A adoção de metodologias ágeis tem se provado uma atividade sensível a cultura das organizações que as aplicam. Nos dez anos que se sucederam ao Agile Manifesto, projetos ágeis se desenvolveram a partir de tentativas conduzidas em situações ideais até grandes iniciativas adaptadas para as mais diversas condições. Por outro lado, a cultura organizacional tem se provado determinante na maneira que organizações abordam os desafios que se apresentam. Este trabalho tem por objetivo explorar a relação entre os pressupostos culturais básicos das organizações e práticas ágeis selecionadas. Para isso, se buscou identificar, através de revisão da literatura, pressupostos básicos significativos, práticas ágeis representativas e como se dá a interação entre esses, mapeando correlações através de uma survey. Essa se trata de um questionário respondido por funcionários da consultoria de TI ThoughtWorks a partir de sua experiência em projetos ágeis em clientes. A partir do resultado da survey foram exploradas as correlações identificadas – inclusive no que diz respeito à experiência e satisfação dos clientes com metodologias ágeis – e as observações foram validadas com consultores especialistas em métodos ágeis e em cultura organizacional. Procurou-se, assim, oferecer um mapa inicial para investigar a relação entre cultura organizacional e práticas ágeis que pode sugerir abordagens para introdução de práticas ágeis baseadas no perfil cultural da organização aonde se busca introduzi-las. / Companies adopting Agile methodologies have proven sensible to cultural differences. Ten years after the Agile Manifesto, agile projects have grown from small teams operating in specific situations to big cross-national initiatives. Organizational culture, in the other hand, is considered a determining factor in the way an organization perceives the world and interacts with it. In this paper, the relation between basic cultural assumptions of an organization will be matched up against a few selected agile practices. To achieve that, it looked into the literature to map these basic assumptions and representative agile practices, aiming to establish correlations between them through the results of a survey. This survey is a questionnaire answered by employees of the IT consultancy firm ThoughtWorks based on their experience in agile projects in client‟s organizations. Based on the survey results, some correlations were identified and analysed – including some regarding client experience and satisfaction with agile – and the observations were submitted to consultants, specialist in both agile practices and organizational culture for confirmation of the findings. It aimed to offer an initial map to investigate relations between organizational culture and agile practices looking to suggest new approaches for the introduction of agile practices based on the cultural profile of the target organization.

A adoção de metodologias ágeis tem se provado uma atividade sensível a cultura das organizações que as aplicam. Nos dez anos que se sucederam ao Agile Manifesto, projetos ágeis se desenvolveram a partir de tentativas conduzidas em situações ideais até grandes iniciativas adaptadas para as mais diversas condições. Por outro lado, a cultura organizacional tem se provado determinante na maneira que organizações abordam os desafios que se apresentam. Este trabalho tem por objetivo explorar a relação entre os pressupostos culturais básicos das organizações e práticas ágeis selecionadas. Para isso, se buscou identificar, através de revisão da literatura, pressupostos básicos significativos, práticas ágeis representativas e como se dá a interação entre esses, mapeando correlações através de uma survey. Essa se trata de um questionário respondido por funcionários da consultoria de TI ThoughtWorks a partir de sua experiência em projetos ágeis em clientes. A partir do resultado da survey foram exploradas as correlações identificadas – inclusive no que diz respeito à experiência e satisfação dos clientes com metodologias ágeis – e as observações foram validadas com consultores especialistas em métodos ágeis e em cultura organizacional. Procurou-se, assim, oferecer um mapa inicial para investigar a relação entre cultura organizacional e práticas ágeis que pode sugerir abordagens para introdução de práticas ágeis baseadas no perfil cultural da organização aonde se busca introduzi-las. / Companies adopting Agile methodologies have proven sensible to cultural differences. Ten years after the Agile Manifesto, agile projects have grown from small teams operating in specific situations to big cross-national initiatives. Organizational culture, in the other hand, is considered a determining factor in the way an organization perceives the world and interacts with it. In this paper, the relation between basic cultural assumptions of an organization will be matched up against a few selected agile practices. To achieve that, it looked into the literature to map these basic assumptions and representative agile practices, aiming to establish correlations between them through the results of a survey. This survey is a questionnaire answered by employees of the IT consultancy firm ThoughtWorks based on their experience in agile projects in client‟s organizations. Based on the survey results, some correlations were identified and analysed – including some regarding client experience and satisfaction with agile – and the observations were submitted to consultants, specialist in both agile practices and organizational culture for confirmation of the findings. It aimed to offer an initial map to investigate relations between organizational culture and agile practices looking to suggest new approaches for the introduction of agile practices based on the cultural profile of the target organization.

