Brian D. Blume

TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated how each dimension of transformational leadership directly and indirectly influences followers' change-oriented behaviors and found that intellectual stimulation had the highest relative effect size that was largely due to its direct effect on taking charge.

TL;DR: This paper found that communication apprehension (CA), an individual difference variable not previously examined within assessment centres, was negatively related to critical thinking and oral communication scores. But they did not examine the relationship between CA and extraversion and emotional stability.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare and integrate leader-member exchange (LMX) and leader identification (LID) as concurrently functioning mediators between three leadership styles (individual-focused transformational, contingent reward, and benevolent paternalistic) and two citizenship behaviors (helping and taking charge).

TL;DR: This paper investigated the impact of individual and contextual variables on two different types of foreign language skill transfer measures in a military context and found that initial skill acquisition had a positive impact on both the maintenance and generalization of language skills.