The pandemic that shocked managers across the world
The impact of the Covid-19 crisis on leadership behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21631059 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harry Garretsen (0000-0002-9024-4222, University of Groningen), Janka I Stoker (0000-0001-5339-1891, University of Groningen, corresponding author), Dimitrios Soudis (0000-0002-3863-1487, University of Groningen), Hein Wendt (KU Leuven) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 101630 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Leadership Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1048-9843 • E-ISSN: 1873-3409 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.leaqua.2022.101630 |
| PMID | 35719269 |
| OpenAlex | W4282593816 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 58 |
In March 2020, the COVID-19 virus turned into a pandemic that hit organizations globally. This pandemic qualifies as an exogenous shock. Based on the threat-rigidity hypothesis, we hypothesize that this shock led to an increase in directive leadership behavior. We also argue that this relationship depends on the magnitude of the crisis and on well-learned responses of managers. In our empirical analysis we employ a differences-in-differences design with treatment intensity and focus on the period of the first lockdown, March until June 2020. Using a dataset covering monthly data for almost 27,000 managers across 48 countries and 32 sectors for January 2019 to December 2020, we find support for the threat-rigidity hypothesis. During the first lockdown, directive leadership increased significantly. We also find that this relationship is moderated by COVID-19 deaths per country, the sectoral working from home potential, and the organizational level of management. Our findings provide new evidence how large exogenous shocks like COVID-19 can impact leadership behavior
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Biology · Business · Crisis management · Crisis response · Demographic economics · Development economics · Directive · Economics · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Law · Medicine · Virology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |