HUMOR AS CATALYST AND NEUTRALIZER OF LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS

ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of (in)consistent leadership behaviors in promoting (or suppressing) relevant work outcomes for temporary employees such as interns. Specifically, to better understand the drivers of internship effectiveness, we hypothesized that supervisor humor interacts with leadership style, sending implicit messages about the organizational and supervisory relationship, thus shaping interns’ attitudes and behaviors. Using a sample of 164 interns, we empirically examined the moderating effect of humor (affiliative and aggressive) on the relationship between leadership styles (transformational and laissez-faire), attitudes (satisfaction and stress), and behaviors (negligence and job acceptance intentions) using a two-wave research design. Our findings were consistent with the hypotheses, suggesting that humor needs to be tailored to leadership styles to predict interns’ attitudinal and behavioral responses, with different types of humor interacting differently across leadership styles. Implications for further research are discussed.

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Effects of emerging leadership styles on engagement – a mediation analysis in a military context

Leadership & Organization Development Journal ◽

10.1108/lodj-05-2020-0222 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Antonia Ruiz Moreno ◽

María Isabel Roldán Bravo ◽

Carlos García-Guiu ◽

Luis M. Lozano ◽

Natalio Extremera Pacheco ◽

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Keyword(s):

Servant Leadership ◽

Leadership Styles ◽

Employee Engagement ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Authentic Leadership ◽

Proactive Personality ◽

Military Leaders ◽

Content Type ◽

The Military ◽

The Relationship

PurposeThis paper aims to report the findings of a study examining the relationship between different leadership styles and engagement through the mediating role of proactive personality.Design/methodology/approachServant leadership, paradoxical leadership, authentic leadership, employee engagement and proactive personality were assessed in an empirical study based on a sample of 348 military personnel in Spain. The questionnaire data were analyzed through SEM using EQS and bootstrapping analysis using the PROCESS macro for SPSS.FindingsThe results reveal that servant leadership style in officers partially impacts their cadets' engagement through proactive personality but that authentic and paradoxical leadership styles do not mediate the relationship. The authors also verify a direct relationship between proactive personality and engagement.Practical implicationsThe study implications advance the literature on leadership in emphasizing new leadership styles to increase proactive personality and engagement in the military context. This study verifies the importance of military leaders fostering servant leadership as an antecedent of proactive personality. Finally, the authors show that servant leadership partially impacts engagement through proactive personality.Originality/valueThis study explores the relationship among servant, paradoxical and authentic leadership styles, proactive personality, and engagement – relationships that have not been explored theoretically and tested empirically in the military context.

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The effect of leadership style on virtual team efficiency

Human Resource Management International Digest ◽

10.1108/hrmid-11-2021-0229 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Keyword(s):

Leadership Styles ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Virtual Team ◽

Media Richness ◽

Content Type ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Pertinent Information ◽

The Relationship ◽

Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings The results show that trust and operational cohesion have a mediating role between leadership style and virtual team efficiency. Media richness is shown to moderate the relationship between leadership styles and trust. Transformational style has an important impact on operational cohesion when media richness is high while transactional leadership has a positive significant impact when it is low. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

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Impact of Leadership Styles on Job Performance; from Nurse’s Points of View at Benghazi Medical Centre

Khalij-Libya Journal of Dental and Medical Research ◽

10.47705/kjdmr.215209 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 58-64

Author(s):

Eman Alaqeli ◽

Ainas Altarhuni ◽

Nidaal Almabrook

Keyword(s):

Job Performance ◽

Leadership Styles ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Medical Centre ◽

Future Research ◽

Points Of View ◽

Laissez Faire ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Background and objectives. The relationship between leadership styles and job performance draws considerable attention from recent researchers. The main objective of this study was to determine the impact of leadership style (autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire) on job performance from nurse’s points of view at Benghazi Medical Centre. Method. This study was a descriptive questionnaire-based study conducted on 100 nurses working at Benghazi Medical Centre, Libya. To analyze the data (mean, standard deviation, ANOVA test were used. Furthermore, multiple regressions and Pearson correlation were used to determine whether a relationship exists between the independent and dependent variables. Result. Of 100, only 60 questionnaires were completed, giving a response rate of 60%. The findings of this study indicated that democratic was the most dominantly used in the hospital, followed by the autocratic and laissez-faire leadership styles. Whereas, the laissez-faire leadership style had a strong positive and significant impact on performance (R2= .333; P < 0.01). Conclusion. Laissez-faire leadership style positively affected nurses’ performance. Future research that might be relevant to be further explored are worth.

