1 / 11

Research Projects Underway & In The Making

Research Projects Underway & In The Making. Rachel Kane-Frieder Florida State University. Who Am I?. 4 th year doctoral candidate studying politics, leadership, employee and organizational effectiveness, and statistics Teaching “Contemporary Leadership Dynamics”

chandler
Download Presentation

Research Projects Underway & In The Making

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Research Projects Underway & In The Making Rachel Kane-Frieder Florida State University

  2. Who Am I? • 4th year doctoral candidate studying politics, leadership, employee and organizational effectiveness, and statistics • Teaching “Contemporary Leadership Dynamics” • Dissertation on political and relational view of leadership

  3. Dissertation: Leader Political Skill, Work Relationship Quality, and Multi-Target Benefitting Outcomes • Leadership involves getting things accomplished through and with people • But self-interest, diverging points of view, and “interesting” personalities exist; teams/groups/departments (sometimes) have conflicting goals • Takes a certain finesse to navigate through the aforementioned realities • It takes POLITICAL SKILL

  4. Dissertation: Leader Political Skill, Work Relationship Quality, and Multi-Target Benefitting Outcomes (cont.) • Political Skill: Ability to effectively understand others at work and to use such knowledge to influence others to act in ways that enhance personal and/or organizational objectives • Comprised of 4 dimensions • Social Astuteness: self-aware, sensitive to others & social setting • Interpersonal Influence: effective communicators; adapt behavior • Apparent Sincerity: appear genuine, sincere, & devoid of ulterior motives • Networking Ability: position oneself in powerful networks; adept conflict negotiators

  5. Dissertation: Leader Political Skill, Work Relationship Quality, and Multi-Target Benefitting Outcomes (cont.) • Leader-Benefitting Outcomes • Effectiveness • Sub. extra effort • Sub. job performance • Subordinate-Benefitting Outcomes • Job satisfaction • Work engagement • Job stress (↓) • Organization-Benefitting Outcomes • Org. commitment • Citizenship behavior • Perceived org. support • Turnover intentions (↓)

  6. What Does My Research Focus On? Effectiveness Organizational Politics Leadership (+/−)

  7. Organizational Politics • How Politically Skilled Agents Leverage Social Networks to Maximize Performance and Effective Client Relationships • I love Me, But is That So Bad? The Self-Regulatory Function of Political Skill on Narcissism

  8. Leadership (+/−) • Can Politically Skilled Leaders Reduce Subordinates’ Perceptions of Differential Treatment? • Reactions to Perceived Abusive Supervision: Knee-Jerk Reactions or Judicious Reactions to a Jerk?

  9. Effectiveness & Performance • Social Effectiveness Showdown: What Interpersonal Skills are Most Predictive of Performance? • Performance as a Function of Political Motivations, Political Abilities and the Political Context • On the horizon: Empowerment, Engagement, Resiliency, & Humility

  10. If I’ve piqued your interest… • If you think your organization can benefit from any of these studies, let’s chat! • My contact information: • Email: rek09@my.fsu.edu • Phone: 352-275-9584

  11. Thank you for your time!Questions?

More Related