Boas Shamir
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 192391 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Boas Shamir |
| NOMBRES | Boas |
| APELLIDO | Shamir |
| FIRMA | SHAMIR B |
| AFILIACIONES | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 307 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1980 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| ÍNDICE H | 10 |
Charisma
We take historical stock of charisma, tracing its origins and how it has been conceptualized in the sociological and organizational sciences literatures. Although charisma has been intensely studied, the concept is still not well understood and much of the research undertaken cannot inform policy. We show that the major obstacles to advancing our understanding of charisma have included issues with its definition, its confusion with transformation…
Social distance as a moderator of the effects of transformational leadership
Following recent interest in contextual factors and how they might influence the effects of transformational leadership, we consider the social distance between leaders and followers as a cross-level moderator of the relationships between senior level managers’ transformational leadership and individual-level outcomes. Our sample comprised 268 individuals in 50 leader-follower groups. Results revealed that high social distance reduced or neutrali…
The Role of Followers in the Charismatic Leadership Process
We present a theoretical analysis of the follower's role in the charismatic leadership process. Specifically, we distinguish between two types of charismatic relationships—personalized and socialized—and present general propositions about how followers' self-concepts may determine the type of charismatic relationship they form with the leader. We then develop more specific propositions about the follower's role in various stages of the charismati…
Leading by Biography
Most leadership theories view leaders’ influence as stemming from their traits or behaviors. We suggest that the field of leadership studies has overlooked another potentially important source of the leader’s influence, namely his or her life-story. We argue that the leader’s life-story is an important source of information from which followers and potential followers learn about the leader’s traits and behaviors, that the leader’s life story pro…
Leading Questions
Some Organizational Consequences of Cultural Differences in Boundary Permeability
Globalization means that national and cultural boundaries become more permeable. People can cross these boundaries more easily than in earlier periods to work or live in other countries, temporarily or permanently. However, when they cross national boundaries for such purposes, they still carry with them some boundaries. We refer to the boundaries that cultures instill in people. These boundaries are not physical or political borders but rather m…
The two faces of transformational leadership
Followers' identification with the leader and the organizational unit, dependence on the leader, and empowerment by the leader are often attributed to transformational leadership in organizations. However, these hypothesized outcomes have received very little attention in empirical studies. Using a sample of 888 bank employees working under 76 branch manages, the authors tested the relationships between transformational leadership and these outco…
Impact of Transformational Leadership on Follower Development and Performance
In a longitudinal, randomized field experiment, we tested the impact of transformational leadership, enhanced hy training, on follower development and performance. Experimental group leaders received transformational leadership training, and control group leaders, eclectic leadership training. The sample included 54 military leaders, their 90 direct followers, and 724 indirect followers. Results indicated the leaders in the experimental group had…
Boundary Permeability as a Cultural Dimension
Interviews conducted with American and Israeli managers and engineers who work together in the Silicon Valley, California, revealed that many of the cultural differences and difficulties encountered in cross cultural working relationships between members of the two cultures represent a single theme. The Americans were perceived and described as more compartmentalized and bounded in many respects, while the Israelis were perceived and described as…
Why Don't They Fight Each Other? Cultural Diversity and Operational Unity in Multinational Forces
This article poses the question of how multinational forces can achieve a working level of cooperation and coordination despite their high cultural diversity? It first illustrates the range of cultural diversity in multinational forces. Then, relying on the literature on diversity in organizations and cross-cultural differences in value priorities, and on an analysis of the circumstances under which such forces operate, the possible implications …
Correlates of Charismatic Leader Behavior in Military Units
We tested several hypotheses derived from an extended version of Shamir, House, and Arthur's (1993) theory of charismatic leadership. We used three different samples of subordinates to assess leade...
