Leadership & Organization Development Journal: Volume 41 Issue 6

Trickle-down effect of benevolent leadership on unethical employee behavior: a cross-level moderated mediation model

Jiang Rui, Lin Xinqi

Conducting research on the relationship between benevolent leadership and unethical employee behavior can help us find solutions to reduce unethical employee behavior. This paper…

Participative leadership and employee creativity: a sequential mediation model of psychological safety and creative process engagement

Lu Chen, Kwame Ansong Wadei, Shuaijiao Bai, Jun Liu

The purpose of this paper is to draw upon social information processing theory to examine the sequential mediating roles of psychological safety and creative process engagement…

Transformational leadership, knowledge sharing, organizational climate and learning: an empirical study

Eun-Jee Kim, Sunyoung Park

This study examined the relationships among transformational leadership, organizational climate, employees' knowledge-sharing behavior and organizational learning.

How academic leaders facilitate knowledge sharing: a case of universities in Hong Kong

Man Fung Lo, Feng Tian

The objective of this study is to investigate the factors of two sub-processes – knowledge donating and knowledge collecting – of knowledge sharing in Hong Kong higher education…

Ethical leadership and employee unethical pro-organizational behavior: a moderated mediation model of moral disengagement and coworker ethical behavior

Hui-Hsien Hsieh, Hao-Hsin Hsu, Kuo-Yang Kao, Chih-Chieh Wang

The purpose of this study is to understand how ethical leadership and coworker ethical behavior will influence employee unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB). In particular…

Servant leadership and employee innovative behaviour: exploring psychological pathways

Amjad Iqbal, Khawaja Fawad Latif, Muhammad Shakil Ahmad

Drawing on social exchange theory (SET) and conservation of resource (COR) theory, the purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between servant leadership and…

Why busy leaders may have exhausted followers: a multilevel perspective on supportive leadership

Maie Stein, Sylvie Vincent-Höper, Sabine Gregersen

This study of leaders and followers working in day-care centers aims to use a multilevel perspective on supportive leadership to examine its role in linking workload at the leader…

Authentic leadership: unleashing employee creativity through empowerment and commitment to the supervisor

Hassan Imam, Muhammad Baqar Naqvi, Sajid Ali Naqvi, Maria José Chambel

The increasing interest of organizations to innovate and survive in the market, combined with a decreasing level of trust in their leaders, has now led thinkers and researchers to…

How can leader humor enhance subordinates’ service creativity? The moderator of subordinates’ SFIT and the mediator of role modeling

Leiqing Peng, Shaohui Lei, Yulang Guo, Fei Qiu

As an essential personality charm of leaders, humor can bring a series of positive outcomes to both users and receivers. However, there is also evidence that the impact of…

Learning from your leaders and helping your coworkers: the trickle-down effect of leader helping behavior

Zhenduo Zhang, Li Zhang, Jing Xiu, Junwei Zheng

Based on the social cognitive theory, this research analyzed the helping behavior of leaders and its trickle-down effect on an employee's helping behavior. Additionally, this…