Leadership & Organization Development Journal: Volume 42 Issue 5

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

Antonia Ruiz Moreno, María Isabel Roldán Bravo, Carlos García-Guiu, Luis M. Lozano, Natalio Extremera Pacheco, Ginés Navarro-Carrillo, Inmaculada Valor-Segura

This 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.

Sense of calling, job crafting, spiritual leadership and work meaningfulness: a moderated mediation model

Po-Chien Chang, Gao Xiaoxiao, Ting Wu

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between sense of calling and work meaningfulness with job crafting as a mediator and spiritual leadership as a moderator.

Silence and proactivity in managing supervisor ostracism: implications for creativity

Sadia Jahanzeb, Dave Bouckenooghe, Rabia Mushtaq

Anchored in a social control theory framework, this study aims to investigate the mediating effect of defensive silence in the relationship between employees' perception of…

When and how authoritarian leadership influences employee innovation behavior in the context of Chinese culture

ShanLiang Zhang, Xuefei Liu, Yana Du

This paper aims to explore the mechanism and boundary conditions of authoritarian leadership that influence employee innovation behavior (EIB) in Chinese culture based on the…

Leadership as an art: an enduring concept framed within contemporary leadership

Jay L. Caulfield, Felissa K. Lee, Bret A. Richards

The aim of this viewpoint paper is to refine the meaning of “leadership as an art” in the context of wicked (complex) social problems and in the realm of contemporary leadership…

You can't make me! The role of self-leadership in enhancing organizational commitment and work engagement

Kevin G. Knotts, Jeffery D. Houghton

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of self-leadership in enhancing work engagement through the mediating mechanisms of affective, normative and continuance…

The mediating effect of psychological empowerment on leadership styles and task performance of academic staff

Sylvia Nabila Azwa Ambad, Khairiah Mazdiah Kalimin, Dayang Haryani Diana Ag Damit, Jasmine Vivienne Andrew

The purpose of this research is to identify the effect of transformational leadership and transactional leadership on task performance, as well as the mediating role of…

Inclusive leadership, ambidextrous innovation and organizational performance: the moderating role of environment uncertainty

Lei Gong, Zhiying Liu, Yanzhen Rong, Lihua Fu

The purpose of this study is to explore how inclusive leadership promotes organizational performance through ambidextrous innovation (i.e. exploratory and exploitative…

When learning how to lead, an exploratory look at role models

Barry Z. Posner

The purpose of this study is to identify who people indicate are their role models for learning how to lead and explore how demographic characteristics may affect these choices.

Does narcissistic leadership enhance employee resilience? A moderated mediation model of goal-directed energy and psychological availability

Jin Li, Yiwen Tong

Drawing on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study highlights the mediating role of goal-directed energy as a critical psychological resource. The purpose of this…