The paradoxical leader, crafting human worker, and robot teammate: A commentary on the future of leader behaviors

IF 2 4区管理学 Q3 MANAGEMENT

Scandinavian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI:10.1016/j.scaman.2024.101371

Jestine Philip , Sut I. Wong

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Abstract

Robot utilization is expected to result in significant changes in the way organizations and teams operate. The increasing prevalence of robots in the workplace offers an opportunity to research robot utilization and employee response behaviors to this phenomenon. A timely research question is, “What reactionary behaviors would organizational leaders and employees exhibit as they begin to regard robots as coworkers and teammates?”. The purpose of this commentary is to offer theoretical perspectives on leader response behaviors when leading human-robot teams as well as to understand employee reactions to working alongside a robot teammate. Drawing on paradox and Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theories and through postulation statements, we show the (contradictory) duality of leader and employee behaviors under conditions of high/low job demands in a human-robot team environment. In doing so, this discussion bears implications for research on team leadership, job crafting, the presence of behavioral robotics, and for the practice of organizational leadership.

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自相矛盾的领导者、精雕细琢的人类工人和机器人队友：对未来领导者行为的评论

机器人的使用预计将使组织和团队的运作方式发生重大变化。机器人在工作场所的日益普及为研究机器人的使用和员工对这一现象的反应行为提供了机会。一个适时的研究问题是："当组织领导和员工开始将机器人视为同事和队友时，他们会表现出哪些反应行为？本评论旨在从理论角度探讨领导者在领导人类-机器人团队时的反应行为，并了解员工在与机器人队友并肩工作时的反应。我们借鉴悖论和工作需求-资源（JD-R）理论，通过假设陈述，展示了在人类-机器人团队环境中，在高/低工作需求条件下，领导者和员工行为的（矛盾）双重性。在此过程中，这一讨论对团队领导力、工作设计、行为机器人的存在以及组织领导力的实践等方面的研究产生了影响。

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Scandinavian Journal of Management MANAGEMENT-

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4.00

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

71 days

期刊介绍： The Scandinavian Journal of Management (SJM) provides an international forum for innovative and carefully crafted research on different aspects of management. We promote dialogue and new thinking around theory and practice, based on conceptual creativity, reasoned reflexivity and contextual awareness. We have a passion for empirical inquiry. We promote constructive dialogue among researchers as well as between researchers and practitioners. We encourage new approaches to the study of management and we aim to foster new thinking around management theory and practice. We publish original empirical and theoretical material, which contributes to understanding management in private and public organizations. Full-length articles and book reviews form the core of the journal, but focused discussion-type texts (around 3.000-5.000 words), empirically or theoretically oriented, can also be considered for publication. The Scandinavian Journal of Management is open to different research approaches in terms of methodology and epistemology. We are open to different fields of management application, but narrow technical discussions relevant only to specific sub-fields will not be given priority.