Transformational-transactional leadership styles and followers' regulatory focus: Fit reduces followers' turnover intentions

Journal of Personnel Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 182-186

  Hamstra, Melvyn R W ^a   Van Yperen, Nico W ^a   Wisse, Barbara ^a   Sassenberg, Kai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Leadership styles; Regulatory fit; Regulatory focus; Turnover intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155179293     PISSN: 18665888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1866-5888/a000043     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Aiken L.S., West S.G. Multiple regression: Testing and interpreting interactions 1991, Sage, Newbury Park, CA.
2. Bass B.M. Leadership and performance beyond expectations 1985, Free Press, New York, NY.
3. Bass B.M., Avolio B.J. MLQ multifactor leadership questionnaire for research 1995, Mind Garden, Redwood City, CA.
4. Den Hartog D.N., Van Muijen J.J., Koopman P.L. Transactional versus transformational leadership: An analysis of the MLQ. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 1997, 70:19-34.
5. Felfe J., Goihl K. Deutsche überarbeitete und ergänzte Version des "Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire" (MLQ) [German revised and supplemented version of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire]. ZUMA-Informationssystem. Elektronisches Handbuch sozialwissenschaftlicher Erhebungsinstrumente. Version 5.00 2002, Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen, Mannheim, Germany. A. Glöckner-Rist (Ed.).
6. Felfe J., Schyns B. Personality and the perception of transformational leadership: The impact of extraversion, neuroticism, personal need for structure, and occupational self-efficacy. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 2006, 36:708-739.
7. Felfe J., Schyns B. Followers' personality and the perception of transformational leadership: Further evidence for the similarity hypothesis. British Journal of Management 2010, 21:393-410.
8. Förster J., Higgins E.T. How global versus local perception fits regulatory focus. Psychological Science 2005, 16:631-636.
9. Garman A.N., Davis-Lenane D., Corrigan P.W. Factor structure of the transformational leadership model in human service teams. Journal of Organizational Behavior 2003, 24:803-812.
10. Gerstner C.R., Day D.V. Meta-analytic review of leader - member exchange theory: Correlates and construct issues. Journal of Applied Psychology 1997, 82:827-844.
11. Hater J.J., Bass B.M. Superiors' evaluations and subordinates' perceptions of transformational and transactional leadership. Journal of Applied Psychology 1988, 73:695-702.
12. Herzenstein M., Posavac S.S., Brakus J.J. Adoption of new and really new products: The effects of self-regulation systems and risk salience. Journal of Marketing Research 2007, 44:251-260.
13. Higgins E.T. Beyond pleasure and pain. American Psychologist 1997, 52:1280-1300.
14. Higgins E.T. Making a good decision: Value from fit. American Psychologist 2000, 55:1217-1230.
15. Higgins E.T., Friedman R.S., Harlow R.E., Idson L.C., Ayduk O.N., Taylor A. Achievement orientations from subjective histories of success: Promotion pride versus prevention pride. European Journal of Social Psychology 2001, 31:3-23.
16. House R.J. A path-goal theory of leader effectiveness. Administrative Science Quarterly 1971, 16:321-338.
17. House R.J. A 1976 theory of charismatic leadership. Leadership: The cutting edge 1977, Southern Illinois Press, Carbondale, IL. J.G. Huns, L.L. Larson (Eds.).
18. Liberman N., Idson L.C., Camacho C.J., Higgins E.T. Promotion and prevention choices between stability and change. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1999, 77:1135-1145.
19. Markovits Y., Ullrich J., van Dick R., Davis A.J. Regulatory foci and organizational commitment. Journal of Vocational Behavior 2008, 73:485-489.
20. Meyer J.P., Becker T.E., Vandenberghe C. Employee commitment and motivation: A conceptual analysis and integrative model. Journal of Applied Psychology 2004, 89:991-1007.
21. Semin G.R., Higgins T., de Montes L., Estourget Y., Valencia J.F. Linguistic signatures of regulatory focus: How abstraction fits promotion more than prevention. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2005, 89:36-45.
22. Siemsen E., Roth A., Oliveira P. Common method bias in regression models with linear, quadratic, and interaction effects. Organizational Research Methods 2010, 13:456-476.
23. Stam D.A., van Knippenberg D., Wisse B. The role of regulatory fit in visionary leadership. Journal of Organizational Behavior 2010, 31:499-518.
24. Steel R.P., Ovalle N.K. A review and meta-analysis of research on the relationship between behavioral intentions and employee turnover. Journal of Applied Psychology 1984, 69:673-686.
25. Whitford T., Moss S.A. Transformational leadership in distributed work groups: The moderating role of follower regulatory focus and goal orientation. Communication Research 2009, 36:810-837.
26. Yammarino F.J., Bass B.M. Long-term forecasting of transformational leadership and its effects among naval officers: Some preliminary findings. Measures of Leadership 1990, Leadership Library of America, West Orange, NJ. K.E. Clark, M.B. Clark (Eds.).
27. Yukl G. Leadership in organizations 1998, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.