Angelos Ntalakos

• Master of Business Administration
• PhD Student at University of Thessaly

Σκοπός της συγκεκριμένης μελέτης είναι η διερεύνηση των διασυνδέσεων μεταξύ της οργανωσιακής δέσμευσης, της οργανωσιακής κουλτούρας και της ετοιμότητας για οργανωσιακή αλλαγή σε ένα δείγμα 117 εργαζομένων σε Κέντρα Πρόληψης των Εξαρτήσεων και Προαγωγής της Ψυχοκοινωνικής Υγείας στην Ελλάδα. Για την αξιολόγηση των εν λόγω μεταβλητών, χρησιμοποιήθηκα...

Leadership has been a focal point of academic and practitioner interest for over three decades, with evidence suggesting complex relationships between leadership styles, communication satisfaction, and group dynamics. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of three measurement instruments for these constructs within the Greek hote...

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of leadership styles and their constituent dimensions on communication and its subcomponents. Furthermore, the investigation explored the moderating role of communication in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee outcomes, including extra effort, effectiveness, and sat...

The concept of emotional intelligence (EI) has been attracting the interest of scholars and practitioners during the past two decades. There has been a plethora of research about the definitions, dimensions, and measurement of EI. Although some researchers believe that emotional intelligence is an ability to perceive, understand, manage, and handle...

This chapter delves into the intricate dynamics of work-life balance in modern workplaces, leveraging insights gleaned from a comprehensive analysis of existing literature. Explored within a structured framework, the narrative covers key aspects such as personal and professional priorities, boundary setting, time management, flexibility, remote wor...

The phenomenon of globalization combined with demographic changes have created the necessity to investigate the conditions and the consequences of different team members working together. The purpose of this chapter is to investigate how the concept of workplace diversity (including its sub-variables) can affect the performance of a working group....

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the existing research on change communication satisfaction and change management. This chapter aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the current theories, models, and findings related to these topics. By synthesizing the literature, will contribute to a deeper understanding of the relationships betwee...

The purpose of this chapter is to explore the impact of culture on change management within organizations. By examining the existing literature, this chapter aims to provide insight into how different cultural factors influence the success or failure of change initiatives. Understanding these dynamics is essential for managers and leaders as they n...

By examining the relationship between emotional intelligence and effective leadership in times of change, this chapter aims to uncover the underlying mechanisms through which emotional intelligence influences the success of change initiatives. Additionally, the chapter seeks to identify gaps in the current literature and propose avenues for future...

The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of total quality management (TQM) on the hospitality industry as well as to examine the implementation of the concept of group dynamics in the hospitality industry. In addition, this chapter focuses on highlighting whether there is a connection between the variables of total quality...

This chapter conducts a comprehensive examination of the interconnections among environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) principles; total quality management (TQM) strategies; and the tactical integration of learning and training initiatives within the context of fostering sustainability in businesses. Positioned within the contemporar...

In the backdrop of heightened business uncertainty, the pivotal styles of leadership and organizational culture for entities come to the fore. Leadership styles assume a critical role in fostering adaptability and flexibility, shaping an environment conducive to effective responses to uncertainties and exploitation of emerging opportunities. Concur...

In today's evolving public sector, exploring the relationship between work motivation, work involvement and organizational commitment is very important to increase employee performance in order to ensure the proper functioning of a public organization. For this reason, a quantitative survey was conducted among employees of 11 regions of the EFKA to...

Over the past 10 years, humanity has been witnessing a plethora of serious crises, such as financial, the COVID-19 pandemic, and climate crisis. As a result, these crises have caused several problems in the global market, especially in the tourism and hospitality industry. Hence, crisis leadership, group dynamics, and change management are becoming...

Human capital is regarded to be one of the most important factors for the success of a hospitality company. Hotel employees represent the entire hotel company and they are usually considered to be a part of the first impression that the customers gain from the hotel company. According to previous research, the abilities and competencies of the memb...

It is widely accepted in the academic community that the success of a hotel company depends to a large extent on the behavior of its employees. More specifically, hotel customers form their opinion about the hotel’s services through their interactions with the several work teams of the hotel (such as front desk, house cleaning, and restaurant emplo...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of leadership styles on strategic leadership, as well as the integration and commitment to a change plan within a hospital environment. METHOD A quantitative study was conducted to measure the impact of leadership styles on the following factors: (a) strategic leadership , (b) integration of change, and (c) commi...

The purpose of this study is to examine whether leadership style affects the professional satisfaction of employees in the field of hospitality and specifically in luxury hotels in Greece. A quantity survey was conducted measuring the characteristics and behavior of leaders, and employee satisfaction. The origi-nality of the article derives from th...

Over the past 20 years, Strategic Leadership has attracted both academics and practitioners. Strategic Leadership is defined as the managerial ability of a leader to anticipate, envision, maintain flexibility, and enable others to make strategic changes as required. This study aims to evaluate a strategy leadership scale in the Greek hotel industry...