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Ethical Leadership Styles of Future Managers in Central and Eastern European Countries

Human Rights and Ethics ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch049 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 892-911

Author(s):

Anna Remišová ◽

Anna Lašáková

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Leadership Styles ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Ethical Leadership ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

European Countries ◽

Eastern European ◽

And Behaviors ◽

Eastern European Countries

There is a limited understanding what the constituent elements of the ethical leadership are. Although various researchers defined ethical leadership as a specific leadership style, with typical personality traits and behaviors, the precise instantiation of the content of ethical leadership was only seldom investigated. The body of empirical research on ethical leadership is only slowly beginning to build up. Furthermore, the ethical leadership in Central and Eastern European countries (CEE countries) is permanently an under-researched issue. This article focuses on the interdisciplinary perspective in regard to the empirical research of ethical traits and behaviors of leaders and the level of preference of respective leadership attributes. First, selected influential theoretical considerations of the issue of ethical leadership are being discussed. In the application part of this article, particular ethical leadership personality traits and behaviors are being identified through the qualitative-quantitative research lens. Next, four ethical leadership styles within the cluster of five CEE countries, namely Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia are specified. Cross-country variations are a matter of concern, too. In the Slovak – CEE countries comparison significant differences concerning the level of preference of ethical leadership styles are indicated. Impact of various demographic predictors on the level of preference of ethical leadership is researched, too.

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The relationship between leadership styles and organisational innovation

European Journal of Innovation Management ◽

10.1108/ejim-11-2019-0339 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mohamed Alblooshi ◽

Mohammad Shamsuzzaman ◽

Salah Haridy

Keyword(s):

Leadership Styles ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Journal Articles ◽

Content Type ◽

Organisational Innovation ◽

Indirect Impacts ◽

Almost All ◽

The Relationship

PurposeThis study explores the role of leadership in organisational innovation by reviewing several publications that discuss the relationship between various leadership styles and innovation.Design/methodology/approachThe study followed a descriptive research methodology by reviewing 64 journal articles on the relationship between various leadership styles and innovation. The articles were analysed descriptively and then reviewed based on the leadership style it discusses to derive meaningful findings on the relationship between leadership and innovation.FindingsVarious leadership styles had a positive impact on organisational innovation either directly or indirectly, by influencing the organisational climate, employees' and leaders' behaviours or other organisational variables such as learning and knowledge sharing. Some leadership styles had both direct and indirect impacts on organisational innovation.Research limitations/implicationsThis study collected journal articles published in almost all major electronic databases such as Emerald, ScienceDirect, Taylor & Francis and Scopus. However, the review is limited to journal articles in which the title, abstract or author-specified keywords contain the search terms “leadership” and “innovation,” and published between 2000 and 2019. Therefore, this review may miss some relevant research insights mentioned in the literature that discussed innovation or leadership separately not combined.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the existing body of research on leadership and innovation by extensively discussing the role of various leadership styles in determining organisational innovation. The analysis reveals that prior studies had many limitations and focused on specific leadership styles only. The study goes a step further by explaining how the leadership and innovation aspects are related, and classifying various leadership styles according to their impact on organisational innovation being direct, indirect or both.

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Fluid leadership in dynamic contexts

Journal of Management History ◽

10.1108/jmh-03-2013-0021 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 98-113 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Christopher H. Thomas ◽

Andrew S. Hebdon ◽

Milorad M. Novicevic ◽

Mario J. Hayek

Keyword(s):

Leadership Styles ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Leadership Behaviors ◽

Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽

Leadership Role ◽

Repeated Treatment ◽

Organizational Leaders ◽

Theoretical Frameworks ◽

Content Type ◽

Effective Leader

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine an historical account of an effective leader who was able to draw from multiple styles of leadership, and choose a dominant style based upon contextual constraints and demands context, and subordinate behaviors associated with leadership styles not suited to the context. Design/methodology/approach – To identify his prominent style at each leadership episode, we critically analyzed Nehemiah’s leadership role transitions across 13 chapters of text using sociohistorical method and a quasi-repeated treatment design via qualitative comparative analysis. Findings – We found that Nehemiah adapted his behaviors such that his prominently displayed leadership style varied based on dynamic configurations of demands placed on him during his rebuilding efforts. As Nehemiah progressed through distinct stages of his mission, he differentially emphasized tactics associated with different styles of leadership in response to the contextual demands that were most salient during each stage. Practical implications – Organizational leaders are presented with evidence that developing a broad repertoire of leadership behaviors is essential to guiding followers within dynamic environments. Originality/value – This paper uses a novel historical source material to investigate contemporary leadership concepts grounded in established theoretical frameworks. Using this material, we demonstrate the applicability of various leadership styles within different contexts, and use Nehemiah as an illustration of an effective leader capable of fluidly enacting multiple leadership styles.

