Influence of Parental Experience on Transformational Leadership Behaviour: A Test of Work-Family Enrichment of Male Managers from an Employee Perspective

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.2478/orga-2022-0008" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.2478/orga-2022-0008</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/orga-2022-0008" target="_blank" >10.2478/orga-2022-0008</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Influence of Parental Experience on Transformational Leadership Behaviour: A Test of Work-Family Enrichment of Male Managers from an Employee Perspective

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Background: When a male leader becomes a father, changes in his transformational leadership behaviour occur due to shifted priorities, role expectations and resource transfer between domains. Work-life enrichment research acknowledges the positive overall effects of fatherhood on overall transformational leadership behaviours. Our quantitative study contributes to existing knowledge by analysing the perception of behavioural changes of leaders from the employees&apos; view. The results are matched with previous studies to assess differences of perception between leaders and employees. Methods: Our research uses a granular, detailed definition of transformational leadership. Based on a sample of 139 respondents, we test the positive effects of fatherhood on leadership performance with Wilcoxon signed rank sum tests. Results: 13 out of 15 transformational leadership behaviours improve significantly with fatherhood. We find that leaders and employees view change differently. Employees perceive improvement similarly in terms of direction, but it is less pronounced in terms of magnitude. Moreover, we find that well rated leaders tend to benefit the most from fatherhood, at least from the perspective of their employees. Males perceive higher levels of improvement than females, which we attribute to a gender empathy bias. Conclusion: Our study confirms work-family enrichment theory and the positive effects of fatherhood on transformational leadership behaviour. Nevertheless, we show that not all involved parties perceive behavioural changes conformably.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Influence of Parental Experience on Transformational Leadership Behaviour: A Test of Work-Family Enrichment of Male Managers from an Employee Perspective

Popis výsledku anglicky

Background: When a male leader becomes a father, changes in his transformational leadership behaviour occur due to shifted priorities, role expectations and resource transfer between domains. Work-life enrichment research acknowledges the positive overall effects of fatherhood on overall transformational leadership behaviours. Our quantitative study contributes to existing knowledge by analysing the perception of behavioural changes of leaders from the employees&apos; view. The results are matched with previous studies to assess differences of perception between leaders and employees. Methods: Our research uses a granular, detailed definition of transformational leadership. Based on a sample of 139 respondents, we test the positive effects of fatherhood on leadership performance with Wilcoxon signed rank sum tests. Results: 13 out of 15 transformational leadership behaviours improve significantly with fatherhood. We find that leaders and employees view change differently. Employees perceive improvement similarly in terms of direction, but it is less pronounced in terms of magnitude. Moreover, we find that well rated leaders tend to benefit the most from fatherhood, at least from the perspective of their employees. Males perceive higher levels of improvement than females, which we attribute to a gender empathy bias. Conclusion: Our study confirms work-family enrichment theory and the positive effects of fatherhood on transformational leadership behaviour. Nevertheless, we show that not all involved parties perceive behavioural changes conformably.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50204 - Business and management

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Organizacija

ISSN

1318-5454

e-ISSN

1581-1832

Svazek periodika

55

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

SI - Slovinská republika

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

112-127

Kód UT WoS článku

000814797700002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85133894720