Post on 17-Jan-2016
Authentic Leadership & Positive Psychology
Discussing Potential Benefits
Older Theories e.g. TransactionalOlder Theories e.g. Transactional
Positive PsychologyPositive Psychology
Transformational LeadershipTransformational Leadership
Authentic LeadershipAuthentic Leadership
Moral and Charismatic aspectsMoral and Charismatic aspects
VSVS
Styles of LeadingStyles of Leading
Focus on the personFocus on the person
Intrinsic qualities – Authenticity, strong Intrinsic qualities – Authenticity, strong
sense of self, awareness, regulationsense of self, awareness, regulation
Less focus on behaviourLess focus on behaviour
•self-awareness
•unbiased processing
•authentic behaviour
•authentic relational orientation
Illies, Morgeson and Nahrgang (2005)Illies, Morgeson and Nahrgang (2005)
•balanced processing
•relational transparency
•internalized moral perspective
•self-awareness
Walumbwa, Avolio, Gardner, Walumbwa, Avolio, Gardner,
Wernsing & Peterson (2008)Wernsing & Peterson (2008)
These factors correlated with a host of important These factors correlated with a host of important organizational outcomes :organizational outcomes :
- citizenship behaviourcitizenship behaviour
- job satisfactionjob satisfaction
- organizational commitment organizational commitment
- follower job performance follower job performance
Indirect effects that potentially lead to Well-beingIndirect effects that potentially lead to Well-being
Relationship between leader behaviour and :Relationship between leader behaviour and :- subordinate reports of work stress subordinate reports of work stress
- prediction of psychiatric disturbance prediction of psychiatric disturbance - mood of individuals and group processes mood of individuals and group processes
- hope and resiliencehope and resilience- medium for followers to acquire high degrees of flow medium for followers to acquire high degrees of flow - actualization and fulfillment from one’s task and work actualization and fulfillment from one’s task and work
(i.e. eudaimonic well-being (i.e. eudaimonic well-being
Leaders should invest in developing a sense of authenticityLeaders should invest in developing a sense of authenticity- Training programmes?Training programmes?- that challenge their status-quo that challenge their status-quo - move them out of their comfort-zonemove them out of their comfort-zone- Assess their self awareness…..Assess their self awareness…..- increase leaders’ positive impact on followers’ health and how followers increase leaders’ positive impact on followers’ health and how followers
construe their work and tasks. construe their work and tasks.
- Health costs on the increase at work. Could this be of significant benefit Health costs on the increase at work. Could this be of significant benefit to organisations?to organisations?
- Malta?Malta?
- medium for followers to acquire high degrees medium for followers to acquire high degrees of flow - eudaimonicof flow - eudaimonic
- positively related to followers Subjective Well-positively related to followers Subjective Well-Being (general happiness) -hedonicBeing (general happiness) -hedonic
FLOW - actualization and fulfillment from one’s FLOW - actualization and fulfillment from one’s task and worktask and work