Journal•ISSN: 1359-432X
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
Taylor & Francis
About: European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Job satisfaction & Job performance. It has an ISSN identifier of 1359-432X. Over the lifetime, 1193 publications have been published receiving 80045 citations.
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TL;DR: In contrast to the transactional leader who practises contingent reinforcement of followers, the transformational leader inspires, intellectually stimulates, and is individually considerate of them as mentioned in this paper, and contrary to earlier expectations, women leaders tend to be more transformational than their male counterparts.
Abstract: The interests of the organization and its members need to be aligned. Such is a task for the transformational leader. In contrast to the transactional leader who practises contingent reinforcement of followers, the transformational leader inspires, intellectually stimulates, and is individually considerate of them. Transformational leadership may be directive or participative. Requiring higher moral development, transformational leadership is recognized universally as a concept. Furthermore, contrary to earlier expectations, women leaders tend to be more transformational than their male counterparts. Although a six-factor model of transformational/ transactional leadership best fits a diversity of samples according to confirmatory factor analyses, whether fewer factors are necessary remains an open question. Another important research question that has only been partially answered is why transformational leadership is more effective than transactional leadership in a wide variety of business, military, industrial, hospital, and educational circumstances.
2,659 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the concept of mobbing is introduced, which is defined as harassing, ganging up on someone, or psychologically terrorizing others at work at work, in the context of medical and psychological stress research.
Abstract: In this article the concept of mobbing is introduced Mobbing means harassing, ganging up on someone, or psychologically terrorizing others at work Although mobbing is a very old phenomenon, it was not described and systematically researched until the early 1980s The article begins with a case example, some historical notes, and a definition of mobbing, and then regards mobbing in the context of medical and psychological stress research Several stages in the development of mobbing are described, based on about 800 case studies Some epidemiological findings from a representative sample of the Swedish work population are reported Causes and consequences of mobbing are discussed, and conclusions for prevention and intervention are drawn
1,918 citations
TL;DR: This article conducted a meta-analysis of personality traits and found that traits matched to the task of running a business produced higher effect sizes with business creation than traits that were not matched to running an enterprise.
Abstract: The role of personality traits in the decision to start a business and to maintain it successfully is discussed controversially in entrepreneurship research. Our meta-analysis builds upon and extends earlier meta-analyses by doing a full analysis of personality traits that includes a comparison of different traits from a theoretical perspective and by analysing a full set of personality predictors for both start-up activities as well as success. Theoretically, our article adds to the literature by matching traits to the tasks of entrepreneurs. The results indicate that traits matched to the task of running a business produced higher effect sizes with business creation than traits that were not matched to the task of running an enterprise, corrected r = .247, K = 47, N = 13,280, and corrected r = .124, K = 20, N = 3975, respectively. Moreover, traits matched to the task produced higher correlations with success, corrected r = .250, K = 42, N = 5607, than traits not matched to the task of running a business...
1,424 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of job insecurity on workers differ according to their professional position, gender, and age, and how important is job insecurity compared to other stressors on the workfloor.
Abstract: Research on the psychological consequences of job insecurity is reviewed, showing that job insecurity reduces psychological well-being and job satisfaction, and increases psychosomatic complaints and physical strains. Next, three additional research questions are addressed, since these questions did not receive much attention in previous research. First, does the impact of job insecurity on workers differ according to their professional position, gender, and age? Second, how important is job insecurity compared to other stressors on the workfloor? Third, how important is job insecurity compared to the impact of unemployment? To analyse these issues, data were used from a Belgian plant, part of a European multinational company in the metalworking industry (N = 336). The results of this exploratory study showed that job insecurity was associated with lower well-being (score on the GHQ-12), after controlling for background variables, such as gender and age. A significant interaction with gender occurred, ind...
1,096 citations
TL;DR: In this article, an instrument for measuring organizational structure and climate for creativity and innovation is described, and the authors make recommendations for using the instrument to develop interventions to promote organizational innovation.
Abstract: This article describes an instrument for measuring organizational structure and climate for creativity and innovation. Its application and validation in organizational settings is also described. Recommendations are made for using the instrument to develop interventions to promote organizational innovation.
1,072 citations