Contemporary socioeconomic perceptions increasingly recognize the requirement for effective administrative changes. At this level, technological changes and especially the intention to implement digital reforms represent a distinct challenge for modern administrations in order to become capable of responding to the prevailing demands for a digital...

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the relationships between organizational communication, organizational cultural, and organizational change. In other words, this chapter aims to examine the current issues of organizational behavior in relation to the concept of change management. The methodology that is used in this chapter is literature r...

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the relationship between ethics and organizational management but also to indicate some contemporary issues which concern ethical change management in the post Covid-19 era such as the great resignation and Gen Z in the workplace. Overall, it aims to investigate the current issues in relation with ethics in...

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the effect that strategic leadership has on the integration and the successful implementation of a change plan. Overall, it was found that strategic leadership had a significant and positive relationship with change integration, as well as the successful implementation of a change plan for an organization....

The need for ever-increasing administrative and socio-economic results combined with the demand for a more productive public administration has led to an ever-greater focus on the utilisation of IT and communication technologies through the implementation of integrated e-governance programs. By systematically measuring the implementation of e-gover...

The aim of this publication is the examination of the relationship between strategic leadership and the integration and success of organizational change in four and five-star hotels in Greece. The value of this research lies in the fact that the hotel industry is subject to a turbulent environment which leads to constant changes. Therefore, it is n...

The purpose of this paper is the examination of the impact of human resource training on the integration and success of organizational change in Greek four and five-star hotels. The literature review has revealed that training is the most important variable for the success of a change management program. Thus, it is essential to examine its impact...

Mykonos Island is one of the most well-known tourist summer destinations. Every year, especially during the summer period, Mykonos hosts a plethora of tourists that arrive from different countries, such as Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates. More specifically, according to Fraport Greece Traffic Data Man...

Mykonos Island is one of the most well-known tourist summer destinations. Every year, especially during the summer period, Mykonos hosts a plethora of tourists that arrive from different countries, such as Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates. More specifically, according to Fraport Greece Traffic Data Man...

Leadership is one of the most discussed topics in organization management over the past 50 years. Leadership studies have showed direct relationships between leadership styles and a variety of occupational outcomes, such as job satisfaction and self-efficacy. Similarly, (Wolman, The Journal of Social Psychology 43:11–25, 1956) was one of the first...

During the past 40 years, the concept of leadership has been bothering several researchers. Leadership studies have revealed direct relationships between leadership styles and a plethora of occupational factors, such as job satisfaction (Asghar, S. & Oino, I. (2018). Leadership Styles and Job Satisfaction. Market Forces, 13(1), 1–13., Available at...

Tourism today is in a critical crossroad, not only due of the changes on the structure of the tourist industry where the focus has shifted from mass tourism to alternative tourism, but also the question on how the tourist industry will cope with the case of the Covid-19 crisis. Still, the tourist industry does not know what the future of the sector...

Digital marketing has been on the epicentre of many researches. However, there is the need to make clear which are the current trends of the Digital Marketing Strategies regarding luxurious hotels. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has seriously "damaged" the hospitality industry and it has affected the digital marketing strategies of hotels. Th...

Τα τελευταία χρόνια, το αυξανόμενο ανταγωνιστικό περιβάλλον, η έμφαση στις οργανωσιακές αλλαγές, οι ευέλικτες ρυθμίσεις, αλλά και οι οικονομικές και υγειονομικές κρίσεις (European DebtCrisis, Covid-19 pandemic) έχουν οδηγήσει σε διαρκώς μεταβαλλόμενες προδιαγραφές εργασίας, οι οποίες πολλές φορές εντείνουν το εργασιακό άγχος των απασχολούμενων ενός...

The purpose of the paper is to investigate the interaction of human resource management, strategic leadership, role conflict, job commitment, and job stress of employees in a public tourism organization. The value of this paper lies in the fact that human resources are undoubtedly the most important asset for both private tourism businesses and pub...

Over the past 30 years, Emotional Intelligence has been gaining ground in the field of business and management. Much has been written about the importance of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in leadership, which overlaps with the concept of management (Young & Dulewicz, 2008). Although, there are many researches into the connection between leadership an...

The tourism industry is one of the most dominant industries at a global level that affect the world’s economy (Belias et al., 2017), as the tourism industry contributes to a very high percentage of the Gross Domestic Product of many countries (such as United States, China, Japan, Italy, France and Spain) (Statista, 2021). On the other hand, researc...

Covid-19 pandemic has been spread dramatically during the past three years. Its effects have changed the ordinary lives of millions of people worldwide. According to World Health Organization (1), 6.137.553 people died since the pandemic's outbreak, while the total amount of confirmed cases is 485.243.022 (2). Apart from the above negative impact o...