Proactivity at work: The roles of respectful leadership and leader group prototypicality

Catharina Vogt; Suzanne van Gils; Niels Van Quaquebeke; Steven L. L. Grover; Tilman Eckloff

doi:10.1027/1866-5888/a000275

Proactivity at work: The roles of respectful leadership and leader group prototypicality

Catharina Vogt^*, Suzanne van Gils, Niels Van Quaquebeke, Steven L. L. Grover, Tilman Eckloff

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Abstract

We propose that two aspects of leadership, perceived respectful leadership and the degree of leaders prototypicality, positively affect employee proactivity. A multisource and multilevel field study of 234 employees supervised by 62 leaders shows that respectful leadership relates positively to employee proactivity in terms of personal initiative and that leader group prototypicality diminishes this effect. Moreover, perceived respectful leadership and prototypicality substitute for one another in their relation to follower proactivity. This study contributes to previous research that shows leader follower relationships enhance proactivity by showing the impact of perceived respectful leadership and leader group prototypicality.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	114-123
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Personnel Psychology
Volume	20
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000275
Publication status	Published - Jul 2021

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leader group prototypicality
multilevel modeling
personal initiative
proactivity
respectful leadership

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