As práticas verdes vêm constantemente sendo discutidas devido a sua importância para as empresas e para a sociedade. Porém, ainda não se chegou a um consenso sobre todos os seus benefícios, quer sejam ambientais ou econômicos. Cada vez mais os estudos demonstram a capacidade de geração de valor das práticas verdes para as empresas e para a sociedade. Portanto, imagina-se que as mesmas irão influenciar a sua aplicação em segmentos que hoje não têm uma utilização mais efetiva de práticas ambientalmente corretas. O objetivo dessa pesquisa é medir o valor das práticas verdes na percepção dos executivos de organizações manufatureiras e de serviços. O método escolhido foi a pesquisa survey, realizada a partir de um instrumento previamente proposto, contendo 5 variáveis e 25 itens. A pesquisa survey foi realizada em duas etapas: estudo de pré-teste e estudo final. Diferentes técnicas estatísticas foram empregadas para refinar o instrumento, como Análise de Confiabilidade, Análise Fatorial Exploratória e Análise Fatorial Confirmatória. Como resultado desse refinamento emergiu um modelo teórico de pesquisa final contendo 5 variáveis, sendo as dimensões de Estratégia, Custos, Crescimento, Marca e Riscos em 25 itens, onde foi verificado que a variável Marca não se confirmou, pois não teve validade estatística no modelo testado. Também como contribuição para as empresas e sociedade, o modelo teórico de pesquisa final se mostrou adequado para avaliar o valor das práticas verdes para organizações. A principal contribuição da pesquisa para a prática gerencial é o mapeamento da percepção dos executivos a respeito dos benefícios que as práticas verdes proporcionam às suas organizações e um novo modelo representando o valor das práticas verdes. / Green practices are constantly being discussed due to their importance for business and society. However, a consensus on all its benefits has not been reached yet, whether on environmental or economic field. Increasingly, studies have demonstrated the ability to generate value of green practices for companies and society . Therefore, it is thought that they will influence their application in segments that currently have a more effective use of environmentally friendly practices. The objective of this research is to measure the value of green practices in the perception of executives of manufacturing and service organizations. The method chosen was the survey research conducted from a previously proposed instrument, containing 5 variables and 25 items. The survey was conducted in two stages: a pre-test study and a final study. Different statistical techniques were employed to refine the instrument, as Reliability Analysis, Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. As a result of this refinement a theoretical model for the final survey containing 5 variables has emerged, with the dimensions of Strategy, Cost, Growth, Brand and Risks with 25 items , which found that the variable Brand was not confirmed, it had no statistical validity in the model tested. Also, as a contribution to business and society, the theoretical model for the final survey was adequate to assess the value of green practices for organizations. The main contribution of the research for management practice are mapping the perceptions of executives about the benefits of green practices to their organizations and provide a new model representing the value of green practices.

