and mental health conditions of working mothers across industries during the post-pandemic period. Through an empirical survey method of 310 val...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,576 Views
21 Pages

27 April 2023

Workplace gossip, a ubiquitous organizational behavior broadly defined as talking about an absent target in an evaluative way, has received increasing scientific attention over the past few years. The complexity and dynamism of the workplace gossip p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
8,378 Views
19 Pages

11 November 2025

The rapid integration of emerging technologies into organizational processes has fundamentally redefined the role of strategic human resource management (SHRM). This paper explores how digital innovations—such as artificial intelligence (AI), r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
7,638 Views
12 Pages

Burnout and Turnover Intention Among Community and Hospital Pharmacists in Metro Manila, Philippines

  • Rogie Royce Carandang,
  • Forter Puguon Jr.,
  • Mary Louisse Santos,
  • Elizabeth Ilagan,
  • Kellie Gwyneth Gamboa and
  • Jose Gerardo Aquino

10 December 2024

Burnout among pharmacists is an increasingly urgent concern, with previous studies emphasizing its physical, psychological, and occupational consequences. However, limited research has explored specific burnout experiences and their impact on turnove...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,941 Views
19 Pages

The Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Work: Career Advancement Challenges

  • Sara McPhee Lafkas,
  • Marin Christensen and
  • Susan R. Madsen

22 February 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic upended countless lives all over the world. Considerable research has shown that women’s career progression has been more negatively impacted by the pandemic than men’s, especially in the wake of school closures and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,684 Views
25 Pages

2 October 2023

Stress increases among the working population in Germany. Workplace stress management interventions are therefore becoming increasingly important, especially in the public sector, which has a higher structural risk for work-related stress than other...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6,431 Views
16 Pages

Workplace Leadership Development Practices: An Environmental Scan

  • Roslyn Cameron,
  • Christine Edwards and
  • Gregory Harper

6 February 2024

Effective workplace leadership development programs are considered critical to organizational adaptive capacity and sustainability. The purpose of this exploratory study is to conduct an environmental scan of contemporary practices and approaches to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,238 Views
34 Pages

9 January 2025

This study explores the motivations and constraints of Iranian women entrepreneurs within a restrictive socioeconomic and cultural landscape. It adopts a qualitative approach and utilizes semi-structured interviews to investigate the complex interpla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,041 Views
19 Pages

“So, Why Were You Late Again?”: Social Account’s Influence on the Behavioral Transgression of Being Late to a Meeting

  • Joseph A. Allen,
  • Emilee Eden,
  • Katherine C. Castro,
  • McKaylee Smith and
  • Joseph E. Mroz

10 July 2023

People often offer an excuse or an apology after they do something wrong in an attempt to mitigate any potential negative consequences. In this paper, we examine how individuals employ social accounts when explaining their interpersonal transgression...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5,685 Views
18 Pages

30 November 2023

Utilizing a dataset from Metro Manila in the Philippines, we estimate the impact of gender on the return of education for individuals with disabilities, specifically focusing on visual, hearing, and walking difficulties. Controlling sample selection...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,636 Views
20 Pages

Leadership Energy Theory for Sustaining Leadership Competence and Effectiveness

  • Oluseye Olugboyega,
  • Obuks Ejohwomu,
  • Emmanuel Dele Omopariola and
  • Alohan Omoregie

7 June 2024

Leaders who lack leadership energy may struggle to demonstrate sustained competence and achieve effectiveness in difficult leadership situations. This research investigates the sources of leadership energy and examines the impact of leadership energy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,624 Views
16 Pages

10 July 2023

The aim of this paper was to assess secondary education teachers’ burnout in the Thessaloniki area. More specifically, the teachers of humanities (THs) and the teachers of sciences (TSs) were examined. In these groups, a comparative approach to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,345 Views
14 Pages

9 July 2024

Innovation is crucial for achieving and maintaining a competitive edge, especially evident in the digital business landscape, where the fourth and fifth industrial revolutions are occurring concurrently. Leadership behavior significantly influences t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,246 Views
16 Pages

3 February 2024

In pursuing this study, we were interested in the effect of changes in psychological demands over time on burnout. We were also interested in examining the moderating role resources could play between changes in job demands over time and employee bur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,137 Views
18 Pages

20 March 2023

The literature on careers is rapidly evolving, presenting relevant academic developments. Considering the volatility of the environment and the workforce and the search for sustainability, a new research avenue concerning sustainable careers is emerg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,997 Views
13 Pages

22 June 2023

The masculine image and the notions of manual work and physical strength have resulted in more men workers in forestry. This gender imbalance has influenced the sector’s leadership environment, a critical element in the workplace setting for me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,768 Views
14 Pages

4 September 2023

This paper explores the challenges early career researchers (ECRs) face in academia and the benefits of being part of a distributed peer mentoring network. The study highlights the importance of social capital and emotional and motivational support i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,489 Views
14 Pages

6 July 2023

Organizations are increasingly concerned about their social and environmental responsibilities and are interested in developing strategies to improve their performance and accountability in these areas. One such strategy focuses on leadership styles,...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,477 Views
14 Pages

26 October 2023

In an ageing society, organizations must consider the inclusion and effective management of older professionals if they wish to remain competitive. Besides having harmful and far-reaching effects on people’s health, age discrimination in the wo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,233 Views
20 Pages

19 March 2025

Mobbing, also referred to as workplace bullying, has significant impacts on employee behavior within organizational contexts, negatively affecting organizational performance. Consequently, promoting workplace well-being and individual performance eme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,130 Views
34 Pages

18 April 2023

The surveying profession in the UK construction industry continues to be blighted by a skills shortage, and this continues to constrict growth. Therefore, it is suggested that this should make it easier for women and other underrepresented groups to...

