Age and leadership: The moderating role of legacy beliefs
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In: The Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 1, 02.2011, p. 43-50.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Age and leadership
T2 - The moderating role of legacy beliefs
AU - Zacher, Hannes
AU - Rosing, K
AU - Frese, M
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - Age and age-related motivations have been neglected in leadership research. This study examined the moderating influence of legacy beliefs on the relationships between age and transformational, transactional, and passive-avoidant leadership behaviors. Legacy beliefs involve individuals' convictions about whether they and their actions will be remembered, have an enduring influence, and leave something behind after death. It was expected that at higher ages, low legacy beliefs impede transformational and transactional leadership behaviors and boost passive-avoidant leadership behaviors. One hundred and six university professors, between 30 and 70 years old, provided ratings of their legacy beliefs; each professor's leadership behaviors were evaluated by one of his or her employees. Results confirmed the assumptions for overall transformational leadership and its charisma subdimension as well as for overall transactional leadership and its active management-by-exception subdimension but not for passive-avoidant leadership.
AB - Age and age-related motivations have been neglected in leadership research. This study examined the moderating influence of legacy beliefs on the relationships between age and transformational, transactional, and passive-avoidant leadership behaviors. Legacy beliefs involve individuals' convictions about whether they and their actions will be remembered, have an enduring influence, and leave something behind after death. It was expected that at higher ages, low legacy beliefs impede transformational and transactional leadership behaviors and boost passive-avoidant leadership behaviors. One hundred and six university professors, between 30 and 70 years old, provided ratings of their legacy beliefs; each professor's leadership behaviors were evaluated by one of his or her employees. Results confirmed the assumptions for overall transformational leadership and its charisma subdimension as well as for overall transactional leadership and its active management-by-exception subdimension but not for passive-avoidant leadership.
KW - Business psychology
KW - age
KW - legacy beliefs
KW - transformational
KW - transactional
KW - passive-avoidant leadership
KW - Age
KW - Legacy beliefs
KW - Passive-avoidant leadership
KW - Transactional
KW - Transformational
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79951726017&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.12.006
DO - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.12.006
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 22
SP - 43
EP - 50
JO - The Leadership Quarterly
JF - The Leadership Quarterly
IS - 1
ER -