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Are gritty leaders happier or unhappier? It depends on how prudent they are
Rego, J.; Bluhm, D. J.; Valverde, C.; Pina e Cunha, M.Grit in leaders (and, in general, all employees) typically results in greater success and well-being but also has potential downsides. We propose that gritty leaders also need to be prudent or they may spend excessive time and resources at work, leading to greater work-to-family conflict and, as a result, lower well-being. Findings of two studies support this reasoning. Grittier and imprudent leaders experience...
Tackling sustainable development goals through new space
Clegg, S.; Cunha, M. P.; López, A.; Sirage, E.; Rego, J.Achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) constitutes a formidable challenge. Existing solutions may be insufficient to respond to the scale and scope of the endeavour. The 17 SDGs are not discrete but interconnected, sustained by 169 targets. Their cross-level effects require the adoption of a panarchical view of data. New Space projects, still unfamiliar to many managers and organizations, provi...
Becoming a fraternal organization: Insights from the Encyclical Fratelli Tutti
Zózimo, R.; Cunha, M. P.; Rego, J.We uncover fundamental dimensions of the process through which organizations embed the practice of fraternity through embarking on an organizational journey in the direction of the common good. Building on the latest encyclical of Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti, about fraternal and social friendship, we offer insight into the understanding of what it means to become a fraternal organization and reflect on the key...
A figure is worth a thousand words: The role of visualization in paradox theori...
Pradies, C.; Berti, M.; Cunha, M. P.; Rego, J.; Tunarosa, A.; Clegg, S.Visualization (i.e., the use of figures and images to represent findings and conceptual models) is central to theorizing. Yet, by focusing solely on the textual content of papers, analysis has inadvertently marginalized the graphic representations of key ideas. We review the paradox literature not just in terms of what authors have written but also how they have visualized models concisely. An analysis of figur...
Understanding pragmatic paradoxes: When contradictions become paralyzing and wh...
Cunha, M. P.; Rego, J.; Berti, M.; Simpson, A. C.Integration of paradoxes, comprising interdependent yet contradictory tensions such as those of stability and change, learning and performing, or the individual and the collective, have been recently recognized as sources of synergy and competitive advantage. When adequately navigated, paradoxes may promote innovation, favoring generative complementarities. Not all paradoxes, however, have such generative effec...
Positive leadership action framework: Simply doing good and doing well
Redín, D. M.; Meyer, M.; Rego, J.This article presents the Positive Leadership Action Framework (PLAF) to structure Positive Leadership (PL). The novelty of the PLAF is that it incorporates the connections of PL to positive outcomes (financial and economic performance and social well-being) and organizational virtuousness. Also, it acknowledges its conditional nature on the virtues to achieve flourishing within the organization and society at ...
Non-naïve organizational positivity through a generative paradox pedagogy
Cunha, M. P.; Simpson, A. V.; Rego, J.; Clegg, S.Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS), with positivity as a core conceptual component, is a major innovation in recent decades in management and organizational studies. Just as organization is an inherently paradox laden process, so too, we argue, is positivity. Yet in classrooms and in practice, POS is mostly taught in a manner that accepts only one side of the paradox, that which, at first glance, appears...
Evolving conceptions of work-family boundaries: In defense of the family as sta...
Cunha, M. P. e; Hernández-Linares, R.; Sousa, M. de; Clegg, S.; Rego, J.In the management and organization studies literature, a key question to explore and explain is that of the family as an organizational stakeholder, particularly when working-from-home became the “new normal”. Departing from meta-analytic studies on the work-family relation and connecting with scholarly conversation on work-family boundary dynamics, we identify three main narratives. In the separation narrative...
Cognition, emotion and action: persistent sources of parent–offspring paradoxes...
Cunha, M. P.; Soares Leitão, M. J.; Clegg, S.; Hernández-Linares, R.; Moasa, H.; Randerson, K.; Rego, J.Purpose: The purpose of the study is to explore inductively the unique paradoxical tensions central to family business (FB) and to analyze how FB's members face these tensions and their implications in the personal and professional realms. Design/methodology/approach: A multiple-case study with 11 parent–offspring dyads from Portuguese FBs was conducted putting the focus on the micro-level interactions. Finding...
Team ground rules: Their nature and functions
Cunha, M. P.; Rego, J.; Simpson, A. V.Teams are complex relational systems. Effective team functioning depends on members will ingness to coordinate and work together. Ground rules play a fundamental but frequently nored role in this process. We define ground rules as the mutual agreements informally established by members to regulate team functioning. These agreements may ubsequently be rendered formal or explicit. The nature and functions of grou...