Ideological position, leaders' charisma, and voting preferences
The Motivational Effects of Charismatic Leadership
The empirical literature on charismatic or transformational leadership demonstrates that such leadership has profound effects on followers. However, while several versions of charismatic leadership theory predict such effects, none of them explains the process by which these effects are achieved. In this paper we seek to advance leadership theory by addressing this fundamental problem. We offer a self-concept based motivational theory to explain …
Predictors of willingness to relocate for managerial and professional employees
This study explored possible determinants, both inside and outside the job sphere, of willingness to relocate. Data were collected from a large sample of managerial and professional employees in one organization. Unlike previous research, this study investigated willingness to relocate for three different purposes: (1) for a better job or career development; (2) to help the organization; or (3) to remain employed. However, only two factors of wil…
Some Correlates of Leisure Identity Salience
Leisure identity salience (LIS) is the relative importance of a leisure identity for defining one's self, relative to other identities the individual holds. Some correlates of LIS were explored in three studies, one among students (N = 251) and two among participants in “serious leisure” activities (N = 158 and N = 494). LIS was found to be related to social commitment, the level of effort and skill involved in the activity, time investment, cont…
Meaning, Self and Motivation in Organizations
This paper claims that current work motivation theories are restricted in certain respects due to their overreliance on individualistic-hedonistic assumptions and their over-emphasis of cognitive-calculative processess. It is suggested that a self-concept based theory should be added to the existing core of theories in order to overcome their limitations. Certain assumptions about the relationships between the self-concept and behaviour are prese…
The relationships between career concerns and political tactics in organizations
The study examined the relationships between four career concerns (Personal Success, Organizational Involvement, Skill Development and Autonomy) and two categories of political tactics in organizations (Hierarchical Tactics and Networking Tactics) in a sample of management school alumni. Career concerns were not related to the employment of hierarchical tactics but were strongly related to the use of networking tactics. ‘External’ career concerns…
Calculations, Values, and Identities
This paper argues for the further development of work motivation theories to include better links between the individual and the collectivity, in order to more adequately explain individual contributions to collective work efforts. Three co-determinants of collectivistic work motivation are discussed: calculative considerations, moral commitments, and the affirmation of identities. It is argued that perceived collective efficacy and social reward…
Commitment and Leisure
Previous research indicates that leisure can provide alternatives for unsatisfying or missing jobs only if it is 'serious' (Stebbins, 1982). Serious leisure is characterized by commitment on the part of participants. However, the terms commitment and leisure are not easily reconciled. Commitment, which denotes obligation, duty, restriction, and routine, may seem to negate essential elements of leisure such as freedom, individuality, spontaneity, …
Protestant work ethic, work involvement and the psychological impact of unemployment
This study is an attempt to replicate and extend recent findings concerning the moderating effect of employment commitment on the psychological impact of unemployment. It was carried out in a highly educated population and employed Protestant work ethic endorsement (PWE) and work involvement (WINV) as indicators of commitment to work. Evidence was collected by questionnaires from 432 individuals who had been unemployed and again, six months later…
Self-Esteem and the Psychological Impact of Unemployment
The study examines the relationship between employment status and self-esteem among highly educated Israeli adults. The self-esteem of employed and unemployed individuals and other variables indicative of their psychological well-being were assessed by questionnaires at two points in time, six months apart. Cross-sectional comparisons and longitudinal analysis show that depressive affect, morale and anxiety are affected by employment status, but,…
Unemployment and Household Division of Labor
This study addresses two main questions: (a) What is the relationship between unemployment of men and women and the division of labor in their households? (b) How is the psychological well-being of unemployed individuals related to the division of labor in their families? The influence of commitment to work on these relationships is also examined. The study is based on a survey among 115 men and 170 women, and the analysis includes cross-sectiona…
Unemployment and ‘free time’ — the role of protestant work ethic and work involvement
The paper examines the relationships between the degree of belief in the Protestant work ethic (PWE) and work involvement (WINV) with the non-work activities of unemployed individuals and with their psychological state, in view of the alleged negative role played by PWE and WINV in the process of coping with unemployment. Data were collected from 435 individuals with academic qualifications, all of whom had been unemployed and some were still une…
Reply to Holloway
Sex Differences in Psychological Adjustment to Unemployment and Reemployment
Previous research has found a weaker relationship between employment status and psychological well-being among women than among men. I examine three alternative explanations for sex differences in reactions to unemployment: (1) Women have a lower commitment to the work role. (2) Women are more likely to perform family roles which substitute for employment. (3) Women are less affected financially by unemployment. I use survey data on unemployed an…
Calculations, Values, and Identities
