Over the years, the concept of despotic leadership (DL) has emerged as a hot topic in academic and professional debates on leadership. To this end, this study aims to synthesize existing literature on despotic leadership in business management scholarship. We utilize a systematic literature review technique to systematically identify, select, and evaluate existing scholarly publications on despotic leadership to highlight emerging topics, theories, and the consequences of despotic leadership at the workplace.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study investigates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable competitive advantage (SCA). Moreover, building on the stakeholder theory, this study investigates the mediating effects of corporate reputation (CR) between the relationship of corporate social responsibility and sustainable competitive advantage. We used a questionnaire survey to collect data from the employees working in the construction industry of Pakistan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this study to investigate the relationship between information technology capabilities (ITCs) and green product innovation (GPI). The information technology (IT) capabilities with multiple dimensions, such as IT competence, IT integration, and IT infrastructure, were used in this paper. Moreover, to verify the deep relationship between ITCs and GPI, we used knowledge management (KM) as a mediator.
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October 2020
There is now a general attempt in developed countries to implement strategic plans to fight against Alzheimer's disease, for which treatment represents an increasing economic burden for the ageing society. At present, the costs of treatment and care for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) patients are not consistently tracked and logged, therefore, the economic burden is calculated based on the records kept by individual countries. The aim of this paper is to conduct a meta-analysis of the available data on the total costs of treatment and care for elderly AD patients with respect to the stage of the disease determined by the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this article is to identify the main factors that affect future trends in healthcare expenditures from the perspective of the anticipated ageing of the population. Attention shall be focused on the elderly demography, the inhabitants’ pensions and their expenditures on drugs. The article also shows the results of acase study concerning the use of particular types of drugs by elderly people in the Czech Republic and in European union.
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