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Tingkat Kesesuaian Gaya Kepemimpinan Ketua dengan Kematangan Anggota Hubungannya dengan Partisipasi Anggota

TRIKONOMIKA ◽

10.23969/trikonomika.v12i2.476 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 145

Author(s):

Abd. Rahman Pakaya

Keyword(s):

Statistical Analysis ◽

Leadership Styles ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Quantitative Methods ◽

Hypothesis Test ◽

Maturity Level ◽

Analysis Techniques ◽

Task Behavior ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of this research is to know the leadership style’s compatibility level which including task behavior and relationship behaviors, the maturity of the members and the relationship with the with the participation of members of the Koperasi Unit Desa (KUD) in Gorontalo province. This study use 52 sample of KUD chairman and 140 sample members of KUD. The calculation of the sample used proportional sampling. Data were collected by interviews and distributing questionnaires to respondent. Method of anayisis using descriptive qualitative analysis techniques and quantitative methods. Hypothesis test using Kruskal Wallis different test and the Chi Quadrat. Based on the statistical analysis results can be concluded: (1) the existence of the leadership styles differentiation of the chairman, (2) there are differences in maturity level of members, (3) there is no leadership styles compatibility level of chairman toward the maturity of members in KUD at Gorontalo Province, and (4) there is a relationship of the chairman leadership style with the maturity of the members indicated from the participation of members.

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RELATIONSHIP OF COMPENSATION, AND AUTHORITARY LEADERSHIP STYLES AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE

Jurnal Ekonomi ◽

10.29138/je.v19i2.62 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 71-81

Author(s):

Ely Rohmawati ◽

Ani Wulandari

Keyword(s):

Leadership Styles ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Employee Performance ◽

Rank Correlation ◽

Test Reliability ◽

Spearman Rank Correlation ◽

Authoritarian Leadership ◽

Descriptive Validity ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

This study aims to determine the relationship between compensation and authoritarian leadership style with employee performance at PT. Circle K Indonesia Utama Surabaya. The number of respondents in this study was 68 employees. The research method used is descriptive, validity test, reliability test, and spearman rank correlation calculation. The results showed that the compensation variables and authoritarian leadership style had a strong and significant relationship with employee performance. Strategies that can be applied by PT. Circle K Indonesia Utama Surabaya to improve employee performance, namely paying more attention to activities and providing employee compensation appropriately and accordingly. Also, improve the leadership style used by leaders.

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Students Performance and Leadership Styles in Ghana Education Service : The Case of Mampong Municipal Assembly in Ashanti Region

International Journal of Scientific Research in Science Engineering and Technology ◽

10.32628/ijsrset207214 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 77-86

Author(s):

Richard Sarfo Gyasi ◽

Cai Li ◽

Isaac Gumah Akolgo ◽

Yvonne Owusu-Ampomah

Keyword(s):

Academic Performance ◽

Leadership Styles ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Ashanti Region ◽

Education Service ◽

Data Capturing ◽

Municipal Assembly ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of leadership styles on academic performance in Junior High Schools (JHS) in Mampong in the Mampong Municipal Assembly of Ashanti Region in Ghana. The design for the study was a mixed study using both the qualitative and quantitative analyzes. It was a correlation survey designed to establish the relationship between leadership styles and academic performance in schools in Mampong in the Mampong Municipal Assembly. Data collected on the leadership styles of the school leaders were the independent variables and the academic performance as dependent variables. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22 and Epi-Info, a data capturing and analysis software. The study noted that unless the headmasters are well equipped with knowledge and skills in leadership they would not know if they have any influence on their schools and on academic work. The study also established that even though respondents agreed that a leadership style can affect academic performance, the headmasters do not gain the confidence of the stakeholders enough in order to build terms that can enhance quality of teaching and learning. Based on these establishments, it was recommended that teacher training institutions should incorporate in their curriculum, training in the art and science of leadership in order to groom leaders’ right from school. Again, it is recommended that compulsory continuous professional development in leadership should be institutionalized in Ghana Education Service (GES) for headmasters.

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HUBUNGAN FENOMENA GROUPTHINK DENGAN GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN KETUA RT DI DESA CIKARAWANG

Jurnal Komunikasi Pembangunan ◽

10.29244/jurnalkmp.17.1.28-37 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 28-37

Author(s):

Distra Asniar Asniar ◽

Sarwititi Sarwoprasodjo

Keyword(s):

Leadership Styles ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Rank Correlation ◽

Spearman Rank Correlation ◽

Causal Factors ◽

Group Members ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Spearman Rank Correlation Test

Neighborhood activities are a process that can be used to see the level of group members' participation, often member participation is influenced by several things, such as groupthink phenomenon and group leader leadership style. The purpose of this study was to: (1) identify groupthink causal factors in groups, (2), identify leadership styles found in neighborhood, and (3) analyze the relationship of leadership style with groupthink phenomena in groups. This study uses a quantitative approach supported by qualitative data with 30 neighborhood as respondents. The subjects of this study were neighborhood groups located in Cikarawang Village, Dramaga District, Bogor Regency. Analysis of research data using the Spearman rank correlation test. The results show that there was no relationship between the leadership style of the chair and groupthink phenomena in the neighborhood activities. This condition influences the neighborhood leader dominant leadership style is laissez faire, so it has no relation to the decline in criticism of neighborhood members in groupthink phenomena.

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