Is temporal leadership always beneficial? The role of job passion and synchrony preference
ISSN: 0048-3486
Article publication date: 17 December 2020
Issue publication date: 11 March 2022
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between temporal leadership and employees' innovative behavior while considering the competitive mediators of harmonious and obsessive passions in work situations, along with the moderating role of synchrony preference.
Design/methodology/approach
Insights from the literature and affective events theory (AET) underpin the hypotheses on whether and how temporal leadership would affect employees' innovative behavior. A total of 365 responses were received, and 336 questionnaires were considered for the analysis. This paper examined the whole model through a path analysis using Mplus 7.4.
Findings
The results indicated the significant effect of temporal leadership on innovative behavior through harmonious passion which is moderated by synchrony preference, such that the positive effects are stronger when employee's synchrony preference is higher.
Originality/value
This paper contributes to the emerging literature on temporal management by examining the path of temporal leadership→ job passion→ innovative behavior to deepen knowledge of how temporal leadership may impact employees' innovative behavior. This paper also proposed a collaborative model related to temporal leadership and the synchronization of employees, providing a powerful explanation for the boundary conditions of temporal leadership.
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Acknowledgements
This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 71772052) and the Fundamental Research Funds awarded to the third author.
Citation
Xiao, H., Zhang, Z. and Zhang, L. (2022), "Is temporal leadership always beneficial? The role of job passion and synchrony preference", Personnel Review, Vol. 51 No. 1, pp. 299-316. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-02-2020-0078
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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