This paper argues for the further development of work motivation theories to include better links between the individual and the collectivity, in order to more adequately explain individual contributions to collective work efforts. Three co-determinants of collectivistic work motivation are discussed: calculative considerations, moral commitments, and the affirmation of identities. It is argued that perceived collective efficacy and social reward…
Some Correlates of Leisure Identity Salience
Leisure identity salience (LIS) is the relative importance of a leisure identity for defining one's self, relative to other identities the individual holds. Some correlates of LIS were explored in three studies, one among students (N = 251) and two among participants in “serious leisure” activities (N = 158 and N = 494). LIS was found to be related to social commitment, the level of effort and skill involved in the activity, time investment, cont…
Self-Esteem and the Psychological Impact of Unemployment
The study examines the relationship between employment status and self-esteem among highly educated Israeli adults. The self-esteem of employed and unemployed individuals and other variables indicative of their psychological well-being were assessed by questionnaires at two points in time, six months apart. Cross-sectional comparisons and longitudinal analysis show that depressive affect, morale and anxiety are affected by employment status, but,…
Why Don't They Fight Each Other? Cultural Diversity and Operational Unity in Multinational Forces
This article poses the question of how multinational forces can achieve a working level of cooperation and coordination despite their high cultural diversity? It first illustrates the range of cultural diversity in multinational forces. Then, relying on the literature on diversity in organizations and cross-cultural differences in value priorities, and on an analysis of the circumstances under which such forces operate, the possible implications …
Ideological position, leaders' charisma, and voting preferences
Commitment and Leisure
Previous research indicates that leisure can provide alternatives for unsatisfying or missing jobs only if it is 'serious' (Stebbins, 1982). Serious leisure is characterized by commitment on the part of participants. However, the terms commitment and leisure are not easily reconciled. Commitment, which denotes obligation, duty, restriction, and routine, may seem to negate essential elements of leisure such as freedom, individuality, spontaneity, …
Between Service and Servility
The concept Subordinate Service Roles (SSRs) is introduced to denote organizational boundary roles in which an organization member performs direct service to a nonmember whose status is higher than that of the service giver. The relative inattention of Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Organizational Sociology to such roles is pointed out. Various types of role conflict in SSRs are discussed. Some factors affecting the level of conflict in…
Social distance as a moderator of the effects of transformational leadership
Following recent interest in contextual factors and how they might influence the effects of transformational leadership, we consider the social distance between leaders and followers as a cross-level moderator of the relationships between senior level managers’ transformational leadership and individual-level outcomes. Our sample comprised 268 individuals in 50 leader-follower groups. Results revealed that high social distance reduced or neutrali…
Leading by Biography
Most leadership theories view leaders’ influence as stemming from their traits or behaviors. We suggest that the field of leadership studies has overlooked another potentially important source of the leader’s influence, namely his or her life-story. We argue that the leader’s life-story is an important source of information from which followers and potential followers learn about the leader’s traits and behaviors, that the leader’s life story pro…
Unemployment and Household Division of Labor
This study addresses two main questions: (a) What is the relationship between unemployment of men and women and the division of labor in their households? (b) How is the psychological well-being of unemployed individuals related to the division of labor in their families? The influence of commitment to work on these relationships is also examined. The study is based on a survey among 115 men and 170 women, and the analysis includes cross-sectiona…
Protestant work ethic, work involvement and the psychological impact of unemployment
This study is an attempt to replicate and extend recent findings concerning the moderating effect of employment commitment on the psychological impact of unemployment. It was carried out in a highly educated population and employed Protestant work ethic endorsement (PWE) and work involvement (WINV) as indicators of commitment to work. Evidence was collected by questionnaires from 432 individuals who had been unemployed and again, six months later…
Between gratitude and gratuity an analysis of tipping
Sport Participation vs. Sport Spectatorship
The study examines and compares participation in sports during leisure time on the one hand and spectatorship and interest in sport as a leisure pursuit on the other hand. The examination concentrates on the following questions: a. Are the two modes of leisure related to each other? b. Are they associated with the same background and socialization? c. Is the motivational structure behind them similar? d. Do they constitute a unitary leisure style…
Unemployment and ‘free time’ — the role of protestant work ethic and work involvement
The paper examines the relationships between the degree of belief in the Protestant work ethic (PWE) and work involvement (WINV) with the non-work activities of unemployed individuals and with their psychological state, in view of the alleged negative role played by PWE and WINV in the process of coping with unemployment. Data were collected from 435 individuals with academic qualifications, all of whom had been unemployed and some were still une…
The relationships between career concerns and political tactics in organizations
The study examined the relationships between four career concerns (Personal Success, Organizational Involvement, Skill Development and Autonomy) and two categories of political tactics in organizations (Hierarchical Tactics and Networking Tactics) in a sample of management school alumni. Career concerns were not related to the employment of hierarchical tactics but were strongly related to the use of networking tactics. ‘External’ career concerns…
