Colloquium: Dr. Merlijn Venus
| Datum: | 12 december 2016 |
Dr. Merlijn Venus (m.venus@uva.nl)
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business
Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Time: 15.30 - 17.00
Location: 5419.0109 - Kapteynborg, Landleven 12 (Zernike)
Abstract
Despite the importance of leader vision communication to effective leadership, little is known about what prompts leaders to communicate a vision in the first place. Moreover, recent evidence has demonstrated significant within-person variance in leadership behaviors, highlighting the need to study the dynamic, within-person processes associated with leader vision communication. Drawing from construal level theory, we examined the within-person relationship of leader construal level in the morning with vision communication throughout the workday. Leadership self-identity, or the extent to which ‘being a leader’ is central to one’s selfconcept, was specified as a cross-level moderator of the construal level–vision communication relationship. We tested our predictions using an experience sampling design across 15 consecutive work days. In total, we obtained a total of 394 matched morning and afternoon surveys from 44 mid- to high-level managers. Results revealed that a high-level
construal level in the morning was positively associated with vision communication during the day, but only when leadership self-identity is high (vs. low). We discuss the theoretical and managerial implications of our findings.