Could you give me some advice? How and when leader consultation sparks employee proactivity
ISSN: 0048-3486
Article publication date: 3 August 2022
Issue publication date: 9 November 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This study examined the dynamical and positive effects of leader consultation on employee proactivity from a motivational perspective.
Design/methodology/approach
Survey data were collected twice a day from 107 employees in a week by using an experience sampling method.
Findings
On a daily basis, leader consultation had a positive effect on employees’ state work engagement, which in turn promoted employees’ proactivity. Moreover, authoritarian leadership weakened the positive relationship between leader consultation and employees’ state work engagement.
Originality/value
The findings provided a new perspective regarding the potential dynamic motivational effect of leader consultation on employees and generated interesting implications for paradoxical leadership theory.
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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants [71832004; 71972181; 72172157].
Citation
Zhou, K., Yin, W.-j., Hu, X., Ouyang, X., Gui, C. and Tan, B. (2023), "Could you give me some advice? How and when leader consultation sparks employee proactivity", Personnel Review, Vol. 52 No. 9, pp. 2085-2102. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-01-2021-0040
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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