Examining the Relationship Between Leaders' Power Use, Followers' Motivational Outlooks, and Followers' Work Intentions
From the foundation of self-determination theory and existing literature on forms of power, we empirically explored relationships between followers' perceptions of their leader's use of various forms of power, followers' self-reported motivational outlooks, and followers' favorab...
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| author | Taylor Peyton Taylor Peyton Drea Zigarmi Drea Zigarmi Susan N. Fowler Susan N. Fowler |
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| description | From the foundation of self-determination theory and existing literature on forms of power, we empirically explored relationships between followers' perceptions of their leader's use of various forms of power, followers' self-reported motivational outlooks, and followers' favorable work intentions. Using survey data collected from two studies of working professionals, we apply path analysis and hierarchical multiple regression to analyze variance among constructs of interest. We found that followers' perceptions of hard power use by their leaders (i.e., reward, coercive, and legitimate power) was often related to higher levels of sub-optimal motivation in followers (i.e., amotivation, external regulation, and introjected regulation). However, followers who perceived their leaders used soft power (i.e., expert, referent, and informational power) often experienced higher levels of optimal motivation (i.e., identified regulation and intrinsic motivation), but further investigation of soft power use is warranted. The quality of followers' motivational outlooks was also related to intentions to perform favorably for their organizations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3dbc9e2f4ac7481cb709c083535475dc2022-12-22T02:59:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-02-01910.3389/fpsyg.2018.02620381865Examining the Relationship Between Leaders' Power Use, Followers' Motivational Outlooks, and Followers' Work IntentionsTaylor Peyton0Taylor Peyton1Drea Zigarmi2Drea Zigarmi3Susan N. Fowler4Susan N. Fowler5School of Hospitality Administration, Boston University, Boston, MA, United StatesValencore Consulting, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Ken Blanchard Companies, Escondido, CA, United StatesUniversity of San Diego, San Diego, CA, United StatesThe Ken Blanchard Companies, Escondido, CA, United StatesUniversity of San Diego, San Diego, CA, United StatesFrom the foundation of self-determination theory and existing literature on forms of power, we empirically explored relationships between followers' perceptions of their leader's use of various forms of power, followers' self-reported motivational outlooks, and followers' favorable work intentions. Using survey data collected from two studies of working professionals, we apply path analysis and hierarchical multiple regression to analyze variance among constructs of interest. We found that followers' perceptions of hard power use by their leaders (i.e., reward, coercive, and legitimate power) was often related to higher levels of sub-optimal motivation in followers (i.e., amotivation, external regulation, and introjected regulation). However, followers who perceived their leaders used soft power (i.e., expert, referent, and informational power) often experienced higher levels of optimal motivation (i.e., identified regulation and intrinsic motivation), but further investigation of soft power use is warranted. The quality of followers' motivational outlooks was also related to intentions to perform favorably for their organizations.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02620/fullpowermotivationself-determination theorywork intentionsleader powersoft power |
| spellingShingle | Taylor Peyton Taylor Peyton Drea Zigarmi Drea Zigarmi Susan N. Fowler Susan N. Fowler Examining the Relationship Between Leaders' Power Use, Followers' Motivational Outlooks, and Followers' Work Intentions Frontiers in Psychology power motivation self-determination theory work intentions leader power soft power |
| title | Examining the Relationship Between Leaders' Power Use, Followers' Motivational Outlooks, and Followers' Work Intentions |
| title_full | Examining the Relationship Between Leaders' Power Use, Followers' Motivational Outlooks, and Followers' Work Intentions |
| title_fullStr | Examining the Relationship Between Leaders' Power Use, Followers' Motivational Outlooks, and Followers' Work Intentions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining the Relationship Between Leaders' Power Use, Followers' Motivational Outlooks, and Followers' Work Intentions |
| title_short | Examining the Relationship Between Leaders' Power Use, Followers' Motivational Outlooks, and Followers' Work Intentions |
| title_sort | examining the relationship between leaders power use followers motivational outlooks and followers work intentions |
| topic | power motivation self-determination theory work intentions leader power soft power |
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