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Ambidextrous Leadership and Employee Work Outcomes: A Paradox Theory Perspective

Numerous studies have examined the influence of ambidextrous leadership on employee work outcomes, but few have explored the issue through the congruence or incongruence of two seemingly conflicting leadership styles. Based on paradox theory, we adopted polynomial regression and surface analysis met...

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Autores principales: Guo, Zhuopin, Yan, Jiaqi, Wang, Xiaoying, Zhen, Jie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33071834
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01661
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description Numerous studies have examined the influence of ambidextrous leadership on employee work outcomes, but few have explored the issue through the congruence or incongruence of two seemingly conflicting leadership styles. Based on paradox theory, we adopted polynomial regression and surface analysis methods to investigate the congruent/incongruent effects of loose and tight leadership techniques. In order to reduce common method bias, we used a two-wave design with a two-month time interval. By using two-wave surveys of 301 employees, this study posited that ambidextrous leadership congruence creates higher leader–member exchange quality, and that loose and tight leadership with a high strength plays a more positive role in enhancing LMX quality. This study demonstrated that LMX quality mediates the relationship between ambidextrous leadership congruence/incongruence and employee work outcomes (i.e., job performance and creativity).
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spelling pubmed-75336022020-10-15 Ambidextrous Leadership and Employee Work Outcomes: A Paradox Theory Perspective Guo, Zhuopin Yan, Jiaqi Wang, Xiaoying Zhen, Jie Front Psychol Psychology Numerous studies have examined the influence of ambidextrous leadership on employee work outcomes, but few have explored the issue through the congruence or incongruence of two seemingly conflicting leadership styles. Based on paradox theory, we adopted polynomial regression and surface analysis methods to investigate the congruent/incongruent effects of loose and tight leadership techniques. In order to reduce common method bias, we used a two-wave design with a two-month time interval. By using two-wave surveys of 301 employees, this study posited that ambidextrous leadership congruence creates higher leader–member exchange quality, and that loose and tight leadership with a high strength plays a more positive role in enhancing LMX quality. This study demonstrated that LMX quality mediates the relationship between ambidextrous leadership congruence/incongruence and employee work outcomes (i.e., job performance and creativity). Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7533602/ /pubmed/33071834 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01661 Text en Copyright © 2020 Guo, Yan, Wang and Zhen. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33071834
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01661
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