Sex differences in recreational sport behaviour and attitudes
The aim of the study was to contrast male and female behaviour and attitudes in the recreational sport domain and to explore some of the antecedents of revealed sex differences. The subjects were 184 married couples in Israel. Marked differences in the rate of recreational sport participation between husbands and wives were revealed particularly in sports that involve competition. The woman's number of social roles was not related to her rate of …
Leading Questions
Predictors of willingness to relocate for managerial and professional employees
This study explored possible determinants, both inside and outside the job sphere, of willingness to relocate. Data were collected from a large sample of managerial and professional employees in one organization. Unlike previous research, this study investigated willingness to relocate for three different purposes: (1) for a better job or career development; (2) to help the organization; or (3) to remain employed. However, only two factors of wil…
Some differences in work attitudes between Arab and Jewish hotel workers
Sex Differences in Psychological Adjustment to Unemployment and Reemployment
Previous research has found a weaker relationship between employment status and psychological well-being among women than among men. I examine three alternative explanations for sex differences in reactions to unemployment: (1) Women have a lower commitment to the work role. (2) Women are more likely to perform family roles which substitute for employment. (3) Women are less affected financially by unemployment. I use survey data on unemployed an…
Motivation as a Factor Affecting Males Participation in Physical Activity During Leisure Time
In this paper, the authors present part of the results of an extensive study which attempted to identify factors affecting or related to physical activity during leisure time. The main aim of this part of the study was to pinpoint motivational factors which influence adult males to participate in physical activity. 482 males, mean age 29, participated in the study, and were presented a list of 33 sport activities. Two indicators of the degree of …
A study of cross‐cultural differences in work attitudes among three groups of Israeli prison employees
The study investigated differences in work attitudes among three cultural groups of Israeli prison officers: Druze ( N = 83), Jews of North African origin ( N = 127) and Jews of Georgian origin ( N = 96). Several hypotheses were derived from previous knowledge of the three cultures and differences were explored in the relationships between perceptions and attitudes concerning specific aspects of the job on the one hand, and two measures of overal…
A note on individual differences in the subjective evaluation of flexitime
Clerical employees' perception of changes in their lives and feelings following the introduction of flexitime are examined and reveal considerable individual differences. These perceptions are combined into an index of subjective evaluation of flexitime. Relationships between this index and other variables are examined
Between Service and Servility
The concept Subordinate Service Roles (SSRs) is introduced to denote organizational boundary roles in which an organization member performs direct service to a nonmember whose status is higher than that of the service giver. The relative inattention of Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Organizational Sociology to such roles is pointed out. Various types of role conflict in SSRs are discussed. Some factors affecting the level of conflict in…
A study of cross‐cultural differences in work attitudes among three groups of Israeli prison employees
The study investigated differences in work attitudes among three cultural groups of Israeli prison officers: Druze ( N = 83), Jews of North African origin ( N = 127) and Jews of Georgian origin ( N = 96). Several hypotheses were derived from previous knowledge of the three cultures and differences were explored in the relationships between perceptions and attitudes concerning specific aspects of the job on the one hand, and two measures of overal…
Some differences in work attitudes between Arab and Jewish hotel workers
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Prison Guards' Beliefs Regarding the Rehabilitation Potential of the Prisoners, the Rehabilitative Potential of the Prison and their own Supportive Role1
Domains of Work and Methods of Work of Occupational Welfare Officers
The aim of the study was to explore characteristics of the role of providing welfare services to employees of an organization. Most occupational welfare officers in Israel were interviewed for the study (N= 92). The main issues reported and discussed are: the domains of occupational welfare; the methods used by welfare officers; possible determinants of the variance among officers in the emphasis they put on certain domains or methods; and the re…
A note on tipping and employee perceptions and attitudes
Sex differences in recreational sport behaviour and attitudes
The aim of the study was to contrast male and female behaviour and attitudes in the recreational sport domain and to explore some of the antecedents of revealed sex differences. The subjects were 184 married couples in Israel. Marked differences in the rate of recreational sport participation between husbands and wives were revealed particularly in sports that involve competition. The woman's number of social roles was not related to her rate of …
Motivation as a Factor Affecting Males Participation in Physical Activity During Leisure Time
In this paper, the authors present part of the results of an extensive study which attempted to identify factors affecting or related to physical activity during leisure time. The main aim of this part of the study was to pinpoint motivational factors which influence adult males to participate in physical activity. 482 males, mean age 29, participated in the study, and were presented a list of 33 sport activities. Two indicators of the degree of …
Between gratitude and gratuity an analysis of tipping
Sport Participation vs. Sport Spectatorship
The study examines and compares participation in sports during leisure time on the one hand and spectatorship and interest in sport as a leisure pursuit on the other hand. The examination concentrates on the following questions: a. Are the two modes of leisure related to each other? b. Are they associated with the same background and socialization? c. Is the motivational structure behind them similar? d. Do they constitute a unitary leisure style…
