When Super (Wo)man Fails to Appear: Beyond Idealized Prototypes in Crisis Leadership

Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 25, 2025

ABSTRACT Crisis leadership has been a topic of interest for nearly century. Recent works present an idealized, gendered template such by casting men as masculine protectors or superheroes and women feminine nurturers selfless, relational superwomen. Whereas the deductive evidence effects is mixed at best, our work examines if these idealized prototypes reflect current realities enacting during crisis. We studied both male female leaders, inductively, over 8‐week period COVID‐19 pandemic. Contrary to majority previous studies that suggest prescriptive remedies alleviating crises, charisma, inspiration, empathy, we change scholarly conversation in crisis rejecting templates, which implicitly explicitly assume leaders have agency. Instead, found gender similarities how enacted their roles being distinctly human: replete with doubts about agency engaging emotions, but moving forward nonetheless. Interestingly, differences emerged granular level leadership: seemed mirror leader prototype, whereas adapted tactics response contextual cues. Taken together, findings call redirecting toward dualism—gender can occur simultaneously roles. Intriguingly, breaking past reviews on leadership, there were no super(wo)men findings; rather they point complex yet parsimonious theoretical explanation unfolds. discuss implications this exploration future empirical work.

Language: Английский

Servant Leadership: Strengths, Weaknesses, and a Path Forward

Group & Organization Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 2, 2025

Servant leadership, despite its popularity among academics and practitioners consistent research findings that demonstrate benefits for multiple stakeholders, like other leadership approaches, has not been immune to criticism. In this essay, the views of a servant researcher or “insider” are presented along with criticism an “outsider” who involved in conducting research. The outsider identifies lack theory development necessary explain mechanisms through which affects outcomes, theoretical justification dimensions, measurement issues as key problems insider then counters these criticisms discussion scale procedures backing supportive empirical findings. We conclude recommendations agreed upon by both how may be enhanced improved benefit only academic on but also implementation practice.

Language: Английский

The different ways of being true to self at work: A review of divergence among authenticity constructs

Human Relations, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 24, 2024

As the number of publications demonstrating benefits and risks being authentic at work grows, so does variety interpretations what it means to be authentic—and with increasing inconsistencies contradictions in conceptualizations authenticity its outcomes. We propose that reasons for these stem from differing underlying assumptions on is thus “true self”. To better understand differences, we conducted a systematic review constructs organization science, concentrating divergence among definitions theoretical constructs. identified two dimensions constructs’ assumptions. First, differed whether self was oriented more toward independence (emphasis as distinct others) or interdependence (self relationally oriented). Second, ranged their perspectives fixed stable) malleable changing). In this review, delineate different ways “staying true one’s self” show inherent complexities process workplace, explaining how differences may lead seemingly contradictory work-related outcomes authenticity.

Language: Английский