OB
HR
ODC
Tobias Dennerlein
Purdue U., United States
Gretchen Marie Spreitzer
U. of Michigan, United States
This symposium sheds light on key developments in empowering leadership research as reflected in the following questions: When are leaders more vs. less likely to empower their subordinates? How does empowering leadership affect female and male employees differently? Is there a hidden dark side when it comes to over- or under-empowering employees considering the amount of empowering leadership wanted and received? Specifically, the presentations included in this symposium address how (i) leader temporal focus (Johnson, Mathieu, & Oh) and (ii) leader prosocial motivation affect leaders’ likelihood of empowering their employees (Buss, Kearney, & Metzger); (iii) how employee gender moderates the effect of empowering leadership on employee outcome expectancy and career related outcomes (Dennerlein and Wu); and, (iv) how mismatches between empowering leadership wanted and received could backfire and undermine the effectiveness of empowering leadership (Li, Kirkman, Tu, & Flynn). The discussant, Dr. Gretchen Spreitzer, will summarize themes across presentations, highlight future research directions, and lead an interactive discussion between presenters and audience.
Author: Jacob Henry Johnson – U. of Connecticut
Author: John Mathieu – U. of Connecticut
Author: Jo K. Oh – U. of Connecticut
Author: Martin Buss – U. of Potsdam, Germany
Author: Eric Kearney – U. of Potsdam
Author: Mara Metzger – U. of Potsdam
Author: Tobias Dennerlein – Purdue U.
Author: Huan Wu – -
Author: Jia Li – University of Copenhagen
Author: Bradley L. Kirkman – North Carolina State U.
Author: Yidong Tu – School of Economics and Management of Wuhan U.
Author: Patrick Flynn – North Carolina State U.