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Open Journal of Leadership (OJL) is an open access journal published quarterly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scholars and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various practices, developments and theories of leadership and leadership abilities, and achievements of dist…
Richard Samuel Kwadwo Abieraba, Daniel Apaak, Christopher Akubah
The purpose of the study was to examine the perception SHS athletes had of coaches’ leadership behaviour and how these perceptions influenced the athletes’ satisfaction in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was used to conduct t…
Nathan Bond
Teacher leaders can foster professional growth among colleagues, increase student learning, and improve schools. Unfortunately, teacher leaders often do not receive formal training to lead. To remedy this problem, school districts and universities have partne…
Susan W. Kibii, Tariku F. Gemechu, Artyom E. Kluchnikov
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to find out the causes of in-group and out-group formation in organizations as described by employees living at Ruaka Township in the context of LMX Theory. Why would some members of an organization feel more app…
Piseth Sarun, Chantuch Try, Phalpiseth Pen, Veasna Sou
This study explores the significant influence of leader behavior and trust in leaders on person-organization fit and expatriate job performance within Cambodia’s international private general education sectors. In an environment characterized by rapid changes…
Jörg Krauter
Existing leadership theories often fail to address the complexity and uncertainty of today’s volatile environments, reducing leadership to fixed traits, prescriptive styles, or simple cause-and-effect models. This study challenges these paradigms by integrati…
Fatima Lghdaich, Chaymaa Lotfy, Mohammed Sbaa, Mohamed El-Fatini, 1 1
This article on physical education and sport (PES) focuses on the principle of neuroleadership in students during the practice of physical and sports activities (PSA) in the school environment. Two types of data were collected: Data from collective observatio…
Maria Chulkstan
Multicultural working environments, diversity, and inclusion are the topics of interest in contemporary human resource management and leadership studies ( Getha-Taylor et al., 2020 ). Since working environments with truly homogenous workforce are difficult to…
Christina Stroh, Terry Oroszi
As analytical laboratories utilize control charts to verify that their instrumentation is functioning as intended and within certain limits, organizations utilize quality assurance methods and practices to verify that each organization component is functionin…
Changwhan Cho, Duke Ofosu-Anim
This study investigates how the ages of Yemyung Graduate University (YGU) students influence their perceptions and usage of generative AI tools, examining factors such as frequency of use, ease of use, and anticipated future interactions with these technologi…
Jon Mertz, Candace Bloomquist
Capitalism is a system that was constructed through economic and philosophical thinking by Adam Smith. Smith envisioned a model where morality could be achieved through an economic-based design. Today, social enterprise leaders embrace the friction when makin…
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Open Journal of Leadership (OJL) is an open access journal published quarterly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scholars and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various practices, developments and theories of leadership and leadership abilities, and achievements of dist… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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