A adoção de metodologias ágeis tem se provado uma atividade sensível a cultura das organizações que as aplicam. Nos dez anos que se sucederam ao Agile Manifesto, projetos ágeis se desenvolveram a partir de tentativas conduzidas em situações ideais até grandes iniciativas adaptadas para as mais diversas condições. Por outro lado, a cultura organizacional tem se provado determinante na maneira que organizações abordam os desafios que se apresentam. Este trabalho tem por objetivo explorar a relação entre os pressupostos culturais básicos das organizações e práticas ágeis selecionadas. Para isso, se buscou identificar, através de revisão da literatura, pressupostos básicos significativos, práticas ágeis representativas e como se dá a interação entre esses, mapeando correlações através de uma survey. Essa se trata de um questionário respondido por funcionários da consultoria de TI ThoughtWorks a partir de sua experiência em projetos ágeis em clientes. A partir do resultado da survey foram exploradas as correlações identificadas – inclusive no que diz respeito à experiência e satisfação dos clientes com metodologias ágeis – e as observações foram validadas com consultores especialistas em métodos ágeis e em cultura organizacional. Procurou-se, assim, oferecer um mapa inicial para investigar a relação entre cultura organizacional e práticas ágeis que pode sugerir abordagens para introdução de práticas ágeis baseadas no perfil cultural da organização aonde se busca introduzi-las. / Companies adopting Agile methodologies have proven sensible to cultural differences. Ten years after the Agile Manifesto, agile projects have grown from small teams operating in specific situations to big cross-national initiatives. Organizational culture, in the other hand, is considered a determining factor in the way an organization perceives the world and interacts with it. In this paper, the relation between basic cultural assumptions of an organization will be matched up against a few selected agile practices. To achieve that, it looked into the literature to map these basic assumptions and representative agile practices, aiming to establish correlations between them through the results of a survey. This survey is a questionnaire answered by employees of the IT consultancy firm ThoughtWorks based on their experience in agile projects in client‟s organizations. Based on the survey results, some correlations were identified and analysed – including some regarding client experience and satisfaction with agile – and the observations were submitted to consultants, specialist in both agile practices and organizational culture for confirmation of the findings. It aimed to offer an initial map to investigate relations between organizational culture and agile practices looking to suggest new approaches for the introduction of agile practices based on the cultural profile of the target organization.

Introdução: As mudanças nas relações entre pais e filhos decorrentes das transformações pelas quais a família vem passando têm levado a um crescente questionamento sobre o papel dos pais na educação de seus filhos. Objetivo: Realizar um levantamento sistemático e revisão crítica da literatura referente a estilos e práticas parentais, buscando apontar diretrizes que possam ser orientadores para pesquisadores, profissionais e pais. Metodologia: Revisão sistemática integrativa da literatura. Definimos como questão norteadora O que tem sido estudado e publicado sobre estilo e práticas parentais que pode orientar pesquisadores, profissionais e pais? Estabelecemos como descritores parenting style AND parenting practices e SciELO, PsycINFO, Science Direct e Web of Science como bancos de dados. Optamos por artigos publicados em periódicos, desde o início do ano 2006 até o final de 2010 e estudos voltados para as práticas com crianças de 02 aos 12 anos. Após a obtenção do corpo da pesquisa ficamos com um total de 67 artigos na integra para serem analisados. Utilizando o programa Access criamos um banco de dados que permitiu análises do conjunto do material a partir de várias tabelas construídas automaticamente de acordo com a determinação do pesquisador. Foi realizado posteriormente um trabalho exaustivo de leitura dos artigos voltada para a análise das contribuições trazidas na temática. Resultados: Percebemos uma grande maioria de artigos (61,8%) oriundos dos Estados Unidos, um aumento no número das publicações no decorrer dos anos e trabalhos predominantemente quantitativos e transversais. O número amostral utilizado variou bastante, com uma maioria de artigos (60,3%) com até 200 participantes; quanto às crianças focalizadas, meninas e meninos aparecem com porcentagens praticamente iguais. No maior número de trabalhos (39,7%), os participantes eram as crianças e seus pais (pais e mães) e as pesquisas são realizadas principalmente nas escolas (50%). Encontramos na maioria dos artigos a caracterização da sua amostra tanto com relação ao fator socioeconômico (69,1%) como dos grupos étnicos (89,7%). Dentre os instrumentos o Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire é o mais utilizado (16%) e os autores mais citados foram Baumrind (1966, 1971), seguido por Maccoby e Martin (1983) e Darling e Steinberg (1983). Após várias leituras do material completo definimos três temas: a) conjunto de práticas que afetam o desenvolvimento (34% dos artigos); b) práticas educativas e saúde (28% dos artigos); c) contexto