498 research outputs found

    Leadership in the Asian Century: Lessons from GLOBE

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    In this paper, based on the results of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) 61-nation study of culture and leadership, we present findings related to three ā€˜clustersā€™ of countries. These clusters are: (1) the ā€˜Anglo cultureā€™ cluster (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, white South Africa, UK, and USA), the ā€˜Southern Asiaā€™ cluster (Iran, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines), and the ā€˜Confucian Asiaā€™ cluster (China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan). Data from the GLOBE study, reporting middle managersā€™ perceptions of societal practices and values, and of the factors that facilitate and inhibit effective leadership will be compared across the three clusters. Results demonstrate that, despite differences in cultures, especially cultural values, perceptions of effective leadership vary substantially only in respect of the extent that participation is seen to facilitate leadership. In the Anglo cluster, participative leadership is seen as much more facilitative of leadership, than in either of the Asian clusters. Results are discussed in terms of effective leadership styles suitable for management in the twenty-first century, where Asian economies are likely to play a more dominant role than they have in recent history

    Emotion in the workplace: The new challenge for managers

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    Emotions in workplace settings and emotional intelligence are hot topics in management today. Leading business journals such as Fortune and Harvard Business Review have featured articles on emotional intelligence. But there is more to emotions in the workplace than just emotional intelligence. The aim of this article is to acquaint managers with intriguing new research that examines both emotional intelligence and the broader issue of emotion, which has been shown to play a powerful role in workplace settings. We show that this research has a strong potential for practical application in organizations within many broad human-resource functions such as selection, performance management, and training, as well as implications for more narrow domains like customer service. We conclude that the study of emotions in organizational settings has provided new and important insights into the way in which people in organizations behave, and we offer advice for managers to enable them to develop and to maintain a positive emotional climate in their organizations

    The role of affect and affective congruence in perceptions of leaders: an experimental study

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    Based on the idea that emotional exchanges determine symbolic meanings in interpersonal exchanges, we hypothesized that displays of positive and congruent affect determine members' ratings of leaders in a simulated performance appraisal context. To test the hypotheses, 537 participants viewed videotapes of four male and female leaders giving positive and negative feedback, and with facial expressions of affect that were either congruent or incongruent with the verbal message that they were delivering. Results supported hypotheses that positive and message-congruent leader affect results in more positive member ratings of the leader, assessed using a seven-item measure of members' perceptions of the leader's negotiating latitude. The least positive ratings of negotiating latitude were given when positive feedback was delivered with negative facial affect. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved

    Communicating trustworthiness and building trust in interorganizational virtual organizations

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    We propose a theory of trust in interorganizational virtual organizations that focuses on how trustworthiness can be communicated and trust built in this environment. The theory highlights three issues that must be dealt with if the potential obstacles to the development of trust in the virtual context are to be overcome. These are communication of trustworthiness facilitated by reliable Information and Communication Technology (ICT), establishment of a common business understanding, and strong business ethics. We propose four specific propositions relating to these issues, and suggest topics to be explored in future research. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved

    Dual-moods and creativity in organisation: A bidirectional mood regulation perspective

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    The mixed impacts of mood states on creativity call for reconciliation. Contrary to the prevailing notion that positive moods foster creativity, an emerging body of research suggests that negative moods can also boost creativity, and even that positive moods may impair creativity. More recent research suggests that the dual-moods, instead of singular positive or negative moods, can jointly foster creativity, opening a new avenue for mood-creativity research. Nevertheless, the current research which focuses on static mood states is still inadequate to explain the dynamic impacts of moods on creativity over time. To answer this question, we propose that a bidirectional moodregulatory process can reconcile the mixed impacts of dual-moods on creativity with respect to mood changes, and discuss possible research approaches

    The Australian enigma

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    Bad apples in bad barrels revisited: Cognitive moral development, just world beliefs, rewards, and ethical decision-making

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    In this study, we test the interactive effect on ethical decision-making of (1) personal characteristics, and (2) personal expectancies based on perceptions of organizational rewards and punishments. Personal characteristics studied were cognitive moral development and belief in a just world. Using an in-basket simulation, we found that exposure to reward system information influenced managers' outcome expectancies. Further, outcome expectancies and belief in a just world interacted with managers' cognitive moral development to influence managers' ethical decision-making. In particular, low-cognitive moral development managers who expected that their organization condoned unethical behavior made less ethical decisions while high cognitive moral development managers became more ethical in this environment. Low cognitive moral development managers also behaved less ethically when their belief in a just world was high

    Emotional Intelligence as a Moderator of Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Job Insecurity

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    We present a model linking perceptions of job insecurity to emotional reactions and negative coping behaviors. Our model is based on the idea that emotional variables explain, in part, discrepant findings reported in previous research. In particular, we propose that emotional intelligence moderates employees' emotional reactions to job insecurity and their ability to cope with associated stress. In this respect, low emotional intelligence employees are more likely than high emotional intelligence employees to experience negative emotional reactions to job insecurity and to adopt negative coping strategies
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