Research Seminar - From Paradoxes to Performance - A Resource-based Perspective on Paradoxical Leader Behavior

Abstract:

When faced with people management paradoxes, do all leaders act paradoxically? And do all subordinates perform well when faced with paradoxical leader behavior? Given organizations are filled with paradoxes, they are also very political. Utilizing the Conservation of Resources theory, this study proposes that leader’s experience of people management paradoxes impacts subordinate performance via paradoxical leader behaviors. Survey data from 222 supervisor-subordinate dyads of multiple industries in Pakistan indicates a positive indirect effect of leader’s experience of people management paradoxes and subordinate in role performance, through paradoxical leader behavior. Results further show that leader political skill diminishes this mediated relationship and subordinate work grit has a positive moderation on this mediation relationship. By theorizing and providing empirical evidence of these relationships, this study contributes to a deeper understanding of how workplace tensions translate into leader behaviors and subordinate outcomes, offering implications for theory and practice.

Speaker’s Profile:

Shoaib Amjad Hussain, is a PhD candidate (Organizational Behavior and Strategy) at Suleman Dawood School of Business. Lahore. Within organizational behavior, his area of research is leadership and people management. His work contributes towards a deeper understanding of micro-interactions of leader and behaviors and how leaders decide on behavioral responses to manage subordinates. His research also considers paradox theory as essential to gaining a holistic understating of leadership processes and people management.

For queries about this event, please email shoaib.masud@lums.edu.pk.