afetando as práticas parentais (38% dos artigos). A descrição do corpo reunido por tema permite apontar: a) é comum o uso de práticas parentais coercitivas, inclusive a punição física, sendo associada com problemas de adaptação, comportamento, ajustamento emocional e baixa autoestima; b) o aumento da obesidade infantil é foco de várias pesquisas, que sugerem que o uso de práticas inadequadas, relacionadas aos estilos autoritário, negligente e indulgente propicia a obesidade infantil; c) os treinamentos para pais foram impulsionados por questões diversas - deficiência de desenvolvimento, ajustamento comportamental e emocional da criança talentosa e/ou superdotada, crianças diagnosticadas com obesidade, ansiedade, problemas de aprendizagem, de comportamento e de conduta - e foram unânimes em constatar ótimos resultados para pais e filhos; d) vários estudos correlacionais enfocam as questões das diferenças relativas à culturas e etnias, sendo sugerido que o estilo parental autoritativo de Baumrind (1966), considerado como o mais adequado a partir de estudos com norte americanos descendentes de europeus, não poderia ser considerado desta forma em outros contextos. Conclusão: através da revisão sistemática integrativa percebemos que os estudos com foco nas práticas que afetam o desenvolvimento investigam continuamente as práticas disciplinares coercitivas, que as práticas relacionadas à saúde voltam-se para problemáticas e demandas atuais e que a tipologia dos estilos parentais de Baumrind vem sendo questionada e investigada para melhor utilização em diversas culturas e etnias. / Introduction: Families have changed, and, therefore, so have parent-child relationships. This has raised constant questions regarding the parents role in their childrens education. Goal: Perform a systematic search and critical review of the literature on parenting styles and practices, aiming at pointing out guidelines to assist researchers, psychologists, and parents. Method: Integrative systematic literature review. We used the following guiding question What has been studied and published on parenting styles and practices that could guide researchers, psychologists, and parents? We chose parenting style AND parenting practices as keywords, and SciELO, PsycINFO, Science Direct and Web of Science as databases. We chose journal articles published between early 2006 and late 2010, and studies on practices with children aged 2 to 12 years. The complete body of research comprised 67 full-text articles to be analyzed. We used Microsoft Access to create a database that permitted to perform group analyses of the material from several tables created automatically and according to the researchers preference. Later, an exhaustive reading of the articles was performed aimed at analyzing their contributions. Results: We realized that the vast majority of the articles (61.8%) were originally from the United States, and that the number of publications has increased over the years, mostly quantitative and cross-sectional studies. The sample size ranged considerably, with most articles (60.3%) working with 200 participants or less; as to the children involved, boys and girls appear with virtually the same participation. The larger part of the studies (39.7%) had children and their parents for participants, and was usually (50%) performed at school. We observed that most articles characterized the sample regarding socioeconomic factors (69.1%) as well ethnic groups (89.7%). The Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire is the most often used (16%) instrument, and the most cited authors were Baumrind (1966, 1971), followed by Maccoby and Martin (1983), and Darling and Steinberg (1983). After reading the material several times, we defined three themes: a) set of practices that affect child development (34% of articles); b) educational practices and health (28% of articles); c) context affecting parenting practices (38% of articles). The description of the body of research grouped according to the theme shows that: a) coercive parenting practices are common, including physical punishment, and they are associated with problems involving adjustment, behavior, emotional adjustment, and low self-esteem; b) several focus on the increasing rates of childhood obesity, which suggest that inadequate practices, related with authoritarian, negligent and indulgent styles promote childhood obesity; c) parent training programs were motivated by several different issues impaired development, behavioral and emotional adjustment of talented and/or gifted children, children diagnosed with obesity, anxiety, and learning, behavior, and conduct disorders and were unanimous in reporting excellent results for parents and children; several correlational studies focus on issues regarding cultural and ethnical differences, suggesting that the authoritarian parenting style proposed by Baumrind (1966), considered the most appropriate according to studied with North-Americans of European descent, could not be considered as such in different contexts. Conclusion: through an integrative systematic review we realized that studies focused on practices affecting child development continuously investigate coercive disciplinary practices, that health practices aim at current issues and demands, and that the typology of Baumrinds parenting styles is being questioned and investigated to improve its use among different cultures and ethnicities.

