TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of leadership on organizational ambidexterity and employee psychological safety in the global acquisitions of emerging market multinationals
AU - Rao-Nicholson, Rekha
AU - Khan, Zaheer
AU - Akhtar, Pervaiz
AU - Merchant, Hemant
PY - 2016/11/12
Y1 - 2016/11/12
N2 - This paper examines the impact of leadership on organizational ambidexterity and employee psychological safety (EPS) based on a sample of 105 global acquisitions of emerging market multinationals. The findings suggest that, compared to the transactional and laissez-faire ones, the charismatic leadership style is more significantly related to organizational ambidexterity and EPS. The results also suggest that transactional leadership is more positively related to ambidexterity and EPS than laissez-faire leadership. In addition, organizational ambidexterity is directly and positively associated with EPS. The implications of these results for both research and practice are discussed in the paper.
AB - This paper examines the impact of leadership on organizational ambidexterity and employee psychological safety (EPS) based on a sample of 105 global acquisitions of emerging market multinationals. The findings suggest that, compared to the transactional and laissez-faire ones, the charismatic leadership style is more significantly related to organizational ambidexterity and EPS. The results also suggest that transactional leadership is more positively related to ambidexterity and EPS than laissez-faire leadership. In addition, organizational ambidexterity is directly and positively associated with EPS. The implications of these results for both research and practice are discussed in the paper.
KW - cross-border acquisitions
KW - emerging market multinationals
KW - employee psychological safety
KW - leadership
KW - organizational ambidexterity
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UR - https://kar.kent.ac.uk/59831/
U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2016.1204557
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2016.1204557
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84979010934
SN - 0958-5192
VL - 27
SP - 2461
EP - 2487
JO - International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - International Journal of Human Resource Management
IS - 20
ER -