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The forgotten side of empowering others: How lower social structural empowerment attenuates the effects of empowering leadership on employee psychological empowerment and performance. Research and theory have frequently argued that leadership aimed at empowering employees has a positive effect on their psychological empowerment (the sense of control and influence over their work). This type of leadership...

The Hidden Dark Side of Empowering Leadership: The Moderating Role of Hindrance Stressors in Explaining When Empowering Employees Can Promote Moral Disengagement and Unethical Pro-Organizational Behavior. Most of the theories and research on empowering leadership to date focuses on how leadership focused on empowerment affects employees, almost always portraying these behaviors as positive. We distance ourselves...

Strategic alignment and the challenge of visionary leadership By: Dr. Begüm Bilgin, Prof. Dr. Daan van Knippenberg , Associate Prof. Inga Hoever, Dr. Jing Wu and Dr. Marco de Haas. Organizations benefit from a strategic vision only if it is actually acted upon. But building alignment around a strategic vision poses a challenge. Our research “Visionary...

Visionary leadership and the pursuit of organizational visions Exceptional organizational achievements are often attributed to leaders who articulate a compelling vision of the future. Consider, for example, the successes of leaders such as Elon Musk, Bill Gates and John F. Kennedy. Communication of the vision plays an important role in this. In this dissertation, Begüm Bilgin...

Leadership of Cultural Diversity: The impact of leadership The aim of this dissertation of dr. Katja Raithel is to understand how to manage cultural diverse teams in the best way and increase team performance in multinational organizations. Therefore, defining what kind of leader characteristics drives team performance and what leadership characteristics foster the positive outcomes of...

In cooperation with Deloitte Psychological safety is crucial to unleash the potential of a diverse group of people. When people feel safe to share thoughts and ideas, more creativity will emerge and better decisions can be taken. Luckily there is so much more awareness about the importance of psychological safety today compared to 10 years ago....

Doing Well by Doing Good? Analyzing the Relationship Between CEO Ethical Leadership and Firm Performance. Business ethics and firm economic performance have traditionally often been regarded as mutually exclusive ends. The researchers of this study  challenge this “either-or” belief and analyze when and how ethical firm leadership and firm performance may harmonize well. In extension of...

Integrity and social responsibility are key factors in building trust and credibility with internal and external stakeholders. Organizations that uphold high ethical standards and demonstrate responsibility in their actions, earn the respect and loyalty of employees, customers, suppliers, investors, and society at large. Integrity ensures transparency, accountability, and fairness in decision-making, while social responsibility promotes sustainable...

All Models Are Wrong, and Some Are Useful By Tom Geraghty This is one of my favourite, and most often used, aphorisms. It’s attributed to George Box, a British statistician, from a 1976 paper on Science and Statistics, though the idea predates Box considerably. Alfred Korzybski famously stated in 1933: “A map is not the territory...

by Navya Adhikarla I am a neurodivergent engineering manager who loves to innovate and solve problems. But, I am also a neurodivergent person who navigates daily hurdles that stem from processing social cues differently, managing sensory sensitivities, and requiring support for information processing and executive functioning. I live in both these realities, at once. My productivity...