...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...

... consequently derived three hypotheses concerning the probable mediating role that need satisfaction plays in the development of WC. The human innate psychological needs for autonomy, relatedness, and competence are considered to be essential psychological nutriments for growth-related behaviours (Deci and Ryan...

... 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 a revision of its values and norms (Bass, 1985). In transformational leadership, team leaders are facilitators and they: © MCB UP Limited 2002 Work Autonomy Empowerment Knowledge workers Leadership Self‐managing teams In view of the explosion of teamwork in manufacturing and service...

... are positively related to the skills and traits that are essential for knowledge management. © MCB UP Limited 2001 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...

... 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. © MCB UP...