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Времева перспектива на организационния лидер
Time perspective of organizationаl leader

Author(s): Victoria Gatzova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Organizational Psychology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: organizational leader; time perspective; past; present; future

Summary/Abstract: The present paper is focused on the problem of organizational leader’s orientation toward past, present and future. The concept of time perspective is presented in detail. Special attention is paid to types of time perspective defined by P. Zimbardo and J. Boyd – Past Negative, Past Positive, Present Hedonistic, Present Fatalistic and Future. The accent of the paper is on model that reveals the relationship between leadership and time perspective. This model presents in detail the strengths and the weaknesses of orientations toward past, present and future. It also reveals the good and the bad fi t of time perspective with different situations.