Submitted by Geandra Rodrigues (geandrar@gmail.com) on 2018-10-09T18:30:56Z No. of bitstreams: 1 elsilenelavaredanogueira.pdf: 909175 bytes, checksum: f5124499068671c59ab1314bbf8327a1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-10-16T12:57:38Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 elsilenelavaredanogueira.pdf: 909175 bytes, checksum: f5124499068671c59ab1314bbf8327a1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-16T12:57:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 elsilenelavaredanogueira.pdf: 909175 bytes, checksum: f5124499068671c59ab1314bbf8327a1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-07-31 / A presente dissertação investiga os fatores influentes na melhoria dos índices educacionais em uma escola dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental, em Manaus. Os objetivos definidos foram: analisar as práticas gestoras e docentes influentes nos índices educacionais; descrever as avaliações externas (Prova Brasil e SADEAM) e os dados da escola; analisar quais fatores do contexto escolar tem contribuído para a melhoria dos resultados e propor a sistematização de um banco de práticas internas com o propósito de documentar as práticas que refletem nos resultados da escola, de modo que ela tenha suas principais práticas documentadas como forma de uma identidade institucional. O objeto desse estudo foi uma escola de tempo integral que se destaca por seus resultados nas avaliações em larga escala. Assumimos como hipótese que a simples ampliação de carga horária escolar não é o fator principal dos resultados, mas sim as práticas de gestão e pedagógicas ali existentes. Utilizamos como fonte de dados as avaliações externas, sendo elas: o Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (IDEB) – aferido a partir da Prova Brasil – e o Sistema Estadual de Desempenho do Estado do Amazonas (SADEAM). A metodologia utilizada foi o estudo de caso com perspectiva qualitativa. A partir das questões levantadas na pesquisa e posterior análise, é apresentado um conjunto de proposições para a instituição a fim de melhor organizar as ações internas recorrentes na escola. / This present dissertation investigates the influential factors linked to the improvement of the educational indexes in a school that gives classes for beginners students of an Elementary School in Manaus. The core aimed objectives are: to analyze how the management practices and teachers approaches have got to do with the educational performance index achieved; to describe the Brazil Educational Evaluations Tests (Prova Brasil and SADEAM) and the school performance score data achieved; to analyze which factors within school context have contributed to the improvement of the results; to propose a systematization of a written guidance including school own actions and initiatives, aiming to issue a kind of school-booklet-practices that lead to the performance achieve by the school. This written document would represent “The School Institutional Approaches Identity”. The object of this study was a Full-Time Elementary School that stands out for its amazing growing results in large-scale evaluations. We hypothesized that, not only the simple increase of school class hours, is the main factor of the results achieved. But also the management style and pedagogical practices that have been carried out within school. We used external evaluations as data source as it is: the Basic Education Development Index (IDEB) - measured from the Brazil Test; The State System Performance Evaluation of The Amazonas’ State (SADEAM). The methodology applied was “Case Study” focused at Qualitative Perspective. Based on the questions raised in the research template and after all analysis, some suggestions are presented out to this school aiming to provide ideas on how to organize and document its internal teaching actions and practice in a better systematic way.

In western societies, the persona of the artist has largely been associated with prevailing myths of the creative individual including the artist as genius and outsider. In my inquiry I endeavored to understand what it means to be an artist from the perspective of budding “creatives”. In this study I explored the process of becoming an artist that is how college students construct and navigate an artistic self (selves), and the factors that influenced this process. My purpose in this multiple text narrative inquiry was to discover how undergraduate art majors construct and navigate their artistic identity/identities, particularly while engaged in an artistic undergraduate research (UR) experience. I selected to explore students engaged in an undergraduate research project as a way to understand the process of artistic becoming within a unique educational practice, and to determine the role of creativity within this process. My study involved students who participated in an undergraduate research scholarship program developed by the Office for Undergraduate Research at a large research university in the southeast of the United States. Ten undergraduate art majors participated in this study. Data included in-depth interviews, and participant writings in the form of “artist” reflective journal entries (which included both written and visual text), and a final self-reflection essay. I analyzed the interview data through a holistic- content approach (Lieblich et al., 1998). I identified specific themes in order to understand the complex, “whole” individual, which assisted me in understanding participant “artistic selves”, and how creativity played a role in this process. I analyzed participant art products using methods adapted from Riessman (2008) and Keats (2009). Three key findings emerged from my inquiry. First, for the majority of participants, the construction of artistic identity/identities involved a significant evolution in their meaning making structures. Second, the notion of “doing” for oneself through research was profound for most individuals, which resulted in a stronger sense of artistic identity/identities. The third major finding was how participants weaved their artistic identity/identities through creativity. Implications of my research underscore the need for more robust institutional support and resources to assist emerging artists with developing career skills, creating supportive environments for art majors from a variety of backgrounds to help them succeed and thrive in college, the design and implementation of additional educational practices in the arts that promote self-authorship, and the expansion of UR activities within the arts.

