Abstracts Selected

The review panel have completed the selection process of abstracts received to date and the following is a list of abstracts selected for submission as full papers. To maintain the integrity of the blind review process, abstract titles are listed in no particular order and authors are listed alphabetically by lead author surname.

Full papers are due not later than 4 June 2009. Please read the style guidelines document. Papers should be submitted as .doc or .rtf file attachments by email to the Conference Manager, Elaine Hayne with the paper submission checklist and copyright form.

You can see an outline programme on the programme page.

Abstract titles: listed in random order

The Temporal Nature Of Project Leadership; An Empirical Investigation

Economic Benefits Of Paradigm Shift In Business Ownership And Management In Nigeria

Corporate Governance, Control Systems And Risk Management

The Role Of Mental Models In Setting The Strategic Direction Of The Firm

Relationship Between Leadership Styles And Culture – A Investigation On Managers In UAE

Top Management Team's Transformational Leadership And Knowledge Donation Behavior; The Mediating Effect Of Affect-Based Trust In Colleagues

Power, Responsibility, Leadership & Wisdom; Exploring The Issues At The Core Of Ethical Decision-Making

The Gender Perceptions Of Salespersons By Buyers In South America

Gender Versus Women’S Management Competencies On The Example Of Poland (A Research Results Survey)

Power Concentration And Corporate Governance In Greece

A Flexible Model And Application Methodology For The Leadership Of Virtually Bound Transitory Project Teams

Strategy As Discursive Construction In The Finnish Defence Forces

A Conceptual Paper On Social Constructionist Approach To Examine Information Processing Of A Knowledge-Worker Within A Socio-Technical Environment

The Application Of An Organic Model For Strategic Management To Foss Migration Within The South African Public Sector

Corporate Governance Codes; Are They Fresh Or Trite?

The Role Of Governance In Leading Universities As The Thinking Base For Directing Societies

The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence (EI) And New Product Development (NPD) Team Leader Success.

Identifying The Effects Of Education, Activities And Skills Of Information Technology (IT) Senior Managers And Their Impact To The Organization In The Private Sector

Boards And Governance Of State Enterprises In Developing Countries

Methods Of Diminishing The Effects Of The Economico-Financial Crisis On The Human Resources

The Investigation Of Traded Development Trend Between Islamic Republic Of Iran And Azerbaijan Republic

Typical Idealized Influence Behavior Performance, Maximal Idealized Influence Behavior Performance And Ideal Idealized Influence Behavior Performance

Regional Development Model For East Azerbaijan

Leadership And Decision-Making Between Local Authority And Health Board During De-Institutionalisation

Social Enterprise Applications And The Possible Ethical Issues That Management Face With By Using It

Can Corporate Social Responsibility Be Used As A Tool To Combat Economic Crisis?

Transforming “Wants” Into “Cans”; Leadership Capabilities In The Context Of International Joint Ventures

Could Network Governance Lead To High-Perfoming Franchise Systems? A Social Network Theory Approach

Systems Of Communication And Management In The Construction Industry

Global Leadership Development For European Managers __An Empirical Research In China

Work Group Perceptions Of The Work Environment; Antecedents And Consequences Of Organisational Knowledge-Sharing Climate

Romanian Managers And Corporate Governance Requirements. A Fragile Start

Avoiding Hidden Errors And Organizational Accidents In Corporate Strategic Management

Developing Strategic Learning Capabilities Under Entrepreneurial Leadership; Lessons From A Knowledge-Intensive, Growth-Oriented Small Firm

Youth’s Participation In Developing Democratic Societies For Good Governance

The Relationship Of Main Stream Leadership Styles To Entrepreneurial Orientation

Relationship Between Innovation And Risk Capital. An Empirical Survey

EBEN GR Business Ethics Excellence Model Implementation As A Tool For Measuring Social Return On Investment (SROI)

EA And IT Governance - A Systemic Approach

The New Architecture Of The Financial World And The New Leadership Ethical Code

Social Capital- Its Relevance For Developing Economies

Self-Made Career? Dialectics Between Career And Competence

Training Gen Xers For Hotel Management. What Works?

The Financial Crisis - Between Corporate Irresponsibility And Global Governance Failure

Leader Fairness, Social Contract And Corporate Sustainability Performance

Decision-Making Models And University Governance; Experience From Tunisian Public Higher Education Establishments

Brain Drain – An Issue For Contemporary Society

The Role Of Leadership In Achieving Effective Project Management

Top Executive Compensation In Less Developed Capital Markets

Developing Managers For Leading Public And Nonprofit Organizations

Co-Creating Public Service Leadership Development In A New Era Of Collaboration.

Board And Organizational Characteristics: A Study On The Greek Listed Companies

Characteristics Of Greek SMEs: Motivation For Business Ownership, Success Factors And Problems.

Using The Type Of Organizational Activity To Identify Leadership Differences Of Nonprofit Managers

Developing Leadership Capabilities For The Future

Mapping Out The Use Of The European Quality Award. A Case Study Over The Greek Finalist Organizations

Is Leading Through Strategic Change Necessary?

A Prescriptive Hybrid Model Of Leadership: Complexity Leadership Theory And Authentic Leadership Theory

Leadership Styles In Digital Organisations; Is It Time For A New Paradigm?

Sustaining Innovation In The Global Corporation; The Role Of Managers, Entrepreneurs And Leaders

What Are The Characteristics Of First Line Managers 'Required' To Manage Absence Effectively?

