https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76678 2026-10-29T07:51:02Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/98190 Title: Leadership styles: Inertia and changes in the Czech Republic Authors: Auer-Rizzi, Werner; Reber, Gerhard Abstract: Social Darwinism suggests that in crisis situations leaders have to be replaced by better fitting leaders. An opposing school argues that leaders, based on their personality, are successful in all situations and therefore can master all situations including a crisis. A third view concludes that leaders can learn to overcome the path dependency of organizational structures. In this paper, the development and essentials of these approaches of leadership research are discussed and demonstrated in the case study of the Czech Republic after the Velvet Revolution. The test is based on the Vroom/Yetton model of leadership effectiveness. The results confirm that inertia and change can be explained based on the general contingency approach of leadership. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/113680 Title: Performance management system implementation in a Southeast European transitional country Authors: Jankulović, Aleksandar; Škorić, Vladimir Abstract: Very few papers analyse PMS implementation in developing and transitional countries and the importance of PMS implementation for success in transition. Providing a Serbian perspective on PMS implementation, the study aims to identify and analyze important factors and variables that influence PMS implementation in transitional countries and the importance of PMS implementation for success in transition. Obstacles for PMS implementation are connected with a misunderstanding of the need for performance measurement for employees on the lower level, unwillingness for sharing data on the top management level and available resources for PMS implementation. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/98189 Title: The moderating effects of national culture on the development of organizational learning culture: A multilevel study across seven countries Authors: Škerlavaj, Miha; Su, Chunke; Huang, Meikuan Abstract: This study examines the moderating effects of national culture dimensions (Hofstede 1980) on three key elements in the development of organisational learning culture: information acquisition, information interpretation and behavioral and cognitive changes. Data were collected from 1333 companies in three CEE countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia) and other regions. The results showed that four national cultural dimensions (power distance, individualism, masculinity, and uncertainty avoidance) had no significant moderating effects on the relationship between information acquisition and information interpretation. However, the relationship between information interpretation and behavioral and cognitive changes was positively moderated by power distance, and negatively moderat ed by individualism, masculinity and uncertainty avoidance. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/98191 Title: Editorial Authors: Lang, Reinhart 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z