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Playing At Being Human: Finding Leadership and Empathy Through Digital Games Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Kristin M. S. Bezio
The current article presents examples of video games that specifically seek to enable their players to rethink their ideological assumptions and to develop empathy, critical components of both understanding and practicing leadership. Through these examples, the article suggests that video games are uniquely effective in this capacity because of their emphasis on interactivity and imaginative identification
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Kingfish Ace: Application of Gaming to Help Air Force Leaders Understand Agile Combat Employment Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Troy B. Pierce, Jeffrey R. Komives
The use of games to model and understand complex systems has an extensive history in military circles. Gaming is used by commanders at all levels to inform their understanding of the operational environment, evaluate disparate courses of action, and refine future concepts of operation. The current article examines the use of gaming by the U.S. Air Force to mature and promote its Agile Combat Employment
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Why Games for Leadership? Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-02 John D. Egan
The current article introduces the symposium Games for Leadership: an examination for leadership scholars and practitioners to further explore the use of games in the leadership process. Games can be leveraged to influence and solve a wide range of problems. Further, games include an embedded feedback loop that can drive leadership engagement. Examples are provided to illustrate these concepts alongside
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Leadership Through Citizen Science Games Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Karen (Kat) Schrier
The current paper examines how citizen science games, or games that build knowledge and enable the crowdsourcing of tasks, enable leadership. Specifically, the paper describes how both the creators and players of these knowledge‐building games are collectively engaged in the leadership process. Players are enacting leadership through collaboration, communication, and problem solving with other players
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Role‐Playing Games as a New Adventure for Leadership‐As‐Practice: Forming a Leadership Framework Around Collective Creativity and Development Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Joe Lasley
The current paper explores a transformative approach to leadership that integrates with a view of analog role‐playing games (RPGs) as a system for human interaction, aiming to leverage these experiences and foster collective creative leadership. In the face of urgent global challenges, traditional leadership models prove inadequate, necessitating a shift in understanding leadership as a process of
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The Patterns of Games for Leading Social Change Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Lindsay Grace
The current paper highlights the fundamentals of employing the play state to lead people toward improved performance across a variety of leadership responsibilities. It offers perspective on the historical, sociological, and psychological characteristics of play and game design toward leading social change. Drawing from experience leading and researching a variety of game‐focused interventions to lead
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Creativity for Problem Solving in the Digital Era: Configurations of Leadership Profiles Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Fernanda Bethlem Tigre, Paulo Lopes Henriques, Carla Curado
Finding creative solutions to organizations' challenges is critical to determining the ability to thrive. Creative leadership promotes an organizational culture based on creative problem-solving skills. Five leadership elements (being digitally and technologically savvy, having a results orientation, promoting collaborative teamwork, possessing business skills, and providing resources to the team)
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Self–Other Rating Accuracy and Leadership Emergence: Does Rating Accuracy Influence Who Emerges as a Leader? Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Darrin Kass, Jung Seek Kim, Paul F. Rotenberry, William H. Bommer
The current study investigated how individual differences in self–other rating agreement (SOA) were related to leadership emergence. A sample of 4,524 students from MBA programs in the United States and Canada completed a leaderless group task as part of an assessment center. The results revealed that emergence varied by SOA, with underraters exhibiting the highest levels of emergence, followed by
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Undergraduate Students as Both Mentors and Mentees Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Lindsay J. Hastings, Summer Odom
Undergraduate students not only have the rare opportunity to experience mentoring from both the perspective of the mentor as well as the mentee, but also have the rare opportunity to experience the impact of mentoring on their leader and leadership development (LD) from both mentor and mentee perspectives. While mentoring is considered one of the most potent tools for LD, having a mentor or being a
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Introduction to Leading from the Middle in Higher Education: Mentoring Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Hannah M. Sunderman, Jonathan Orsini
“Leading from the Middle in Higher Education: Mentoring” is a Journal of Leadership Studies Symposium dededicated to the significance of mentoring in higher education, emphasizing the role of mentoring in leadership development for undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty. To introduce the symposium, the current article provide insights into effective mentoring practices for mentors and
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Mentoring and Well-Being in Higher Education Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Jonathan Orsini
There has been an explosion of research on the well-being of university students and faculty across a diverse set of disciplines across higher education. The symposium provides a brief review connecting the scholarship of mentorship with growing research on well-being in academia. Specifically, the current paper focuses on well-being outcomes for both mentors and mentees, considering undergraduates
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Intercultural Mentoring in Higher Education Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Bolanle Adebayo, Hannah M. Sunderman
Intercultural mentoring is increasing in higher education in response to diversification and globalization. While intercultural mentoring relationships experience unique challenges, it can be a development learning opportunity for both mentors and mentees. Therefore, the current article discusses the following aspects of intercultural mentoring relationships in higher education: benefits and challenges
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Mentorship in TANDEM with Leadership in Higher Education Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Herb Thompson, Sandra Rodríguez-Arroyo, Connie Schaffer
The current article introduces the perspectives of three faculty members who together lead a mentorship program for new faculty at a Midwestern public higher education institution. These faculties offer their leadership experiences from the viewpoint of a mentee, mentor, and administrator, respectively. Together, their layered experiences outline the formation, development, and evaluation of the TANDEM
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Graduate Students as Leaders and Followers: Effective Practices for Mentoring and Being Mentored Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Eric K. Kaufman, Sydney D. Richardson, Nicole L. P. Stedman
Graduate student development depends heavily upon effective mentoring. The ideal outcome is a scholar and/or professional who can work independently, not simply following in the footsteps and example of their mentor(s). In many instances, the developmental process requires the graduate student to be a mentor to others, whether that be for less experienced scholars (e.g., undergraduate students) or
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How Bad Leaders Can Drive Out Good Leaders Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Marianne Synnes Emblemsvåg, Jan Emblemsvåg
Destructive leadership has been thoroughly described in the literature. As the term itself indicates, destructive leadership is a leadership style that violates the well-being or job satisfaction of subordinates, and destroys value for the organization directly, or through less motivated and effective employees. Despite such negative effects, some members might prosper from it and may even support
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Traits and Behavior Theory of Leadership: Critique from Undistributed Middle Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Borna Jalšenjak, Randy L. Richards
Traits and/or behavior theory of leadership has a long tradition but the popular understanding of it may lead to fallacious positions. The current paper provides a critique, stemming from logic, of a reductionist approach to leadership in popular sources. The reductionist approach is manifested in propositions such as “possession of trait and/or behavior X makes one a leader.” First, the logical fallacy
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Judging Nonacademic Claims about Leadership According to Academic Standards Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Nathan W. Harter
This short piece questions the utility and preferable form of academic criticisms about popular materials on leadership, such as Ted talks, blogs, and what are called airport books. It then addresses an effort to say that when these materials claim that a leader is or does something in particular, what they are saying is that anyone who is, or does that particular thing is therefore a leader. It is
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Disciplinary Expertise and Faculty Credentialing in Leadership Studies: Advancing a Necessary Conversation Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Jennifer W. Purcell, Deborah N. Smith
The disciplinary backgrounds of leadership studies educators have considerable influence on the future of the field; however, disciplinary expertise and credentialing have yet to be examined thoroughly in the literature. Decisions pertaining to the preparation and credentialing of leadership educators, particularly among faculty, are a necessary supplement to existing discourse on the standardization
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Youth Capacity Building and Leadership Through CBPR and Conflict Transformation with the Montagnard Refugee-Origin Community Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Sharon D. Morrison, Andrew J. Young, S. Sudha
Introduction Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an increasingly popular framework used for ethical health disparities research and social justice praxis with refugee communities (Ellis et al., 2007; Wallerstein & Duran, 2006). It is anchored by several main pillars, including recognition of the community context, indigenous knowledge, and practices; shared leadership and decision-making;
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Migrant and Refugee Women: A Case for Community Leadership Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Whitney McIntyre Miller, Rabab Atwi
The current paper posits that forced migration, as seen as a movement through a liminal space, provides the opportunity for refugee women to build upon their resilience and create social capital to find new ways and spaces to engage in community leadership. Escalating conflict in different parts of the world has led millions of people to flee their homelands in search of safety and protection. Based
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Role-Modeling Leadership in Small and Medium Enterprises: The Role of Leader Identification, Leader–Member Exchange, Job Stress, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover Intent Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Paul T. Balwant, Amanda Singh
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are instrumental to most economies and leadership offers a means for SMEs to face today's business challenges. Despite the need for effective leadership in SMEs, researchers rarely examine leadership theories in this context. The SME context is characterized by proximal conditions that are conducive to role-modeling leadership. Role-modeling leadership, although
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Advancing Adaptive Leadership Through Adaption-Innovation Theory: Enhancements to The Holding Environment Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Megan Seibel, Eric K. Kaufman, D. Adam Cletzer, Jeremy Elliott-Engel
While adaptive leadership is a useful framework for leadership practitioners, there is limited empirical research supporting its conceptual tools and tactics. Kirton's adaption-innovation (A-I) theory contends individuals have innate problem-solving style preferences for more or less structure. In the current conceptual paper, we examine the theoretical underpinnings of adaptive leadership and A-I
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The Market Basket Case Revisited: Community Empowerment through Leaderful Organizational Culture Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Soyhan Egitim
Market Basket started as a local grocery store in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1917, and rapidly expanded into a large supermarket chain by following a business model driven by community empowerment. However, success did not come easy. A sudden change in leadership and the resulting top-down organizational culture pushed the store chain into unprecedented chaos with boycotts and supply chain disruptions
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A Problem-Solving Theory to Enhance Understanding and Practice of Leadership Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Curtis R. Friedel
The focus of the symposium is adaption-innovation (A-I) theory, as it relates to solving problems with cognitive diversity. The intent of the current article is to introduce adaption-innovation theory; its beginning and key elements. The symposium specifically focuses on implications for adaptive leadership, inclusion, wicked problems, and business.
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Examining Complex Problem Solving in Communities Through the Lens of Kirton'S Adaption-Innovation Theory Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Mary T. Rodriguez, Sarah A. Bush
The current philosophical paper brings the concepts of community, complex adaptive systems, wicked problems, and Kirton's (2011) adaption-innovation (A-I) theory together as a model to encourage practitioners to recognize the importance of cognitive diversity for sustainable and impactful solutions. Leadership and change practitioners often face the complexity of addressing community based wicked problems
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Implicit Social Cognition: The Hidden Element Affecting Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging on Diverse Collaborative Teams Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-17 James C. Anderson
Currently, organizations are working to create a culture that embraces diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. However, as these organizations become more diverse, implicit social cognition or unconscious bias increases, leading to unproductive behaviors and organizational inefficiencies. Yet, diverse teams can be more productive, creative, and increase opportunities to expand into diverse markets
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Working with Adaption-Innovation in Leadership Practice: What Works and What's Missing? Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Rob Sheffield
The current paper reviews examples of working with organizational leaders and integrating adaption-innovation (A-I) theory and its associated psychometric, the Kirton's Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI; Kirton, 1985). Three specific in-depth cases are reviewed and analyzed, and a series of learning insights are shared. A set of key enabling factors are argued to transform A-I related insights to
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The Toxic Bully Boss: Echoes of American Slavocracy Tactics in Adverse Workplace Leadership Styles Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-14 David Sippio
Introduction Leadership is essential to making and establishing policies, directing and controlling environments, and influencing people to perform at a high level. Innovation awaits the proper balance of labor and motivation. When employees desire to perform at a high level of efficiency for the organization and are committed to making a living for their families, they should not be subject to abuse
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When Leadership Attacks: Stories of Surviving the Worst Bosses Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-11 Lonnie R. Morris, Cynthia M. Sims, Wendy M. Edmonds
