Organizational researchers widely acknowledge that positive relational behavior is associated with leadership effectiveness. In this exploratory study, we seek to extend previous research examining contextual factors that influence leadership style based on the characteristics of person–vocation fit. Using information derived from a 360° assessment that included one’s top managers, peers, and s...

In the past, the leadership style of Malaysian managers has been different from our Western counterparts due to strong cultural differences. However, with the advent of knowledge economy and the transformation of workforce, leadership style of Malaysian managers is said to be altered. This research explored the current state of leadership style among Malaysian managers and its effect on the per...

The purpose of this paper is to clarify how leadership is able to improve team effectiveness, by means of its influence on group processes (i.e., increasing group development) and on the group task (i.e., decreasing task uncertainty). Four hundred and eight members of 107 teams in a German research and development (R&D) organization completed a web-based survey; they provided measures of transf...

This study examined the positive impact of a specific leadership style (i.e., transformational leadership) on information systems (IS) effectiveness in organizations based upon a subordinate’s perspective. Specifically, we investigated system users’ psychological mechanisms that may mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and IS effectiveness (i.e., individual and organizat...

The empirical literature in public management only occasionally speaks to leadership in networks as a possible determinant of network effectiveness. This paper attempts to address this research gap by empirically examining leadership behaviors exhibited by public managers in their external network and the degree to which such behavior contributes to how well the network meets the needs of the m...

Interest in the role Emotional Intelligence has in the workplace has increased in recent years, with greater emphasis on the benefits of understanding and utilizing emotions for managing people at work. The role of emotional intelligence competencies as predictors of leadership is being researched in order to leverage this information for increased leader effectiveness and performance. The pres...

This article reviews the empirical literature on personality, leadership, and organizational effectiveness to make 3 major points. First, leadership is a real and vastly consequential phenomenon, perhaps the single most important issue in the human sciences. Second, leadership is about the performance of teams, groups, and organizations. Good leadership promotes effective team and group perform...

Whereas leadership research once primarily focused on the positive aspects of leadership, or the effective behaviours that leaders show, more contemporary research looks into the more dysfunctional tendencies leaders might display. Leadership derailment has been a much discussed issue in recent years, particularly given its negative role in limiting the extent to which individuals may make the ...

since we cannot manage what we cannot control, and we cannot control what we do not measure, the measurement of knowledge management (km) effectiveness is a very important issue. this study aims at developing a methodology to evaluate the km effectiveness under fuzziness in research organizations. in order to develop such a methodology and to define measures of km effectiveness, first the relev...

One of the core beliefs of the service leadership curriculum proposed by the Hong Kong Institute of Service Leadership and Management is that ‘Every day, every human occupies a position of leadership and possesses the potential to improve his leadership quality and effectiveness’. This core belief is in sharp contrast to some of the mainstream leadership theories that only a few people and elit...