Natural experiments in leadership research: An introduction, review, and guidelines

Sieweke, Jost; Santoni, Simone

doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.101338

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“…Various approaches can be used, including field experiments, regression discontinuity designs, and natural experiments. Such econometric designs are new for many work and organizational psychologists, but accessible overviews are available (Antonakis et al, 2010 ; Sieweke and Santoni, 2020 ). We urge scholars to check these out.…”

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Leadership and Job Demands-Resources Theory: A Systematic Review

2021

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The purpose of this article is to provide a systematic review of leadership and Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory. We have analyzed 139 studies that study the relationship between leadership and Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory. Based on our analysis, we highlight ways forward. First, research designs can be improved by eliminating endogeneity problems. Regarding leadership concepts, proper measurements should be used. Furthermore, we point toward new theory building by highlighting three main ways in which leadership may affect employees, namely by: (1) directly influencing job demands and resources, (2) influencing the impact of job demands and resources on well-being; and (3) influencing job crafting and self-undermining. We hope this review helps researchers and practitioners analyze how leadership and JD-R theory can be connected, ultimately leading to improved employee well-being and organizational performance.

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Leadership and Job Demands-Resources Theory: A Systematic Review

2021

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“…However, candidate effects can be particularly hard to discern in Westminster‐type parliamentary systems, where national and partisan factors can exert a powerful sway on voter choices (Gaines, 1998). Moreover, despite strong ecological validity in field studies (Sieweke & Santoni, 2020), our research context (i.e., candidates campaigning in a national election) placed constraints on what information could be collected and when.…”

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Candidate Effects on Election Outcomes: Political Skill, Campaign Efficacy, and Intentions in a British General Election

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Integrating Social/Political Influence Theory with the Theory of Planned Behavior, we argue that personal resources (i.e., political skill, self‐efficacy) enable political candidates to form more ambitious campaign intentions, and thus perform better in elections. We tested this model with a sample of political candidates (N = 225) campaigning in a British general election. Three months before polling day, candidates provided self‐ratings of political skill, domain‐specific self‐efficacy (i.e., campaign efficacy), and personal campaign intentions during the campaign period. Our results demonstrated that political skill was positively related to campaign efficacy, and intentions, via campaign efficacy. We also found a significant indirect effect for political skill on electoral performance (i.e., percentage of the vote), through campaign efficacy and intentions. Implications of our results for understanding candidate effects in campaigns and future research are discussed.

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“…Observational studies, whether cross-sectional snapshots or longitudinal, are riddled with endogeneity bias (i.e., confounded because of omitted causes); alarmingly, in multiple surveys of the literature, we have found that most reported results are false (Antonakis et al, 2019; Antonakis et al, 2010; Fischer et al, 2017). Researchers using field data need to up their game and use designs that are robust and allow for causal claims to be made (Sieweke & Santoni, 2020).…”

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Leadership to defeat COVID-19

Antonakis

2021

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Defeating COVID-19 will not happen only via efforts of scientists working on vaccines or new treatments and interventions. Key to winning this battle is to convince citizens to take the needed precautions and to follow scientific advice to stop the spread of the virus and to protect those who are vulnerable to it. Thus, leaders, especially political leaders, play a critical role in coordinating the efforts of individuals who often have private interests to act as they wish, but who expect to benefit from the efforts of others who contribute to the public good. To deal with this unprecedented challenge, I discuss the importance of leadership, particularly charismatic leadership, which is well suited to solving problems in situations of ambiguity and crisis. I also exhort researchers to pay more attention to studying leadership using robust and causally identified designs that can inform policy.

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Natural experiments in leadership research: An introduction, review, and guidelines

Cited by 79 publications

References 130 publications

Leadership and Job Demands-Resources Theory: A Systematic Review

Leadership and Job Demands-Resources Theory: A Systematic Review

Candidate Effects on Election Outcomes: Political Skill, Campaign Efficacy, and Intentions in a British General Election

Leadership to defeat COVID-19

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