The influence of differential leadership and proactive personality on employee in-role performance: An integrated model.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Differential leadership does not necessarily bring only negative effects, as it may also become an incentive management strategy. This study explores whether outsiders can actively become insiders through proactive personality traits, or whether they can actively approach resource controllers to remove obstacles at work and enhance their performance in a Chinese cultural setting.

Methodology

A stratified random sampling method was used. The sample objects were medical staff from hospitals in the six urban districts of Beijing. In 2021, a total of 900 online questionnaires were distributed. 524 valid questionnaires were recovered.

Main findings

The results show that differential leadership, defined as favoritism towards insiders and prejudice against outsiders,

SUBMITTER: Chen ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9815459 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature