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Leadership and Strategy. The Vital but Evasive Role of Cooperation and Clarity of Expectations during Strategic Change
Journal of Leadership and Management
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Leadership and Strategy. The Vital but Evasive Role of Cooperation and Clarity of Expectations during Strategic Change
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Moss, Simon A.; 1. Department of Management, Monash University, Australia 2. School of Psychological and Clinical Sciences, Charles Darwin University, Australia Butar, Ivan Butar; Department of Management, Monash University, Australia Hirst, Giles; Department of Management, Monash University, Australia Tice, Matt; The Palladium Group Asia-Pacific, Australia Craner, Michael; The Palladium Group Asia-Pacific, Australia Evans, Jade; The Palladium Group Asia-Pacific, Australia Hartel, Charmine E. J.; School of Business, Queensland University, Australia |
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Strategic change evokes a shift in the distribution of power and, therefore, often impairs cooperation and obscures the standards that employees must achieve. Yet, unless employees perceive the work environment as cooperative and their responsibilities as unambiguous, they tend to feel too unsafe to embrace the uncertainty that change entails. To examine the significance of this cooperation and clarity of standards, in Study 1,223 executives assessed workplace cooperation, clarity of standards, meaning at work, impediments to strategic change, and firm performance. Workplace cooperation and clarity of standards were inversely related to impediments to change – a relationship that was mediated by meaning at work. To clarify how organizations cultivate this workplace cooperation and clarity of standards in the midst of change,35 executives were interviewed. Thematic analyses revealed that leaders should first inculcate a vivid, shared vision but then gradually encourage individuals to assume distinct responsibilities that match their preferences.
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Institute of Leadership in Management
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This research was supported by an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant, LP100100032.
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2014-08-25
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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http://leadership.net.pl/index.php/JLM/article/view/21
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Journal of Leadership and Management; Vol 1, No 1 (2014): Journal of Leadership and Management
2391-6087 |
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eng
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http://leadership.net.pl/index.php/JLM/article/view/21/7
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Copyright (c) 2014 Author & JLM
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
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