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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…

Journal of Vocational Behavior
Job Attitudes Research Methods

Decoding fairness: Unveiling the cognitive processes that determine pay rises and promotions

Drawing on attribution theory, this study explores how employees explain organizational decisions concerning pay rises and promotions, conceptualizing these attributional processes…

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
Personality Research Methods Leadership

Reaffirming the validity of unobtrusive personality measures: A comment on Harms et al. () and guidance for the field

As unobtrusive measures of CEO personality have become more common in organizational research, questions about their validity have grown. Harms et al., Journal of Occupational and …

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
Leadership Motivation Well-being & Health Research Methods

The moralization paradox at work: How Supervisor's moral framing depletes subordinates' self‐regulatory resources and suppresses proactive problem prevention

Integrating moral and ethical considerations into work is often presumed to yield a wide range of beneficial outcomes. Yet these benefits may not be unconditional, as prevailing sc…

Personnel Psychology
Well-being & Health Diversity & Inclusion Research Methods

The Inclusion Hangover: A Daily Diary Study of the Reflective Mechanisms for Employee Well‐Being

How included employees feel at work fluctuates meaningfully from day to day. Emerging research demonstrates that these fluctuations have important implications for employee well‐be…

Journal of Management
Leadership

Transaction Hazards Through Ideological Filters: How CEO Political Ideology Influences Vertical Integration Decisions

Why do firms facing similar transaction environments adopt different boundary structures? Transaction cost theory (TCT) predicts governance choices based on transaction hazards, bu…

Personnel Psychology
Diversity & Inclusion Theory & Philosophy of Science

Personnel Psychology's 40 Questions Series: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Organizations

This article presents a curated set of 40 questions on diversity, equity, and inclusion in organizations (DEI) to address myths and misperceptions about its role in Industrial/Orga…

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