Järveläinen, Aleksi (2022) the Effect of Age of a Leader on Conflict Involvement in the Workplace; The Mediating Role of Power Construal. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Age of the leader as a demographic trait has been used to predict leadership abilities and diverse outcomes. However, this research is not without unanswered questions, and indeed, the research on leaders’ age has not featured regularly in the contemporary research. The present study provided a unique contribution to this topic in conflict between leaders’ and employees. In our current study we further investigated whether the power construal of the leader will operate as mediator between the age of the leader and leader conflict involvement. We proposed that older leaders are less inclined into conflict with their direct subordinates, and older leaders construe their power more in terms of responsibility, which in turn will decrease the conflict frequency of the leader. We conducted a field study with (N = 236: 118 dyads of leaders and employees) where questionnaires were handed out to employees and leaders. Our study showed that age of a leader was not related to leader conflict involvement. but leaders’ power construal might be related to leader conflict involvement, however, more research on the topic is needed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Fousiani, K. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology (WOP) [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2022 15:06 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Feb 2022 15:06 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/181 |
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