Where is “behavior” in organizational behavior? A call for a revolution in leadership research and beyond

The Influence of Spirituality

Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development - Handbook of Research on Advancements in Organizational Data Collection and Measurements ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-7665-6.ch012 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 174-190

Author(s):

Rick Roof

Keyword(s):

Organizational Behavior ◽

Organization Development ◽

Development Policy ◽

Spiritual Practice ◽

Behavioral Measures ◽

Quantitative Studies ◽

Spiritual Engagement ◽

Leadership And Organization ◽

Leadership Research

Spirituality and its relationship to leadership and organizational behavior has been of increasing interest to researchers, but inadequate scales have limited rigorous quantitative studies. Spirituality is complex and involves experiential, emotional, and transformative dimensions that create dynamic cycles of expectancy, behavior, and attitudes that evolve, rendering many existing spiritual practice behavioral measures inadequate. An instrument developed to capture the broader concept of spiritual engagement, the Spiritual Engagement Instrument (SpEI), is presented. Through an overview of SpEI development, and demonstration of SpEI research, a primer to advance spirituality-based organization and leadership research is offered. If spiritual engagement is a transformative cycle, understanding and measuring the phenomena in context will better inform leadership and organization development policy. Toward a theoretical and practical understanding, this chapter guides the researcher in exploring the potential of spirituality in organizations.

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The status and future trends of Chinese leadership research: a bibliometric approach

Nankai Business Review International ◽

10.1108/nbri-03-2021-0016 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Mengxi Yang ◽

Wansi Chen ◽

Cheng Xu ◽

Qingyu Zhou ◽

Baiyin Yang

Keyword(s):

Organizational Behavior ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Scientific Visualization ◽

Academic Community ◽

Future Research ◽

Voice Behavior ◽

Content Type ◽

Chinese Context ◽

The Status ◽

Leadership Research

Purpose China after 1949, especially since entering the 21st century, significant progress has been made in leadership research under Chinese context. However, so far there has been no systematic review and prospect of China's leadership research in the past 70 years. Therefore, with the help of scientific visualization software Citespace, this paper analyzes the research papers on leadership in the context of China from the top international journals of management science and applied psychology (1949–2018), supplemented and verified the previous research conclusions based on qualitative review, and quantitatively demonstrated the research evolution of leadership field. Design Methodology Approach Using a scientific visualization tool CiteSpace and 145 international leadership works, which were published in 64 top international journals and collected from the Web of Science database, and 852 domestic works which were published in 28 top domestic journals and collected from the CNKI database from 1949 to 2018, we draws keyword co-occurrence knowledge graph and keyword strategy map to visualize the landscape and evolution of leadership research and analyze the hot topics and research trends in the field of leadership. Findings The research found that: (1) Before 2002, there were only 7 articles published in 64 international top journal, mainly focusing on Western leadership theories such as transformational, cross-cultural comparison and the adaptability in Chinese context; (2) From 2003 to 2012, scholars had begun to introduce mainstream quantitative research paradigm in international academic community; (3) From 2013 to 2018, researches tended to be synchronized, with 461 and 99 papers published respectively. How emerging leaderships (such as ethical leadership) affect on various emerging outcome variables (such as creativity, voice behavior, unethical pro-organizational behavior etc.) is hot topic for future research. Originality Value Different from the previous qualitative reviews on organizational culture research, this paper, for the first time, uses bibliometric research methods to systematically analyze the evolution path of leadership research during the 70 years of China(1949–2018, and puts forward the future research prospects.

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Leadership and Followership in Organizational Impact Humanity in Government Sector

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/201815005098 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 150 ◽

pp. 05098

Author(s):

Norazilawani Ahmad ◽

Hanum Hassan

Keyword(s):

Organizational Behavior ◽

Service Sector ◽

Social Constructionist ◽

Communication Style ◽

Organizational Impact ◽

Group Position ◽

Government Sector ◽

Group Members ◽

Tourism Service ◽

Leadership Research

Leadership in organizational behavior can be impact of humanity in Goverrment Sector., tourism, service sector. Communication style in the organization is very important and also key forces in providing employees with job satisfaction, humanity and communication skills. When employees do not get satisfaction from their jobs, morale drops an absences and lateness increases. Any person just follow instruction from a leader behavior and subordinates even the step, instruction good job, take action for respontibilities from communication transaction by interpersonal. Even the staff followers support for leaders is enhanced when their decisions affirm a distinct social identity that is shared with followers. Participants showed less support for a leader who favored in group members who were relatively sympathetic to an out group position than for one who favored in group members who opposed an out group position. A social constructionist view is highlighted. I clarify some of the assumptions of this approach, contrasting them with those of a more leader-centered perspective. In an effort to increase the testability of this approach, In outline a general model, paving the way for generating individual and group-level hypotheses, and discuss implications for practice and for future leadership research

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The Science of Leadership: A Theoretical Model and Research Agenda

Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior ◽

10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-012420-091227 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Andrew M. Carton

Keyword(s):

Organizational Behavior ◽

Research Agenda ◽

Empirical Literature ◽

Future Research ◽

Annual Review ◽

Publication Date ◽

Leader Behaviors ◽

Single Construct ◽

Leadership Research ◽

Do So

I review the empirical literature on leadership, focusing on papers published since 2010. To do so, I introduce a framework composed of two features: whether theories ( a) involve the study of leaders or leading (i.e., the person versus the process) and ( b) conceptualize leadership as a cause or a consequence (i.e., an independent versus dependent variable). This framework can enable future research to accumulate in a more programmatic fashion and help scholars determine where their own studies are located within the landscape of leadership research. I end the review by critically evaluating existing work, arguing that the most popular subcategory of leadership research—lumped conceptualizations of leading, in which scholars examine multiple leader behaviors within a single construct—has significant limitations and may need to be replaced by a greater focus on split conceptualizations of leading, wherein scholars isolate single leader behaviors. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Volume 9 is January 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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Ideal and Confucian implicit leadership profiles in China

Leadership & Organization Development Journal ◽

10.1108/lodj-06-2015-0114 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

pp. 164-177 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Stephanie Solansky ◽

Vipin Gupta ◽

Jifu Wang

Keyword(s):

Organizational Behavior ◽

Mainland China ◽

Leadership Theories ◽

Indigenous Leadership ◽

Cultural Center ◽

Implicit Leadership ◽

Content Type ◽

Implicit Leadership Theories ◽

Context Specific ◽

Leadership Research

Purpose This paper is a regional exploratory study of implicit leadership theories in two regions of China. The purpose of this paper is to compare ideal vs Confucian leadership profiles and explore the possibility of a cultural hybrid perspective of leadership. Design/methodology/approach This study empirically explores leadership profiles through indigenous leadership research and compares implicit leadership theories of Confucian leadership and ideal leadership among a group of 128 managers representing two regions in mainland China. In doing so, measures developed by Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness that were translated into the local language are employed. Findings The results empirically show that a region known to have a deeper cultural entrenchment interprets Confucian ideology as ideal leadership, while a region more disconnected from the cultural center transforms its ideology based on more globally accepted leadership ideals. Practical implications The findings of this study caution leadership researchers (whether universally-etic or specifically-emic focused) from making generalizations regarding leadership. Although there might be some broad universals of leadership, context-specific leadership practices are deeply rooted between and within cultures. Originality/value This paper contributes to the literature by providing insight on implicit leadership theories in China and by proposing a culturally hybrid perspective of leadership based on globalization and cultural entrenchment forces.

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