The power of reflection for would‐be leaders: Investigating individual work reflection and its impact on leadership in teams

Ong, Madeline; Ashford, Susan J.; Bind, Uta K.

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“…Researchers studying the positive implications of turning inward typically call this process reflection or reflexivity. In an organizational context, reflection refers to considering how work-related issues affect one's ability to achieve positive outcomes (Schön 1983) and has been studied in many contexts-e.g., team-based after-event reviews (DeRue et al 2012, Ellis & Davidi 2005, Ellis et al 2006; collective reflection among members of a team (Carter & West 1998, West 2000; reflection interventions (Anseel et al 2009, Bono et al 2013, Grant & Dutton 2012, Lanaj et al 2019; and self-initiated, naturally occurring reflection (Ong et al 2015(Ong et al , 2022.…”

Section: Self-reflection At Work: Asset or Liability?mentioning

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Self-Reflection at Work: Why It Matters and How to Harness Its Potential and Avoid Its Pitfalls

Kross

Ong

Ayduk

2023

Annu. Rev. Organ. Psychol. Organ. Behav.

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It is difficult to fathom how an organization could be successful without its employees engaging in self-reflection. Gone would be its personnel's capacity to problem-solve, learn from past experiences, and engage in countless other introspective activities that are vital to success. Indeed, a large body of research highlights the positive value of reflection. Yet, as both common experience and a wealth of findings demonstrate, engaging in this introspective process while focusing on negative experiences often backfires, undermining people's health, well-being, performance, and relationships. Here we synthesize research on the benefits and costs of self-reflection in organizational contexts and discuss the role that psychological distance plays in allowing people to harness the potential of self-reflection while avoiding its common pitfalls.

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Section: Self-reflection At Work: Asset or Liability?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Self-Reflection at Work: Why It Matters and How to Harness Its Potential and Avoid Its Pitfalls

Kross

Ong

Ayduk

2023

Annu. Rev. Organ. Psychol. Organ. Behav.

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Servant leadership and employee voice behavior: the role of employee work reflection and employee proactive personality

Xu,

Gu,

Wang

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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Despite the recent proliferation of scholarly investigations on servant leadership, clarity remains elusive regarding the specific mechanisms and conditions underpinning employee cognitive processes and their responses to servant leadership. Drawing upon social cognitive theory, proposes a moderated mediation model tested through a time-lagged field data from 489 employees in Study 1 and an experimental data in Study 2. We found that servant leadership indirectly enhances employee voice behavior through increased employee work reflection. Additionally, we considered employee proactive personality as a boundary condition for the positive effect of servant leadership. Our results show that servant leadership prompts employee work reflection only when the level of employee proactive personality is high, which in turn increases employee voice behavior. This study presents significant theoretical and practical implications through the integration of social cognitive theory with servant leadership research.

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The power of reflection for would‐be leaders: Investigating individual work reflection and its impact on leadership in teams

Abstract: This paper examines the key role that individual work reflection plays in facilitating individuals' leadership in teams. Consistent with the functional perspective on

Cited by 2 publications

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Self-Reflection at Work: Why It Matters and How to Harness Its Potential and Avoid Its Pitfalls

Self-Reflection at Work: Why It Matters and How to Harness Its Potential and Avoid Its Pitfalls

Servant leadership and employee voice behavior: the role of employee work reflection and employee proactive personality

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