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Wise leaders fostering employees’ speaking up behaviors: Developing and validat...
Rego, A.; Meyer, M.; Reis Júnior, D.; Pina e Cunha, M.Practical wisdom, an essential component of leadership, has been approached mainly from a theoretical perspective. While there are barely any empirical studies on leaders’ practical wisdom, quantitative ones are even rarer, and no valid measure of a leader’s practical wisdom exists. Thus, our understanding of whether and how wise leaders influence their followers is limited. Inspired by Thomas Aquinas’ ideas on...
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...
How leaders ‘Strength of Heart’ and ‘Strength of Will’ enhance team performance
Rego, A.; Simpson, A. V.; Pina e Cunha, M.; Silard, A.; Oliveira, E. A. da S.; Mamedio, D. F.We investigate the influence of leaders’ dispositional compassion on team development and performance through two studies. In the first multi-source study (n = 154 team leaders), leaders’ dispositional compassion is found to be associated with improved team performance through the adoption of helping behaviors aimed at developing team capabilities. This relationship is moderated by leaders’ perseverance, sugges...
Big Five personality traits in simulated negotiation settings
Falcão, P. F.; Saraiva, M.; Santos, E.; Pina e Cunha, M.Purpose: After a hiatus in the research on individual differences in negotiation, there has been a surge of renewed interest in recent years followed by several new findings. The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects that personality, as structured by the five-factor model, have over negotiation behavior and decision making in order to create new knowledge and prescribe advice to negotiators. Design/m...
A inteligência emocional e o desempenho dos colaboradores: Estudo empírico numa...
Falcão, P. F.; Pina e Cunha, M.; Curto, J. D.; Oliveira, F.A literatura sobre inteligência emocional mostra que este tipo de inteligência tem uma relação positiva e direta com o desempenho dos gestores. Com o objetivo de contribuir para esta linha de investigação, procedeu-se a um estudo envolvendo 149 gestores comerciais de empresas numa grande instituição financeira portuguesa. A análise empírica baseou-se num questionário de autorrelato da inteligência emocional e d...