Journal article
Transformed by the family: An episodic, attachment theory perspective on family-work enrichment and transformational leadership
Journal of applied psychology, Vol.106(12), pp.1848-1866
12/01/2021
DOI: 10.1037/apl0000869
PMID: 33617277
Abstract
While transformational leadership is foundational to individual, team, and organizational success, many managers struggle to consistently exhibit the behaviors captured in transformational leadership. Unfortunately, relatively little is known about what factors explain this day-to-day variation on transformational leadership. Drawing upon and extending attachment theory, we assert that one answer is found at home: managers need daily family support to ensure that they consistently display transformational leader behaviors at work. We thus develop a model suggesting that family-work enrichment (FWE) acts as a within-person prime of promotion focus, which in turn enables supervisors to engage in transformational behaviors on a daily basis. In so doing, we explore a pair of theoretically derived boundary conditions of this effect-supervisor attachment styles. The results from two experience-sampling studies support our model. Specifically, daily FWE was positively associated with transformational leadership through daily promotion focus, with the positive effects being weaker for those higher on attachment avoidance and stronger for those higher on attachment anxiety. This article thus expands our understanding of the link between positive family experiences and leader behaviors, suggesting that while the family is a daily source of positive inspiration for supervisors, these positive results are not universal across all supervisors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Transformed by the family: An episodic, attachment theory perspective on family-work enrichment and transformational leadership
- Creators
- Shawn T McClean - University of IowaJunhyok Yim - University of IowaStephen H Courtright - University of IowaBenjamin B Dunford - Academy of Management
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of applied psychology, Vol.106(12), pp.1848-1866
- DOI
- 10.1037/apl0000869
- PMID
- 33617277
- NLM abbreviation
- J Appl Psychol
- ISSN
- 0021-9010
- eISSN
- 1939-1854
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984380494102771
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