Susanne Ruckdäschel ; with a foreword by Prof. Dr. Carola Jungwirth
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1 online resource (xvii, 241 pages) :
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illustrations
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Markt- und Unternehmensentwicklung
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"Dissertation Universität Passau, 2014."
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Includes bibliographical references
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Foreword; Preface; Structure; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Motivation and Contribution; 1.2 Summary of the Central Research Questions; 1.3 Structure of the Study; 2 Definitions; 2.1 Network and Network Governance; 2.2 Leadership and Network Leadership; 3 Theoretical Framework: Network Performance and Network Leadership; 3.1 Network Performance; 3.2 Network Leadership; 3.2.1 Overview of the Development of Leadership Theories; 3.2.2 Leadership of Network Managers; 3.2.3 Leadership from the Perspective of and in Interaction with the Network Members
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3.3 Moderating Effects: Governance Structure, Culture, and Leader Proactivity3.3.1 Governance Structure; 3.3.2 Culture; 3.3.3 Leader Proactivity; 3.4 Summary of the Theoretical Framework and the Central Hypotheses; 4 Empirical Analyses; 4.1 From the Perspective of the Network Managers: Sequential Mixed Methods Survey of Network Managers; 4.1.1 Qualitative Survey of the Network Managers; 4.1.2 Quantitative Survey of the Network Managers; 4.2 From the Perspective of the Network Members: Quantitative Survey of the Network Members; 4.2.1 Data Collection; 4.2.2 Description of the Sample
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4.2.3 Measure Development4.2.4 Estimation Approach; 4.2.5 One-to-Many Matching of the two Datasets; 4.2.6 Measure Assessment and Confirmatory Factor Analyses; 4.2.7 Further Performance Measure Validation through Additional Data; 4.2.8 Results of the Structural Equation Modeling; 4.2.9 Further Interesting Results; 5 Summary of the Results; 6 Discussion; 6.1 Theoretical Implications; 6.2 Practical Implications; 6.3 Limitations and Future Research; 7 Conclusion; 8 Appendix; 9 References
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In contrast to hierarchical leadership within intra-organizational contexts, leaders of inter-organizational networks have to lead across organizational boundaries without hierarchical fiat or directive authority. The central research question of Susanne Ruckdaschel is how leadership behavior of network managers can influence network performance. Hereby, relational leadership in the form of empowering leadership is regarded as decisive criterion. Her study focuses on the interplay between network leaders and network companies. The perspectives of both the network managers and the network membe
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Leadership of Networks and Performance : A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis.