Leadership & Organization Development Journal: Volume 41 Issue 3

The impact of leadership on firm financial performance: the mediating role of employees' readiness to change

Kleanthis K. Katsaros, Athanasios N. Tsirikas, Georgia C. Kosta

The aim of the research is to investigate the influence of leadership on firm financial performance and to explore the mediating role of employees' readiness to change.

Impact of humble leadership on project success: the mediating role of psychological empowerment and innovative work behavior

Mudassar Ali, Li Zhang, Syed Jamal Shah, Salim Khan, Adnan Muhammad Shah

This paper aims to examine the impact of humble leadership on project success. The mediating effects of psychological empowerment and innovative work behavior on the relationship…

The relationship between abusive supervision and unethical pro-organizational behavior: linear or curvilinear?

Limin Guo, Hongdan Zhao, Ken Cheng, Jinlian Luo

Based on social exchange theory and research on proactive personality, this study aims to explore the relationship between abusive supervision and unethical pro-organizational…

Ambidextrous leadership and innovation performance: a longitudinal study

Friederike Gerlach, Maike Hundeling, Kathrin Rosing

The ambidextrous leadership model specifically describes opening and closing leader behaviors in the innovation process. This paper aims to emphasize the relevance of the…

The trickle-down effect of empowering leadership: a boundary condition of performance pressure

Gukdo Byun, Soojin Lee, Steven J. Karau, Ye Dai

By taking a social learning perspective, this study examines the trickle-down effect of empowering leadership across hierarchical levels in an organization. Specifically, this…

Exploring mechanisms of outstanding business leadership facing transitioning environment: a life-narrative perspective

Junjun Cheng, Yong Su

Through a life-narrative perspective, this research seeks to reveal the underlying mechanisms driving and sustaining outstanding leadership among top Chinese business leaders in a…

Barriers to intergenerational learning: a case of a workplace in Turkey

Soner Polat, Yılmazer Yılmaz

The purpose of this study is to determine barriers to intergenerational learning.

Embracing the duality of consideration and initiating structure: CEO leadership behaviors and small firm performance

Inger N. Basker, Therese E. Sverdrup, Vidar Schei, Alexander M. Sandvik

This paper examines the relationship between chief executive officers' (CEOs') leadership behaviors (consideration and initiating structure) and firm and individual performance…

Leader humility and employee organizational deviance: the role of sense of power and organizational identification

Guo Qiuyun, Wenxing Liu, Kong Zhou, Jianghua Mao

The authors examined the relationship between leader humility and employee organizational deviance. They also tested the mediating effects of personal sense of power and the…