...Thomas K. Maran; Urs Baldegger; Kilian Klösel Purpose Leading with vision while granting employees autonomy is one effective organizational response to the demands of a dynamic external environment. The former is thought to align followers' behavior by providing guidance, the latter to increase...

.... The human innate psychological needs for autonomy, relatedness, and competence are considered to be essential psychological nutriments for growth-related behaviours (Deci and Ryan, 2000). Autonomy relates to a sense of free choice; relatedness refers to being connected to others and feeling identified...

... behaviors, and that this relationship is moderated by both job autonomy and job meaning. Originality/value – The paper is one of the first to explore the relationship between proactive personality and citizenship behaviors directed at the organization. It also bolsters the strong trait argument...

... and the use of reasoning before taking action”. 1. 2 Transactional leadership: © MCB UP Limited 2002 Work Autonomy Empowerment Knowledge workers Leadership Self‐managing teams In view of the explosion of teamwork in manufacturing and service organisations (Cohen et al...

..., steps are needed to reduce the number of measurements in the model (Joreskog and Sorbom, 1989). Autonomy Leadership Knowledge workers Knowledge has been identified as one of the most important resources that contribute to the competitive advantage of an organisation. Many firms have...

... leadership and puts constraints on transformational leadership and the leader as educator. The central concept of Kant’s moral philosophy is the dignity given to autonomy. Thus a good leader ought to respect and enrich the autonomy of followers. The Kantian leader turns followers into leaders. A Kantian...