Introduction Inspired by the stories of negative leadership encounters curated in When Leadership Fails (Morris & Edmonds, 2021), the current symposium continues the plight to identify, deconstruct, and process leadership at its worst. Leadership from the worst bosses can span the gamut from mere ineffectiveness to extreme unconscionable behavior (Normore & Brooks, 2016). It often emanates from self-centered
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Exploring Subordinates' Perceptions and Experiences with Abusive Leaders in Higher Education: A Qualitative Study Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-03 Comfort O. Okpala
Introduction Tepper (2000) stated that abusive leaders and supervisors often utilize a variety of hostile verbal and nonverbal behaviors toward their followers and subordinates. Coldwell (2021) identified abusive supervision; authoritarian leadership; narcissism; self-promotion; and unpredictable behavior as five dimensions of a toxic leader. Lipman-Blumen (2005) stated that toxic leaders instill fear
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Lessons Learned from the Pandemic: Syracuse University Women Embraced the Online Pivot in Leadership Education Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Michele G. Wheatly, LaVonda N. Reed, Marie Garland, Candace C. Jackson
Women are underrepresented in higher education leadership. Many institutions offer women-only programs to bridge the gap to career advancement. COVID-19 has compounded existing gender inequities and raised concern about long-term setbacks for women. Recognizing the need to equip women to enter the postpandemic talent pool, a Women in Leadership program at Syracuse University rapidly pivoted to online
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Silent Voices: Lasting Effects of Toxic Masculinity and Destructive Leadership on Women in Higher Education Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Heidi Marshall
Am I reading too much into this? The voice coming through my headphones had moved the meeting to the next agenda item, but in the Zoom chat window popped out on the center of my monitor, questions about our project were still coming through, and on the secondary screen of my laptop, I had just opened an email message from my Dean, sent while I was still presenting. The email, he wrote, let me know
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Shared Leadership, Dynamic Capability, and Effectiveness in Teams: The Case of Korean Firms Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-21 Jeongkoo Yoon, Yejee Jeong, Moonjoo Kim
The current research developed a model to explain team effectiveness in Korean firms and theorized how a leader's vertical transformational leadership and members' shared transformational leadership affect team performance and creativity differentially through the mediating process of dynamic capability (i.e., exploitation and exploration). The hypotheses were: (a) the two forms of leadership affect
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Transformational Leadership and Sick Leave: A Randomized Controlled Trial Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Tobias Hauth, José M. Peiró, Juan M. Mesa
Although prior research has established an association between transformational leadership and sick leave, there is still no clear evidence for a causal relationship between the two constructs. The present study contributes to this quest by developing and evaluating the effectiveness of a transformational leadership intervention in reducing employee sick leave. One hundred and seventeen leaders from
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“Never ‘Because of’, Always ‘In Spite Of’”: Implications of the Culturally Relevant Leadership Learning Model for Student Social Justice Activists Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-12 Julie E. Owen, Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron, Cher Weixia Chen
Social justice activism can both precede and be the byproduct of collegiate leadership education. As leaders and participants in these social movements, college student activists can catalyze national and global change (Boren, 2019). However, this change can occur at the expense of the activists’ well-being, especially when they engage in identity work or aim to address daunting structural problems
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Virtual Leadership: CEOs and C-Level Executives of Healthcare Organizations in the United States Reimagined New Roles as Virtual Leaders Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-08 Debra S. Sandberg, Carla M. Pennington, Michael Adrian Lindquist
CEOs and C-level executives of healthcare organizations in the United States reimagined their leadership roles during the COVID-19 pandemic. These leaders had to make decisions to positively impact their hospitals, communicate with their stakeholders, protect their employees, and offer urgently needed services to the community by utilizing virtual technology. In 2020, the COVID-19 crisis emphasized
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Finding Growth Zones: Socially Just Leadership Learning, Developmental Readiness, And Zones of Proximal Development Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Joshua K. Taylor, Amber Manning-Ouellette
Socially just leadership learning is critical in developing leaders who can lead in equitable and just fashions. However, students can, both knowingly and unknowingly, participate in injustices by perpetuating dominant narratives and systems that marginalize and oppress others (Foste, 2019). Some students may exhibit resistance when engaging in socially just leadership learning (Cooper & Gause, 2007)
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Yukl, G. A., & Gardner, W. L. (2020). Leadership in Organizations. Pearson Education, Inc. Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Jyoti Aggarwal
Leadership in Organizations is a recent book authored by well known leadership scholars Drs. Gary Yukl and William Gardner. Their book attempts to bridge the gap in scholarship and practice by incorporating the process and practice of leadership for those in any organizations. Using a theoretical approach to teaching the reader about the concepts of leadership, the book then teaches how to practically
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Socially Just and Culturally Relevant Experiential Leadership Learning: Centering Equity and Inclusion in Learners' Praxis Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron, Aoi Yamanaka, Elizabeth Schierbeek, Garrett Fojtik
The current article draws on findings from a constructivist, qualitative case study via which we explored which and how experiential leadership learning activities supported students in making meaning of social inequity and change as well as how students’ identities were held in conversation. Data collection was grounded in semi-structured interviews with 13 students enrolled across four leadership
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Troubling the Niceness of Social Change in Leadership Education Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Erica R. Wiborg
This article troubles a culture of niceness that upholds racism, whiteness, and other forms of oppression, as well as challenges the simplistic application of social change in leadership education. Leadership educators have several responsibilities for challenging ideologies, practices, and discourses that secure whiteness when teaching about leadership for social change. The current article begins
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Centering Socially Just Leadership: An Integrated Model for Contextualizing Leadership Learning Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Kathy L. Guthrie, Cameron C. Beatty
The current article introduces an integrated model centering culturally relevant leadership learning and incorporating the leadership learning framework through social justice pedagogy. The integrated model for contextualizing leadership learning addresses how a leadership educator informs the leadership learning process through their identity, culture, and commitment. By acknowledging these influences
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(Un)Modeling the Way: Reflecting on the Complexity of the Leadership Educator Identity for Culturally Relevant Facilitation Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Ana C. Maia
A leadership educator's identity development is central to the Culturally Relevant Leadership Learning (CRLL) and socially just leadership process. Understanding one's own social and leadership identities is foundational to how an educator approaches (or avoids approaching) the five CRLL contextual dimensions (Bernard Jones et al., 2016; Milem et al., 2005). The educator identity exploration allows
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Leadership and Resilience: Where Should We Go Next? Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-29 Daniel T.L. Shek, Aaron D. Wilkinson
In the symposium's first article, Wilkinson requested that leaders consider resilience as one possible asset to assist employees in thriving during volatile times. In the second article, Georgoulas-Sherry demonstrated resilience as a contrast unique from grit or hardiness and brought clarity as to how each of these three constructs should be discussed. Leaders and researchers should now be able to
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Building Resilience at Work: A Practical Framework for Leaders Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Kathryn McEwen
The construct of resilience has become increasingly important given workplace trends in high pressure, frequent change and uncertainty. Leaders have a multi-faceted role in resilience-building within organisations. They need to personally invest in the resources that build their own resilience in order to both mitigate against personal burnout and overtly demonstrate resilience to followers. At the
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How Team Members' Transformational Leadership and Effective Followership Work During Team Interactions Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-18 I. Dami Alegbeleye, Eric K. Kaufman
In the current study, a mixed-method research design was used to explore how team members' transformational leadership and effective followership relate to teamwork quality. Data were collected from 10-student project teams (N [team] = 10; N [individual] = 84 team members) in a leadership class at a large-sized public university in the United States. As a follow-up, focus group interviews were conducted
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The Digital Transformation Leadership Framework: Conceptual and Empirical Insights into Leadership Roles in Technology-Driven Business Environments Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-28 Ellen Weber, Eva-Helen Krehl, Marion Büttgen
The powerful and disruptive changes associated with digital transformation make leadership more complex than before, which results in new and demanding challenges for companies and leaders alike. Thus, building on the competing values framework (CVF), which postulates that leaders must adopt multiple roles and behaviors, the current research aims to identify leadership roles appropriate in digital
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King Arthur's lessons for leadership and superior performance—From screen to real life Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-05-24 Ana Sabino, Francisco Cesário, Luis José Andrade, Filipe Teobaldi
Over time, different authors have suggested a set of competencies related to leadership and superior performance. We used a cinematic approach to reflect on six theoretical approaches using six King Arthur films from 1950 until 2017. We learned that films can be tools to enhance leadership and superior performance.