Role Of Leadership In Communities Of Practice (COP’s)

The Shadow Side Of Leadership

Authors: Listed alphabetically by lead author surname

Acevedo Beatriz and Katalin Illes, Anglia Ruskin University, UK

Montana Patrick and Francis Petit, Fordham University, Graduate School of Business Administration, USA

Afrasine Laura and Ana-Maria Petrache, The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania

Mostovicz Isaac, Janus Thinking, Israel with Nada Kakabadse, Northampton Business School, University of Northampton, UK and Andrew Kakabadse, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK

Alipour Hamidreza and Alireza Amirteimoori, Islamic Azad University-Rasht Branch, Iran

Nazem Fattah, Islamic Azad University - Roudehen Branch, Iran

Almici Alex, Universita' Degli Studi Di Brescia, Italy

Ngeleza Bangani, Peter Mkhize and Sam Lubbe, UNISA, South Africa

Antonaras Alexandros, Intralot SA, Greece and Chrysi Memtsa, Edekt OTE, Greece

Noland David, Philips, USA

Benga Gabriel, University of Craiova, Romania

Olatunji Felix, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria

Caldarola Richard, Troy University, USA

Olimid Lavinia, Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest, Romania

Das Sudipto and Monika Bansal, Institute of Productivity & Management, India

Ong Vincent, University of Bedfordshire, UK

Dierk Udo, International Center For Management Learning at FHDW, Germany and Phil Dover, Babson College, USA

Parlalis Stavros, Centre for Technological Research of Crete (CTR-Crete), Greece

Ekimci Namik Atila and Sevgi Ozkan, Informatics Institute / Metu, Turkey

Pereira Ivo and Jose Esperança, ISCTE – Business School, Portugal

Elbeltagi Ibrahim, Plymouth Business School, UK

Petrovic Jelena, University of Wolverhampton Business School, UK

Fallah Nima, University of Strasbourg, France

Pisano Paola and Marco Pironti, Department of Computer Science, University of Torino, Italy

Feleaga Niculae, Dan Dragomir Voicu and Liliana Feleaga, Academy of Economic Studies, Romania

Politis John, Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai Men's College, UAE and Denis Politis, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, UK

Giannopoulou Christina and Anthony Ioannidis, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

Popescu Luminita, Virgil Popescu and Anica Iancu, University of Craiova, Romania

Gkliatis Ioannis, Brunel University, UK with Dimitrios Georgakakis and Vasilios Zoumbos, Gnosis Management Consultants, Greece and Wafi Al-Karaghouli, Brunel University, Greece

Quashie Samuel, Dubai Men's College Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE

Hadders Henk, University Of Groningen, The Netherlands and Joost Miedema, Hanze Hogeschool, The Netherlands

Robson Fiona and Sharon Mavin, Newcastle Business School, UK

Hanén Tom, Finnish National Defence University, Finland

Sarwar Chaudhary Imran, Pakistan, with Mubashar Iqbal Mand and Arshad Sattar, Askari Cement, Pakistan and Ameer Anis Gul, Aitchison College, Pakistan

Hazarika Indrani, Dubai Women'S College, UAE

Sheard Anthony, Northampton University, UK

Heilmann Pia, Lappeenranta University of Technology, LUT School of Business, Finland

Simpson Samuel Nana Yaw, University of Ghana Business School, Ghana

Henttonen Kaisa, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

Skulmoski Gregory J., Zayed University, UAE

Hitson Michael, Verizon Communications, USA

Sotunde Olalekan, Fededral University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria and Kehinde Obasan, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria

Kajmakoska Bisera and Maria Franca Norese, Politecnico Di Torino, Italy

Theodorakopoulos Nicholas, Leicester Business School, UK and Andrew Kakabadse, Cranfield School of Management, UK

Khefacha Islem and Lofti Belkacem, IHEC Sousse, Tunisia

Thompson Robert, Athabasca University/Royal Roads University, Canada

Korhonen Janne J., Kari Hiekkanen and Jouni Lähteenmäki, Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Finland

Tsironis Loukas, Technical University of Crete, Greece

Kourounakis Nicos and Marios Katsioloudes, Hellenic American University, Greece

Varadarajan Damodharan and Sudipa Majumdar, Dubai Womens College, UAE

Kowal Jolanta, Ewa Panka and Aleksandra Kwiatkowska, College of Management Edukacja, Poland with Krystyna Weglowska-Rzepa, University of Wroclaw, Poland

Weerapura Kaushilya, Mcgill University, Canada

Lazarides Themistokles, TEI of West Macedonia, Greece

Westling Jouni, Marko Laaksonen and Aki Huhtinen, National Defence University, Department of Leadership and Military Pedagogy, Finland

Lee Karen, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China

Worrall Rob, National School of Government, UK

Lloyd Bruce, London South Bank University, UK

Yannopoulos Peter, Brock University, Canada with Sofia Daskou and Marios Katsioloudes, Hellenic American University, Greece

Lusin Jenna and David Livingston, The George Washington University, USA

Yin Tianran, University of Rennes 1 Center for Research in Economics and Management, (France) China with Bernard Fernandez, National Center for Scientific Research, France  and Catherine De La Robertie, University of Rennes 1 Center for Research in Economics and Management, France

Memtsa Chrysi, Hellenic American University, Greece with Alexandros Antonaras, Intralot SA, Greece and Marios Katsioloudes, Hellenic American University, Greece

Zafeiropoulou Fiori, Hellenic American University, Greece and Adrian Woods, Brunel Business School, UK