APPRECIATIVE INTELLIGENCE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON ROMANIAN MANAGERS’ BEHAVIOUR

Appreciative intelligence is a process that allows successful managers to realize their innovative and creative ideas, achieving realistic goals by using the ability to identify the positive potential of actions and take advantage of them. The main characteristic of a manager, in order to obtain organizational welfare is to have the ability to discover the hidden aspects of any situation and to share them with his employees, investors, partners and colleagues. In this paper we will present the result of a questionnaire that we applied on a number of ten Romanian managers, five from Bihor County and five from Cluj County, in order to find out if they heard about appreciative intelligence and if they consider it important for the organizational development

THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATION'S PERSONALITY ON MANAGERIAL BEHAVIOR

Organizational climate and the conditions that determine the "personality" of an organization represent important factors in determining the managerial behavior. Climate and behaviors are strongly influenced by organizational culture. Managerial behavior is determined by the variety of ways of realizing functions and by their attitude to employees and subordinates. These features of the each manager’ behavior is defined management style. This study examined the relationship between individual’s personality, organization’s personality, the environmental factors and managerial behavior. Data were collected from thirty enterprises (micro, small and mediums) from Bihor County. The results obtained from these sources suggested that the size of the lead group has a great influence on managerial behavior

The Importance Of “Speed-Dating” For Romanian Entrepreneurs

A country’s economy largely depends on the number of new companies created each year. The entrepreneur is a person who has an important role in the creation of new businesses, and for this he must know all the pros and cons of launching a new product or service in the market and need to know how to choose the best business partners. To help entrepreneurs meet and exchange ideas with other entrepreneurs, to help them find potential investors in various business ideas or just to help them see how other people think, were set up business speed- dating in the event called Business Networking, which took place in Oradea city. This paper presents the result of a questionnaire that we applied on a number of thirty entrepreneurs that participated at the speed-dating meetings from Bihor County and the advantages and opportunities of attending such meetings.speed-dating, entrepreneurs, meetings, advantages, opportunities

The role of maternal depression symptoms and foeto-maternal attachment in predicting exclusive breastfeeding: a multi-site prospective study

Background: Previous research shows that 61% of children younger than six months, coming from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are not exclusively breastfed. While data on the role of pre- and postnatal depression on breastfeeding exclusivity is mixed, foeto-maternal attachment might foster breastfeeding exclusivity. Thus, we tested the potential mediating role of foeto-maternal attachment and postnatal depression in the relationship between maternal prenatal depression and exclusive breastfeeding. Methods: Data were collected as part of a prospective, cross-cultural project, the Evidence-for-Better-Lives Study, which enrolled N=1208 expectant mothers across right LMIC sites. Out of the whole sample, N= 1185 third-trimester pregnant women (Mage = 28.32, SD = 5.77) from eight LMICs, completed Computer-Aided-Personal-Interviews on prenatal depressive symptoms, foeto-maternal attachment and socio-economic status. N=1033 women provided follow-up data at 3-6 months after birth, about postnatal depressive symptoms, exclusive breastfeeding and infant health indicators. Path analysis was used to assess parallel mediation. Results: In the whole sample, the effect of prenatal depression on breastfeeding exclusivity was totally mediated by postnatal depression, while foeto-maternal attachment did not mediate the relationship. The full mediation effect was replicated individually in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Conclusion: The study results indicate that prenatal maternal depression symptoms contributed to the development of depressive symptoms after birth, which in turn negatively affected the probability to exclusively breastfeed. Future research should consider this in early prevention interventions, increasing the chances of healthy child development in LMICs. Considering the mixed results around the eight countries, it is important to better understand the intricate relationship between maternal depression, foeto-maternal attachment and breastfeeding behavior through each country’s socio-cultural context