Leadership & Organization Development Journal: Volume 39 Issue 2

Examination of the relationship between servant leadership and agency problems: gender matters

John D. Politis, Denis J. Politis

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between servant leadership and agency problems. Also, the paper seeks to determine whether gender plays a role in this…

Charismatic and corrective leadership dimensions as antecedents of employee safety behaviours: A structural model

Kwasi Dartey-Baah, Seth Ayisi Addo

The purpose of this paper is to investigate idealised influence under transformational leadership and active management-by-exception (MBE-A) under transactional leadership as the…

The mechanism underlying the empowering leadership-creativity relationship

Irene Hau Siu Chow

The purpose of this paper is to explain how and under what condition empowering leadership is related to employee creativity from the social exchange and motivational perspective.

Linking authentic leadership to subordinate behaviors

Yan Liu, Bryan Fuller, Kim Hester, Rebecca J. Bennett, Marcia Simmering Dickerson

The purpose of this paper is to examine how authentic leadership influences employees’ workplace behavior through three intermediate mechanisms.

An emergent understanding of influences on managers’ voices in SMEs

Denise M. Cumberland, Brad Shuck, Jason Immekus, Meera Alagaraja

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the effect of supervisor openness on employee voice among middle management employees in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The…

Calling for leadership: leadership relation with worker’s sense of calling

Tiago Esteves, Miguel Pereira Lopes, Rosa Lutete Geremias, Patricia Jardim Palma

The purpose of this paper is to understand the relation between leadership perception and workers’ sense of calling.

Adult attachment and perceived parental style may shape leadership behaviors

Rom Eldad, Joy Benatov

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of both attachment and parental styles in shaping leadership behavioral patterns. Research predictions were that childhood…

Authentic leadership and work engagement: the mediating effect of practicing core values

Jihye Oh, Daeyeon Cho, Doo Hun Lim

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating effect of practicing core values on the relationship between authentic leadership and work engagement in a Korean…

Self-other agreement on transformational leadership and subordinates’ assessment of supervisor’s performance: Mediating role of leader-member exchange

Alper Ertürk, Herman Van den Broeck, Jasmijn Verbrigghe

Given the importance of the extent to which supervisors and their subordinates agree in their assessment of supervisors’ leadership, the purpose of this paper is to investigate…

Leadership styles, goal clarity, and project success: Evidence from project-based organizations in Pakistan

Muhammad Mustafa Raziq, Felipe Mendes Borini, Omer Farooq Malik, Mansoor Ahmad, Mehwish Shabaz

The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of goal clarity in the relationship between leadership styles and project success. The paper draws on full-range…