Purpose: This study aims to explore the impact of ethical leadership on employee creative deviance, with job autonomy as a mediator and creative self-efficacy as a moderator between job autonomy and creative deviance. Design/methodology/approach: A survey was developed based on construct...

Purpose: In response to external conditions, organizations yearn to gain a competitive edge during unremitting change. Recognizing the importance of managing change, researchers have aggressively investigated organizational change at the macro level. This research, however, argues that an...

Purpose: Grounded in social exchange theory (SET), the purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between empowering leadership and unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB), as mediated by duty orientation (including duty to members, duty to mission and duty to codes). Further,...

Purpose: This study examines whether managerial capability fit between line managers, middle managers and top-level managers enhances effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach: Effectiveness data and managerial capability ratings from more than 1,600 manager–supervisor dyads were collected...

Purpose: The purpose of the present research was to examine the impact of identity leadership on employees' well-being mediated by team identification and trust in the leader. Design/methodology/approach: In study 1, N = 192 employees participated in a cross-sectional online survey measuring...

Purpose: This study aims to examine the effects of transformational leadership on employees' internal (i.e. voice) and external (i.e. megaphoning) communication behaviors and to explore the mediating role of employees' communal and exchange relationship norms with their organization....

Purpose: Drawing on conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study aims to explore the influencing mechanism of exploitative leadership on knowledge hiding. Specifically, this study focuses on the mediating role of psychological distress and the moderating role of hostile attribution bias...

Purpose: Previous studies suggest that competitive psychological climate at workplace may influence employee's attitudes and behaviors. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether competitive psychological climate leads to increased knowledge-hiding behavior. Design/methodology/approach:...

Purpose: To examine the effects of leadership style on in-role performance through feedback seeking behavior (FSB) and engagement using the job demands resource theory (JD-R). Design/methodology/approach: The sample consisted of 152 employees working in a Peruvian call center. Structural...

Purpose: The bulk of the current research on authentic leadership focuses on the examination of its consequences. Little attention has been paid to the predictors of authentic leadership. We examined how the Big Five personality traits can predict an authentic leadership style....