Paradoxical Leadership and Employee Task Performance: A Sense-Making Perspective
Paradoxical leadership has received increasing research attention in recent years. Yet, questions remain as to why and when paradoxical leadership is effective in promoting employee work outcomes. Drawing upon the sense-making perspective, we propose that paradoxical leadership enhances employee tas...
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| author | Wei Zhang Shudi Liao Shudi Liao Jianqiao Liao Quanfang Zheng |
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| description | Paradoxical leadership has received increasing research attention in recent years. Yet, questions remain as to why and when paradoxical leadership is effective in promoting employee work outcomes. Drawing upon the sense-making perspective, we propose that paradoxical leadership enhances employee task performance by increasing employees’ adaptability, and paradoxical leadership is more effective when employees have higher levels of Zhong Yong thinking and organizational identification. To test our hypotheses, we conducted a multi-source and multi-wave survey study among 235 employees and their supervisors in southern China. The results of the regression analyses fully support our hypotheses. In general, our findings shed light on the underlying mechanisms, as well as the boundary conditions, of the effect of paradoxical leadership. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ba2d2993ee2d408f80989824c57ca8242022-12-22T00:07:13ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-12-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.753116753116Paradoxical Leadership and Employee Task Performance: A Sense-Making PerspectiveWei Zhang0Shudi Liao1Shudi Liao2Jianqiao Liao3Quanfang Zheng4School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaBusiness School, Hubei University, Wuhan, ChinaHubei Center for Studies of Human Capital Development Strategy and Policy, Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Science of Hubei Province, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, ChinaParadoxical leadership has received increasing research attention in recent years. Yet, questions remain as to why and when paradoxical leadership is effective in promoting employee work outcomes. Drawing upon the sense-making perspective, we propose that paradoxical leadership enhances employee task performance by increasing employees’ adaptability, and paradoxical leadership is more effective when employees have higher levels of Zhong Yong thinking and organizational identification. To test our hypotheses, we conducted a multi-source and multi-wave survey study among 235 employees and their supervisors in southern China. The results of the regression analyses fully support our hypotheses. In general, our findings shed light on the underlying mechanisms, as well as the boundary conditions, of the effect of paradoxical leadership. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.753116/fullparadoxical leadershipsense-makingadaptabilitytask performanceZhong Yong thinkingorganizational identification |
| spellingShingle | Wei Zhang Shudi Liao Shudi Liao Jianqiao Liao Quanfang Zheng Paradoxical Leadership and Employee Task Performance: A Sense-Making Perspective Frontiers in Psychology paradoxical leadership sense-making adaptability task performance Zhong Yong thinking organizational identification |
| title | Paradoxical Leadership and Employee Task Performance: A Sense-Making Perspective |
| title_full | Paradoxical Leadership and Employee Task Performance: A Sense-Making Perspective |
| title_fullStr | Paradoxical Leadership and Employee Task Performance: A Sense-Making Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Paradoxical Leadership and Employee Task Performance: A Sense-Making Perspective |
| title_short | Paradoxical Leadership and Employee Task Performance: A Sense-Making Perspective |
| title_sort | paradoxical leadership and employee task performance a sense making perspective |
| topic | paradoxical leadership sense-making adaptability task performance Zhong Yong thinking organizational identification |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.753116/full |
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