Paternalistic Leadership and Innovative Behavior: Psychological Empowerment as a Mediator

investigating the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior considering the mediator role of empowerment

human resources in each organization are the most valuable assets and they play a decisive role in effectiveness of that organization. managers always strive to optimize the utilization of these resources. on the other hand, without willingness of employees to cooperate voluntarily and spontaneously with the organization, it would not be possible to increase effectiveness and improve its perfor...

Coach Leadership Effect on Elite Handball Players’ Psychological Empowerment and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

This article examines the significance of the correlation between coach leadership behavior and players’ organizational citizenship behavior, and the mediating role of psychological empowerment in the process. A total of 73 professional handball players from five different teams assessed leadership style, psychological empowerment, and organizational citizenship behavior based on the scale adap...

Charismatic Leadership Behavior and Leadership Effectiveness: the Moderating Role of Subordinates’ Emotional Intelligence and the Mediating Role of Psychological Empowerment

Transformational leadership and innovative work behavior

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the mediating role of psychological empowerment and the moderating role of self-construal (independent and interdependent) on the relationship between transformational leadership and employees’ innovative work behavior (IWB). Design/methodology/approach – A total of 639 followers and 87 leaders filled out questionnaires from cross-industry sampl...

Toward a Contingency Model of Leadership and Psychological Empowerment: When Should Self-Leadership Be Encouraged?

In this paper, we develop and present a contingency model of leadership and psychological empowerment that specifies the circumstances and situations under which follower self-leadership should be encouraged. The model suggests that certain key contingency factors, including follower development, situational urgency and task structure, dictate which of several leadership approaches, including d...