It's how you frame it: Transformational leadership and the meaning of work

    Authors

    D. J. Cleavenger;T. P. Munyon

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Bus. Horiz.

    Keywords

    Transformational Leadership; Job and work design; Meaning of work; Performance; Framing; Social information processing; Persuasion; Employee motivation; Self-determination; Leader quality; CORE JOB CHARACTERISTICS; MOTIVATION; DESIGN; Business

    Abstract

    Transformational leadership has emerged as one of the most important approaches for understanding and influencing employee effectiveness. Inherent in this approach is the belief that transformational leaders inspire employees to greater levels of motivation and performance. Recent evidence has shown that this effect is accomplished by managing the meaning of work for employees, yet it is often unclear exactly how leaders may influence perceptions of work for their employees. Consequently, in this article, we present behavioral and verbal cues leaders may use to enact positive change in their employees. (C) 2013 Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Business Horizons

    Volume

    56

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    351

    Last Page

    360

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000319240900012

    ISSN

    0007-6813

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