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Introduction: Listening with African Leadership in the 21st Century—Paradigmatic Considerations for Liminal Contexts Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Rob Elkington
Why a Symposium on African Leadership? Sawubona (a Zulu word meaning “Hello—I see you”) (Caldwell & Atwijuka, 2018), and welcome to Africa, the beautiful! That is how I have always framed the land of my birth. The beauty of Africa lies in its awe-inspiring landscapes, rich earthy soil, diverse wildlife, and amazing people! Anyone who has lived in Africa knows the fragrant mist after an afternoon thunderstorm
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Solidarity for African Women's Rights: A Case of Co-Emergent Grassroots Leadership Activity in Nigeria Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-05-17 Anisah Ari, Brandon W. Kliewer
The mechanisms that advance community well-being and the practice of democracy are changing. However, theories that inform democracy and associated leadership activities have not recognized Nigeria's unique historical, political, socio-cultural, and economic context. The current article aims to offer a culturally specific and relevant understanding of grassroots movements that contribute to improved
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African Leadership in the Diaspora: Diffusion, Infusion, Synergy, and Challenges Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-05-12 Abdul-Latif Alhassan, Brandon W. Kliewer
The concept of leadership has a long history but gained vogue in Africa with the emergence of democracy and end of colonialism. Leadership, however, cannot be understood independent of context and so there have been questions of what African leadership is, African leadership in the diaspora, African leadership styles, and the future of Africa. The combination of past linkages, traditions, culture,
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Black Girl Magic or Queen Bee: An Exploration of Gendered Leadership in South African Business Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-05-10 Aradhana Ramnund-Mansingh
Gendered research is plagued by an array of challenges within a South African business context and the unique political landscape. Even with well-established equity legislation and corporate governance compliance, the number of women in leadership remains bleak. The King IV reporting requirement of women at the board level places significant pressure on the existing employment equity goals for organizations
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Michael Scott and Authentic Leadership: What we Learn About Leadership from The Office Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-24 Philip Aust
The current study examines the actions of Michael Scott, self-proclaimed “World's Best Boss”, to determine how he communicates leadership on The Office. Using Northouse's (2020) definition of leadership, Scott's behavior is content analyzed to establish his particular message transmission tendencies. Further, given Scott's unique management style, George's (2003) dimensions of authentic leadership
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Leadership (And Listening)— As‐Practice Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-23 Trisha Gott
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Leadership Style in Relation to Gender Role and Masculine Values: Being Daoist Water-Like or Agentic? Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-23 Wen-Qian Zhou, Yueh-Ting Lee, Eric Jacobs
Based on the Daoist water-like theory in relation to leadership and gender, the current study aims to compare two leadership styles (Daoist water-like and Agentic) and their relation to the gender role of leaders and the masculine values of perceivers. A 2 × 2 × 2 between-subjects factorial experiment (leader gender, leadership style, and perceiver masculinity value) was conducted to examine the favorability
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Listening: New Horizons in Leadership Theory and Application Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-18 Brandon W. Kliewer
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What are we Listening For?: Material‐Discursive Considerations for Leadership Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-15 R.J. Youngblood
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Facilitating Listening for Understanding Through the Use of Stories Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-14 Stan Amaladas
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The Art of MA Leadership: A Brief Introduction to Wayfinding for a Sustainable Future Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-08 Janis Bragan Balda, Joanna Stanberry
The current article explores a nascent configuration of leadership, long present in its practices but without a name. Emerging from a phenomenographic study of leaders for local sustainability, it is widely observable when we look. People, regardless of formal roles or identities, are responding to a call for transformation in discoverable, recognizable, and variegated ways not yet fully described
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Overcoming Barriers to Practicing Listening as Leadership Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-11 Leigh E. Fine
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Looking Beyond the Dyad: How Transformational Leadership Affects Leader–Member Exchange Quality and Outcomes Journal of Leadership Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Robert A. Coleman, William J. Donoher
Despite the attention given to leadership and its understanding, the overwhelming number of approaches remain focused on one specific theory, resulting in minimal integration across theoretical borders. A leadership typology combining aspects of transformational leadership (TFL) with leader–member exchange (LMX) theory is presented in order to focus attention on the relationship between TFL behaviors