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The Leadership Quarterly
Leadership Personality Theory & Philosophy of Science

Human and chimpanzee leaders are more risk-loving

Leadership and risk-taking are often assumed to be interrelated, but this assumption has rarely been investigated empirically in humans or other species. Analyzing data from the Ge…

The Leadership Quarterly
Leadership Diversity & Inclusion Theory & Philosophy of Science

Revealing the divide: Differential impact of inclusive leadership on marginalized and dominant group members

There have been increasing pushbacks against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in society and organizations, revealing a deepening divide across social groups. Althoug…

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Careers Research Methods

A paradox of brokerage: alter distrust, network self-promotion, and the willingness to accept referrals from brokers

Individuals embedded in networks rich in structural holes are well positioned to broker referrals between otherwise disconnected others. Yet these hole-rich networks create a parad…

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Partitioning menus to nudge single-item choice

This research examines an element of choice architecture that has received little attention—whether options are presented simultaneously or sequentially. Participants were more lik…

Personnel Psychology
Leadership Diversity & Inclusion

Inclusive Leadership as a Site of Struggle: Resistance and Mitigation Strategies for Sustaining Inclusion for Historically Marginalized Employees

Scholars emphasize inclusive leadership's benefits for leaders and employees, yet existing theory largely overlooks the challenges leaders face when addressing disparities experien…

Journal of Business and Psychology
Work Design Motivation Performance Management

Putting others first: testing a model of prosociality and performance

Abstract Employees reshape their roles to help others; yet existing theories explain either proactive self-directed job redesign or prosocial behavior within existing role boundari…

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
Careers Work Design Well-being & Health

Crafting and recrafting the self: Cycles of identity struggle in job crafting

Job crafting is widely regarded as a proactive approach for enhancing meaning and well‐being at work. This study challenges this view by examining the experiences of 24 change mana…

Academy of Management Review
Theory & Philosophy of Science

Event System Theory: A Decade of Progress and a Future of Potential

Published 10 years ago, event system theory (EST; Morgeson, Mitchell & Liu, 2015) has become a highly influential organizational theory. EST consists of a complex of three interact…

Organizational Research Methods
Research Methods Theory & Philosophy of Science

Triangulation as Methodology and Mindset: Developing Practice-Based Guidance for Organizational Research

Aiming to inform organizational research practice, we scrutinize how scholars in management and business studies report triangulation: the systematic integration of multiple data s…

Journal of Business and Psychology
Teams & Groups Diversity & Inclusion Motivation

With whom you elaborate matters: how learning orientation impacts cross-culture and same-culture information elaboration in culturally diverse teams

Abstract Work teams are increasingly characterized by diverse cultural backgrounds. Although research has established that cultural diversity holds the potential to enhance team pe…

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