  • Protocol
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,101 Views
9 Pages

21 November 2024

Poor lifestyle behaviors, including unhealthy dietary habits, lack of physical activity, smoking, inadequate and poor-quality sleep, and alcohol consumption, are well-documented risk factors for health deterioration. Previous studies have suggested t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,046 Views
14 Pages

13 November 2023

This research paper explores how non-native English-speaking teachers can consider using their multilingualism and transnationalism as assets in creating competitive portfolios fit for the 21st century linguistic marketplace. This enhancement in the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,912 Views
21 Pages

14 October 2024

This study examines the critical role of inclusive, people-centered strategies in driving organizational sustainability, focusing on two key institutions in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: Presbyterian University College (PUC) and Presbyterian Agogo Wom...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,816 Views
21 Pages

7 September 2023

International and national crises often highlight behavioral patterns in the labor market that illustrate women’s courage and adaptability in challenging times. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting changes in the workplace due to social distanci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,763 Views
17 Pages

14 November 2024

Despite advances in understanding the factors that predict unethical behaviors such as counterproductive workplace behavior (CWB), there is still substantial variance left unexplained in the occurrence of unethical behavior. Recent research has exami...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,745 Views
15 Pages

22 May 2023

Education and training are primary sources of individual human capital. We explored the relationship between education and off-the-job vocational training and the impact of training programmes on youth employment in Italy. We focused on three outcome...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3,653 Views
22 Pages

Socio-Economic Impacts of Crisis Management: A Focus on Lockdown and Remote Work Effectiveness During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Damola Victor Akinwande,
  • Georgios Boustras,
  • Omoye Mary Akhagba and
  • Chizubem Benson

During the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown and working from home (WFH) were two significant non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) deployed to stop the spread of the virus and also maintain economic activity. Lockdown caused significant socio-economic d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,483 Views
16 Pages

Perceived Distributed Leadership, Job Satisfaction, and Professional Satisfaction among Academics in Guanajuato Universities

  • Salustia Teresa Cano Ibarra,
  • Maria Teresa De La Garza Carranza,
  • Patricia Galvan Morales and
  • Jose Porfirio Gonzalez Farias

17 August 2023

The objective of this research was to identify the relationships between the variables of job satisfaction, professional satisfaction, distributed leadership, and the perception of insecurity in academics at five universities located in the state of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,423 Views
14 Pages

30 April 2023

We extend prior research by empirically demonstrating employees’ attitude–behavior gap when sharing goods and services with coworkers using platform technology. We also integrate theories on psychological ownership and territoriality in o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,421 Views
14 Pages

When Leaders Are Safe Havens: How Secure Base Leadership Buffers the Impact of Emotional Demands on Exhaustion

  • María C. Navas-Jiménez,
  • Ana Laguia,
  • Rocio Schettini,
  • Fidel Rodríguez-Batalla,
  • David Guillén-Corchado and
  • Juan A. Moriano

24 January 2025

Based on attachment theory, this research explores Secure Base Leadership’s (SBL) efficacy in mitigating the negative impact of emotional demands on employee exhaustion, with an aim to reduce burnout rates and improve workplace well-being. A su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,385 Views
14 Pages

Exploring the Influence of Crime on NEET Rates: A Regional Analysis of Italy

  • Iacopo Odoardi,
  • Dario D’Ingiullo,
  • Ada Di Nucci and
  • Davide Quaglione

10 April 2024

The occurrence of criminal activities has the potential to hinder socioeconomic advancement, preventing individuals from investing in human capital and pursuing employment opportunities. Our investigation focuses on the hypothesis that the NEET (not...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,299 Views
17 Pages

3 September 2024

Lessons learned from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of teachers reveal how school administrators can promote teacher stress adaptation and thriving, even in highly disruptive work environments. In a mixed-methods study within...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,281 Views
18 Pages

Workloads of Emergency Call Types in Active-Duty Firefighters

  • Rudi A. Marciniak,
  • David J. Cornell,
  • Barbara B. Meyer,
  • Razia Azen,
  • Michael D. Laiosa and
  • Kyle T. Ebersole

30 January 2024

Firefighting is an occupation with high injury risks, particularly when conducting fireground operations. The fire service generally quantifies the job demands of firefighting through tracking emergency call volume across 24 h shifts; however, volume...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,048 Views
14 Pages

8 August 2024

The concept of the ‘glass ceiling’ represents the significant barriers that women face in climbing the corporate hierarchy, but recently, the focus has shifted to the ‘broken bottom rung’, where women are bypassed for initial...

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