Toward a generic framework of perceived negative manager/leader behavior: A comparative study across nations and private sector industries
Abstract
Reviewing three relevant streams of extant literature reveals a marked absence of a generic framework comprised of a full range of negative manager/leader behaviors (from moderate to extreme) across sectors and countries, a void particularly detrimental to the effectiveness of management and leadership development (MLD) programs. To address this concern, we conduct a multiple cross-case/cross-nation comparative analysis (MCCA) of data collected from our own 13 previous empirical replication studies (using the critical incident technique) of effective/ineffective managerial/leader behavior across nine culturally diverse countries and varied private sector industries, resulting in a comprehensive framework of perceived negative manager/leader behavior. Our generic framework is comprised of five behavioral dimensions: general inadequate behavior, unethical behavior, impersonal domineering behavior, depriving behavior, and closed/negative-minded behavior, and lends support to the universal school of culture in business literature by showing that neither national culture nor sectorial specificities influence people’s perceptions of negative manager/leader behavior. It also stresses the importance of the mundane (as opposed to the glorious) in managerial/leadership work by revealing that employees’ perceptions of negative manager/leader behavior includes not only conspicuously ‘bad’ behaviors, but also less conspicuous ‘poor’ behaviors.Citation
Patel, T., Hamlin, R.G. and Louis, D. (2022) Toward a generic framework of perceived negative manager/leader behavior: A comparative study across nations and private sector industries. European Management Review, 19(4), pp. 608-624. https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12507Publisher
WileyJournal
European Management ReviewAdditional Links
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/emre.12507Type
Journal articleLanguage
enDescription
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Wiley in European Management Review on 15/02/2022. The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.ISSN
1740-4754ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1111/emre.12507
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