Ups and downs in transformational leadership: A weekly diary study

IF 7.5 2区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

European Management Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI:10.1016/j.emj.2022.12.007

Manuela Morf , Arnold B. Bakker

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Abstract

We link job design and leadership literature to advance our understanding of the dynamics in transformational leadership. We tested the idea that motivating work characteristics can release positive energy (i.e., vigor) and help leaders who care about others (i.e., high in prosocial motivation) to realize their transformational leadership potential. We conducted a weekly diary study and collected data from leaders of organizations in Switzerland over five weeks (k = 100, N = 500). Multilevel analyses supported our hypotheses: When leaders were exposed to more motivating work characteristics (i.e., task significance, skill variety, and cooperation), they felt more vigorous. When leaders felt more vigorous, they showed more transformational leadership, although this finding was only observed in leaders with high (vs. low) prosocial motivation. Findings provide insights into when and for whom we can observe fluctuations in transformational leadership to guide organizations on supporting leaders to unleash their leadership potential.

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变革型领导的起起落落:一项每周日记研究

我们将工作设计与领导力文献联系起来，以促进我们对变革型领导力动态的理解。我们检验了这样一种观点，即激励性的工作特征可以释放正能量（即活力），并帮助关心他人（即亲社会动机高）的领导者实现其变革型领导潜能。我们开展了一项每周日记研究，收集了瑞士各组织领导者在五周时间内的数据（k = 100，N = 500）。多层次分析支持了我们的假设：当领导者接触到更具激励性的工作特征（即任务重要性、技能多样性和合作性）时，他们会感到更有活力。当领导者感觉更有活力时，他们就会表现出更多的变革型领导力，尽管这一结果只在亲社会动机高（与低）的领导者身上观察到。研究结果为我们观察变革型领导力波动的时间和对象提供了启示，从而指导组织支持领导者释放其领导潜能。

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European Management Journal Multiple-

CiteScore

12.90

自引率

5.30%

发文量

113

审稿时长

74 days

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