Magister Legum - LLM / This paper will analyse critically the main sources, namely UNCAC, the African Union Convention on Prevention and Combating Corruption (AU Convention), the Southern African Development Community Protocol against Corruption (SADC Protocol) and the Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (CoE Convention). Furthermore, the paper will examine the corresponding explanatory notes and try to provide a picture of the most important aspects of the issue. As many countries are obliged to consider the criminalisation of trading in influence, drawing an overview of it may make a substantial contribution to its comprehension. Due to the limited space, the paper is unable to cover all provisions of trading in influence in countries where it exists. Accordingly, the discussion will be restricted to the situation in France, Spain and Belgium. By analysing the position in these countries, the different approaches to criminalisation can be highlighted. / South Africa

Before the availability of antibiotics minor infections could become life threatening. Nurses working in voluntary and public hospitals in Britain were exposed to such risks. This thesis uses both oral testimonies and published sources in order to examine their practices concerning the management of infection risks. The detail of nursing work in this period has been generally hidden in nursing histories of the 1930s and 1940s which have addressed mainly political, recruitment, educational, registration and status issues. Whilst these histories may comment about menial duties, and the culture and discipline in clinical areas, they lack detailed exploration of the day-to-day work of the nurse. This novel study contributes to redressing the balance by examining nursing practice between the discovery of penicillin in 1929 and its widespread availability in Britain in 1948. Data analysis, including the oral testimonies of nineteen former nurses who worked between 1929 and 1948, suggests that nursing practice during this period placed enormous emphasis on cleanliness and hygiene. It is argued that this was linked to sanitarianism which influenced nursing practice before its replacement by germ theory. Probationer nurses learnt their skills in managing infection risks to themselves and their patients in a disciplined and safe way. This was achieved through the exercise of strict routines and a hierarchy of tasks that provided a graduated exposure to the patient and infection risks. This thesis draws on debates in the literature about purity, vocation and status to explore, and add weight to this argument. The analysis also identifies that the introduction of sulphonamide drugs and antibiotics altered nursing practices in the management of both infection risks and patients with infection. Whilst the full effects of these changes are not examined in this thesis, it is argued that the significant impact of these drugs was such that the emphasis on cleaning and hygiene became diminished in importance and nursing had to redefine its role. It suggests that more prominence needs to be given to changes in clinical practice in the history of nursing. This study breaks new ground by suggesting the rigorous training of nurses in cleaning and hygiene tasks was needed in order to manage the infection risks faced by nurses before the availability of antibiotics.

Emotional intelligence can be defined as a multifunctional array of interrelated emotional, personal and social abilities which influence one's overall ability to actively and effectively cope with demands and pressures (Bar-On & Parker, 2000). Dulewicz and Higgs (1999) define emotional intelligence as being aware of, and managing one's own feelings and emotions; being sensitive to, and influencing others; sustaining one's motivation; and balancing one's motivation and drive with intuitive, conscientious, and ethical behavior. Successful leadership today is about how well leaders manage themselves and how well they manage others. Successful leadership is not about intellectual ability or technical expertise; it is about personal characteristics and human qualities that include empathy and compassion, flexibility, and influence. Today's leaders must have the ability and flexibility to adapt to an ever-changing workforce, and it's these human abilities that set apart successful leaders. Emotional intelligence has become as important as, if not more important than, intellectual quotient (IQ) and cognitive abilities. This study's hypotheses were tested with multiple regression analysis by regressing the four dimensions of emotional intelligence on LPI, the dependent variable. Only one of the emotional intelligence factors, the appraisal of emotion in self or others, is significantly related to leadership (LPI) (beta coefficient = .520 and p&ndashvalue of .000). In addition, there is one demographic variable that is significantly related to LPI (beta coefficient =.094 and p&ndashvalue of .033). Therefore, years of supervision is positively related to leadership. Today, successful leaders are defined by inspiring and motivating others, promoting a positive work environment, perceiving and understanding emotions, and fostering an organizational climate in which people turn challenging opportunities into successes. This investigation explored the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership practices. This researcher used the Schutte Self Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT) (Schutte et al., 1998) to assess emotional intelligence of managers, and Kouzes and Posner's (1995) Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) to measure leadership practices. Emotions play a key role in decision-making. This study supports the position that emotional stability and emotional intelligence are important factors for organizational leadership.