Be the Leader of Your Class: Applying Leadership Behaviors to Manage Student Conduct and Performance

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to highlight the impact of integrative leadership behaviors on network performance in local government networks.Design/methodology/approachThe data were retrieved from a survey conducted on 362 local government network leaders in Italy. Their leadership behaviors were compared with the level of network performance anonymously self-reported.FindingsThe findings show that high frequency in the usage of a specific category of behavior does not always lead to high performance in local government networks. Moreover, leadership behaviors leading to highly performing networks are not always engaged most frequently by networks' leaders.Originality/valueThis research gives an empirical contribution to a neglected topic: network leadership. Moreover, the authors attempt to highlight how it is able to influence network performance.

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Leadership behaviors that reduce psychological distance and increase adaptive coping and performance

Academy of Management Proceedings ◽

10.5465/ambpp.2021.10120abstract ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (1) ◽

pp. 10120

Author(s):

Anders Friis Marstand ◽

Olga Epitropaki

Keyword(s):

Leadership Behaviors ◽

Psychological Distance ◽

Adaptive Coping ◽

And Performance

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Narcissistic Leaders–Promise or Peril? The Patterns of Narcissistic Leaders’ Behaviors and Their Relation to Team Performance

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.660452 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Ellen A. Schmid ◽

Kristin Knipfer ◽

Claudia V. Peus

Keyword(s):

Team Performance ◽

Leadership Behaviors ◽

Curvilinear Relationship ◽

Destructive Leadership ◽

Leadership Performance ◽

Online Study ◽

Source Studies ◽

Scenario Technique ◽

And Performance ◽

Leadership Research

Leader narcissism has attracted substantial attention in leadership research and organizational practice. Yet, the exact relationship between leader narcissism and performance remains unclear. In this paper, we set out to illuminate the narcissism-leadership-performance puzzle. We build on research that points to a curvilinear relationship between leader narcissism and performance and open the black box behind this curvilinear relationship. Thereby, we take into consideration the context, in which narcissistic leaders act, and explore their leadership behaviors in a compelling context: entrepreneurial teams. In a quantitative study, we found that a moderate level of leader narcissism was associated with the best team performance as assessed by the quality of a business plan. In a qualitative follow-up interview study, we explored the patterns of leadership behaviors shown by narcissists to better understand how different behaviors combine into effective versus destructive leadership, shaping team performance eventually. Finally, in an experimental online study using the scenario technique, we investigated the relevance of these leadership patterns associated with different levels of narcissism across contexts. The results of our multi-method and multi-source studies suggest that the most promising avenue to understand the narcissism-leadership-performance puzzle is that it depends on the levels of narcissism and more specifically that it depends on the patterns of behaviors narcissistic leaders show—the context seems to play a less important role.

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STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES: THE ROLE OF STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS

Modern Management Review ◽

10.7862/rz.2021.mmr.13 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 7-15

Author(s):

Niyi Israel AKEKE ◽

Hezekiah Olufemi ADETAYO ◽

Adenike Rita AKEKE ◽

Mathew Olufemi OYEBANJI

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Leadership Behaviors ◽

Small And Medium Enterprises ◽

Causal Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Strategic Leadership ◽

And Performance ◽

Medium Enterprises ◽

Leadership Influence

The study examines how strategic interventions mediate in the relationship between strategic leadership behaviors and firm performance of SMEs in Nigeria. A survey of 834 registered operators of SMEs through structured questionnaire was used and data were analysed using mediation analysis through structural equation modeling. The results showed that strategic leadership influence performance through strategic interventions decomposed into organisational learning and cultural values. It showed that the mediator exerts stronger effect on performance than the independent variable. It revealed further that strategic interventions are significant in its causal effect on performance of SMEs than strategic leadership. The implication is that the operators should not only encourage employee to be optimistic in future accomplishment and stimulate a sense of logic to create the notion of problem solving, but also must inculcate the culture of paying attention to employee talents and needs for performance improvement.

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