Benevolent paternalistic leadership behavior and follower's radical creativity

The “True” Romantic: Benevolent Sexism and Paternalistic Chivalry

Followers' agreeableness and extraversion and their loyalty towards authentic leadership.

BACKGROUND Effective leaders understand that loyal followers are the key for success. To win their loyalty, leaders usually build social exchange relationships with them, through a wide range of behaviours, such as honouring agreements or using open and transparent communication. However, the effect of these behaviours on their followers' loyalty can differ depending on followers' individual di...

Coaching leadership: leaders' and followers' perception assessment questionnaires in nursing

OBJECTIVE To describe the development, content analysis, and reliability of two questionnaires to assess the perception of nurse leaders, nurse technicians, and licensed practical nurses - coached in the practice of leadership and the relation with the dimensions of the coaching process. METHODS This was a methodological study with a quantitative and qualitative approach, which had the goal o...

The impact of charismatic leadership on followers' initiative-oriented behavior: a study in German hospitals.

BACKGROUND Organizations in the health care sector are undergoing extensive structural reforms. To face these challenges, management initiatives that foster employees' commitment to and support for organizational change are needed in hospitals. PURPOSES In literature, a charismatic leadership style has proved to be especially helpful in times of crisis and change as well as an essential antec...

When does self-sacrificial leadership motivate prosocial behavior? It depends on followers' prevention focus.

In the present set of studies, the authors examine the idea that self-sacrificial leadership motivates follower prosocial behavior, particularly among followers with a prevention focus. Drawing on the self-sacrificial leadership literature and regulatory focus theory, the authors provide results from 4 studies (1 laboratory and 3 field studies) that support the research hypothesis. Specifically...