Unemployment and ‘free time’ — the role of protestant work ethic and work involvement
The paper examines the relationships between the degree of belief in the Protestant work ethic (PWE) and work involvement (WINV) with the non-work activities of unemployed individuals and with their psychological state, in view of the alleged negative role played by PWE and WINV in the process of coping with unemployment. Data were collected from 435 individuals with academic qualifications, all of whom had been unemployed and some were still une…
Reply to Holloway
Sex Differences in Psychological Adjustment to Unemployment and Reemployment
Previous research has found a weaker relationship between employment status and psychological well-being among women than among men. I examine three alternative explanations for sex differences in reactions to unemployment: (1) Women have a lower commitment to the work role. (2) Women are more likely to perform family roles which substitute for employment. (3) Women are less affected financially by unemployment. I use survey data on unemployed an…
Protestant work ethic, work involvement and the psychological impact of unemployment
This study is an attempt to replicate and extend recent findings concerning the moderating effect of employment commitment on the psychological impact of unemployment. It was carried out in a highly educated population and employed Protestant work ethic endorsement (PWE) and work involvement (WINV) as indicators of commitment to work. Evidence was collected by questionnaires from 432 individuals who had been unemployed and again, six months later…
Self-Esteem and the Psychological Impact of Unemployment
The study examines the relationship between employment status and self-esteem among highly educated Israeli adults. The self-esteem of employed and unemployed individuals and other variables indicative of their psychological well-being were assessed by questionnaires at two points in time, six months apart. Cross-sectional comparisons and longitudinal analysis show that depressive affect, morale and anxiety are affected by employment status, but,…
Unemployment and Household Division of Labor
This study addresses two main questions: (a) What is the relationship between unemployment of men and women and the division of labor in their households? (b) How is the psychological well-being of unemployed individuals related to the division of labor in their families? The influence of commitment to work on these relationships is also examined. The study is based on a survey among 115 men and 170 women, and the analysis includes cross-sectiona…
Commitment and Leisure
Previous research indicates that leisure can provide alternatives for unsatisfying or missing jobs only if it is 'serious' (Stebbins, 1982). Serious leisure is characterized by commitment on the part of participants. However, the terms commitment and leisure are not easily reconciled. Commitment, which denotes obligation, duty, restriction, and routine, may seem to negate essential elements of leisure such as freedom, individuality, spontaneity, …
Calculations, Values, and Identities
This paper argues for the further development of work motivation theories to include better links between the individual and the collectivity, in order to more adequately explain individual contributions to collective work efforts. Three co-determinants of collectivistic work motivation are discussed: calculative considerations, moral commitments, and the affirmation of identities. It is argued that perceived collective efficacy and social reward…
Meaning, Self and Motivation in Organizations
This paper claims that current work motivation theories are restricted in certain respects due to their overreliance on individualistic-hedonistic assumptions and their over-emphasis of cognitive-calculative processess. It is suggested that a self-concept based theory should be added to the existing core of theories in order to overcome their limitations. Certain assumptions about the relationships between the self-concept and behaviour are prese…
The relationships between career concerns and political tactics in organizations
The study examined the relationships between four career concerns (Personal Success, Organizational Involvement, Skill Development and Autonomy) and two categories of political tactics in organizations (Hierarchical Tactics and Networking Tactics) in a sample of management school alumni. Career concerns were not related to the employment of hierarchical tactics but were strongly related to the use of networking tactics. ‘External’ career concerns…
Predictors of willingness to relocate for managerial and professional employees
This study explored possible determinants, both inside and outside the job sphere, of willingness to relocate. Data were collected from a large sample of managerial and professional employees in one organization. Unlike previous research, this study investigated willingness to relocate for three different purposes: (1) for a better job or career development; (2) to help the organization; or (3) to remain employed. However, only two factors of wil…
Some Correlates of Leisure Identity Salience
Leisure identity salience (LIS) is the relative importance of a leisure identity for defining one's self, relative to other identities the individual holds. Some correlates of LIS were explored in three studies, one among students (N = 251) and two among participants in “serious leisure” activities (N = 158 and N = 494). LIS was found to be related to social commitment, the level of effort and skill involved in the activity, time investment, cont…
The Motivational Effects of Charismatic Leadership
The empirical literature on charismatic or transformational leadership demonstrates that such leadership has profound effects on followers. However, while several versions of charismatic leadership theory predict such effects, none of them explains the process by which these effects are achieved. In this paper we seek to advance leadership theory by addressing this fundamental problem. We offer a self-concept based motivational theory to explain …
Ideological position, leaders' charisma, and voting preferences
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