The impact of leadership on organizational ambidexterity and employee psychological safety in the global acquisitions of emerging market multinationals

Khan, Zaheer; Akhtar, Pervaiz; Merchant, Hemant; Rao-Nicholson, Rekha

Abstract

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper examines the impact of leadership on organizational ambidexterity and employee psychological safety (EPS) based on a sample of 105 global acquisitions of emerging market multinationals. The findings suggest that, compared to the transactional and laissez-faire ones, the charismatic leadership style is more significantly related to organizational ambidexterity and EPS. The results also suggest that transactional leadership is more positively related to ambidexterity and EPS than laissez-faire leadership. In addition, organizational ambidexterity is directly and positively associated with EPS. The implications of these results for both research and practice are discussed in the paper.

Citation

Khan, Z., Akhtar, P., Merchant, H., & Rao-Nicholson, R. (2016). The impact of leadership on organizational ambidexterity and employee psychological safety in the global acquisitions of emerging market multinationals. The international journal of human resource management, 27(20), 2461-2487. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1204557

• Acceptance Date: Jul 6, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jul 6, 2016
• Publication Date: Nov 12, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jun 24, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 10, 2018
• Journal: International journal of human resource management
• Print ISSN: 0958-5192
• Electronic ISSN: 1466-4399
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 20
• Pages: 2461-2487
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1204557
• Keywords: Leadership; Organizational ambidexterity; Emerging-market multinationals; Cross-border acquisitions; Employee psychological safety
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/440280
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09585192.2016.1204557
• Additional Information: Peer Review Statement: The publishing and review policy for this title is described in its Aims & Scope.; Aim & Scope: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=rijh20