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  • noun the quality of being directive

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Examples

  • Immelt emphasized consensual management and teamwork in his directiveness Hymowitz, 2003.

    The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

  • A cognitive trait that is linked to inner directiveness and inner control is field independence.

    The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

  • A cognitive trait that is linked to inner directiveness and inner control is field independence.

    The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

  • In such bureaucratic organizations, powerful leaders were more participative because the rules and procedures required directiveness, and only executives with more power could be participative if they chose to be.

    The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

  • Frequency of directiveness may be mainly a matter of personality; frequency of participation may hinge mainly on contingent factors.

    The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

  • Immelt emphasized consensual management and teamwork in his directiveness Hymowitz, 2003.

    The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

  • If the power of leaders is suddenly increased in an experiment, the amount the leaders can be directive is also increased, and in fact the leaders do tend to increase their directiveness Shiflett, 1973.

    The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

  • Frequency of directiveness may be mainly a matter of personality; frequency of participation may hinge mainly on contingent factors.

    The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

  • In such bureaucratic organizations, powerful leaders were more participative because the rules and procedures required directiveness, and only executives with more power could be participative if they chose to be.

    The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

  • If the power of leaders is suddenly increased in an experiment, the amount the leaders can be directive is also increased, and in fact the leaders do tend to increase their directiveness Shiflett, 1973.

    The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

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