Stress and Leadership Tendencies of Respondents from Iran: Exploring Similarities and Differences Based on Age and Gender

Tajaddini, Reza; Mujtaba, Bahaudin G.

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“…Policymakers and educators should also be aware that cultural context and values play an important part in EEPs. Studies show that the Iranian culture has changed over the last four decades (Tajaddini and Mujtaba 2011). For instance, the recent study by Karimi et al (2013b) reported that although Iranian students are relational and show great affection toward family members, close friends and relatives (high family collectivism), they also tend to embrace individualistic values (such as personal success and autonomy) to a greater degree than the older generations.…”

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The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education: A Study of Iranian Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions and Opportunity Identification

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Building on the theory of planned behavior, an ex ante and ex post survey was used to assess the impacts of elective and compulsory entrepreneurship education programs (EEPs) on students' entrepreneurial intention and identification of opportunities. Data were collected by questionnaire from a sample of 205 participants in EEPs at six Iranian universities. Both types of EEPs had significant positive impacts on students' subjective norms and perceived behavioral control. Results also indicated that the elective EEPs significantly increased students' entrepreneurial intention, although this increase was not significant for the compulsory EEPs. The findings contribute to the theory of planned behavior and have implications for the design and delivery of EEPs.

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The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education: A Study of Iranian Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions and Opportunity Identification

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Biemans²,

Lans³

et al. 2014

Journal of Small Business Management

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“…Meanwhile, just 17.8% of them are optimistic about the effectiveness of any legal claims against these illicit activities. Some of the possible factors for the expansion of unethical behavior may be the growing rate of unemployment, inflation and poverty in today's Iran (Tajaddini and Mujtaba 2010).…”

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Business Ethics Perceptions of Public and Private Sector Iranians

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Ethical maturity is a great concern to all educators, firms, and investors across the globe. This research surveyed 448 citizens, managers and employees in Iran to measure their Personal Business Ethics Scores (PBES) to see if age, education, management experience, and government work experience make a difference in making more ethical decisions. This study contributes to the theory of moral development across the Iranian culture as it is the first known study using this method. The results suggest that education and more years of government work experience make a difference in the moral maturity of respondents. This study confirms that the ethical maturity of respondents is enhanced either through the authoritarian regime or socialization with Islamic values. Kohlberg's moral development theory regarding ethical maturity is partially supported since those with more years of experience in government and more formal education have higher business ethics scores. Implications are discussed.

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“…and Chen, 2011;Mujtaba and Sims, 2011;Shoaib and Mujtaba, 2017). All professionals must always balance the challenges of reckoning out what to do with the enactment of their projects, in spite of uncertainty, great variety and a huge amount of potentially relevant information (Tajaddini and Mujtaba, 2011;Ping, Mujtaba and Jieqiong, 2012;Pelletier & Mujtaba, 2015). So, the project managers play the most life-threatening part towards the accomplishment of any project (Yang, Huang, & Wu, 2011a).…”

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“…This can be achieved by concentrating on both the sensible and emotional elements of a project using an assimilated methodology. Studies have discovered that the project manager's role is vital to project success; however, literature has largely overlooked the effects of project manager's competencies (PMC), emotional intelligence (EI) and leadership tactics (Transformational leadership) on project success (Turner & Müller, 2005;Avolio & Yammarino, 2013). Three theories were related to the variables like project manager competencies, emotional intelligence and transformational leadership, and these are competence school, emotional intelligence school and visionary leadership school respectively.…”

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The impact of project managers’ competencies, emotional intelligence and transformational leadership on project success in the information technology sector

Afzal¹,

Khan²,

Mujtaba³

2018

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The study aims to examine the impact of project managers' competencies (PMC), emotional intelligence (EQ) and transformational leadership (TL) on project success (PS). Data were collected from 250 respondents including project managers, project leaders, project directors, functional managers, and project sponsor board members working in the information technology (IT) sector. The results of the analysis revealed that the project manager's prominent characteristics influence the success of the project positively. The study proposes the hiring of project managers, project leaders, and project directors who have competencies like communication, teamwork, attentiveness and conflict management along with expertise in managerial skills in the IT sector. Moreover, resources must be made available to train the existing workforce and enhance their competencies, emotional intelligence and transformational leadership styles through professional courses, workshops and seminars. This study supports the theoretical argument that a project manager with a transformational leadership style has a positive impact on the project's success. IT project managers ranked transformational leadership as an important aspect for project success. Transformational leaders are inspiring and encouraging, stick to their teams, motivate employees, show them a correct path, and boost employees' confidence. As a result, a responsive and pleasant environment will be created in which the whole team works together under a trustworthy project manager and attain the project goals. The research provides a unique set of lessons that organizations can use to design or redesign their activities in order to improve the efficiency of their employees.

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Stress and Leadership Tendencies of Respondents from Iran: Exploring Similarities and Differences Based on Age and Gender

Abstract: Relationship, Task, Stress perceptions, Culture, Iran, Age, Gender,

Cited by 16 publications

References 36 publications

The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education: A Study of Iranian Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions and Opportunity Identification

The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education: A Study of Iranian Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions and Opportunity Identification

Business Ethics Perceptions of Public and Private Sector Iranians

The impact of project managers’ competencies, emotional intelligence and transformational leadership on project success in the information technology sector

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