Kara A Arnold
Biographic Data
| ID | 4083690 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kara A Arnold |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kara A |
| FAMILY NAME | Arnold |
| SIGNATURE | ARNOLD K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4237-7784 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Diversity-Specific Empowering Leadership
Achieving sex-based equity in organizational leadership roles has proven to be a ‘wicked’ problem with existing diversity initiatives providing minimal improvement. In this paper, we address this issue by considering a key inhibiter to women’s leadership advancement—biased perceptions of female leaders’ competence—and links to a climate for inclusion. In Study 1 ( N = 236), we develop and validate a Diversity-Specific Empowering Leadership (DSEL)…
The role of daily mindfulness on work–home conflict
Purpose We investigate how mindfulness can help women leaders manage the work–home conflict using boundary theory. In this daily diary study, we examine daily levels of mindfulness as an antecedent to daily self-control and perceptions of work–home conflict. We propose that higher levels of daily mindfulness act as a personal resource that fosters self-control capacity, and this leads to a greater ability to manage work–home conflict. Design/meth…
Cooperative organizational cultures
Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between feminine gender identity and leadership intention. Based on the theory of planned behavior and social role theory, the indirect relationship between feminine gender identity and leadership intention was analyzed through affective motivation to lead and perceived leadership self-efficacy. In addition, drawing on the person–environment fit theory, feminine gender identity was examined …
Mindfulness and stereotype threat in social media
Purpose The purpose of this paper were to investigate whether gendered social media images reduce women’s leadership aspirations (via reduced leadership self-efficacy) and whether state mindfulness buffers the effect of stereotype threat on women’s leadership self-efficacy, and in turn, leadership aspirations. Design/methodology/approach Study 1 ( n = 53) was a pilot study designed to test materials intended to induce stereotype threat via social…
Sexual orientation occupational stereotypes
Differences among women in response to workplace incivility
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the consequences of experienced workplace incivility when female employees perceive that they are different from their workgroup. The authors examine how women’s perceptions of demographic dissimilarity from their workgroup moderate the relationships between incivility and psychological wellbeing, and between incivility and turnover intentions. Design/methodology/approach A total of 125 female emplo…
Transformational leadership and employee psychological well-being
This review paper focuses on answering 2 research questions: (a) Does transformational leadership predict employee well-being? (b) If so, how and when does this prediction occur? A systematic computerized search and review of empirical papers published between January 1980 and December 2015 was conducted. Forty papers were found that met the criteria of reporting empirical results, being published in English, and focused on answering the above re…
Using a pattern‐oriented approach to study leaders
Using a pattern‐oriented approach, we identified clusters of leaders who shared theoretically meaningful combinations of transformational, contingent reward, management by exception active, management by exception passive, and laissez‐faire leadership styles. Drawing upon conservation of resources theory, we examined whether leaders who shared a similar pattern of leadership styles differed from leaders who belonged to other profile groups, with …
Lost opportunity
Purpose This study aims to test how senior leaders recognize and reward the same leadership behavior in male and female managers. Design/methodology/approach A total of 120 senior government leaders evaluated simulated performance reviews wherein only manager ' s sex and engagement in individually considerate transformational leadership behavior varied. Findings Senior leaders (of both sexes) penalized male and female managers for failing to enga…
Predicting workplace aggression
Transformational leadership and psychological well-being
Two studies investigated the relationship between transformational leadership, the meaning that individuals ascribe to their work, and their psychological well-being. In Study 1, the perceptions of meaningful work partially mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and positive affective well-being in a sample of Canadian health care workers (N=319). In Study 2, the meaning that a separate sample of service workers (N=146) asc…
Mindfulness and stereotype threat in social media
Purpose The purpose of this paper were to investigate whether gendered social media images reduce women’s leadership aspirations (via reduced leadership self-efficacy) and whether state mindfulness buffers the effect of stereotype threat on women’s leadership self-efficacy, and in turn, leadership aspirations. Design/methodology/approach Study 1 ( n = 53) was a pilot study designed to test materials intended to induce stereotype threat via social…
Differences among women in response to workplace incivility
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the consequences of experienced workplace incivility when female employees perceive that they are different from their workgroup. The authors examine how women’s perceptions of demographic dissimilarity from their workgroup moderate the relationships between incivility and psychological wellbeing, and between incivility and turnover intentions. Design/methodology/approach A total of 125 female emplo…
Using a pattern‐oriented approach to study leaders
Using a pattern‐oriented approach, we identified clusters of leaders who shared theoretically meaningful combinations of transformational, contingent reward, management by exception active, management by exception passive, and laissez‐faire leadership styles. Drawing upon conservation of resources theory, we examined whether leaders who shared a similar pattern of leadership styles differed from leaders who belonged to other profile groups, with …
Predicting workplace aggression
Transformational leadership and psychological well-being
Two studies investigated the relationship between transformational leadership, the meaning that individuals ascribe to their work, and their psychological well-being. In Study 1, the perceptions of meaningful work partially mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and positive affective well-being in a sample of Canadian health care workers (N=319). In Study 2, the meaning that a separate sample of service workers (N=146) asc…
Lost opportunity
Purpose This study aims to test how senior leaders recognize and reward the same leadership behavior in male and female managers. Design/methodology/approach A total of 120 senior government leaders evaluated simulated performance reviews wherein only manager ' s sex and engagement in individually considerate transformational leadership behavior varied. Findings Senior leaders (of both sexes) penalized male and female managers for failing to enga…
Transformational leadership and employee psychological well-being
This review paper focuses on answering 2 research questions: (a) Does transformational leadership predict employee well-being? (b) If so, how and when does this prediction occur? A systematic computerized search and review of empirical papers published between January 1980 and December 2015 was conducted. Forty papers were found that met the criteria of reporting empirical results, being published in English, and focused on answering the above re…
Using a pattern‐oriented approach to study leaders
Using a pattern‐oriented approach, we identified clusters of leaders who shared theoretically meaningful combinations of transformational, contingent reward, management by exception active, management by exception passive, and laissez‐faire leadership styles. Drawing upon conservation of resources theory, we examined whether leaders who shared a similar pattern of leadership styles differed from leaders who belonged to other profile groups, with …
Differences among women in response to workplace incivility
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the consequences of experienced workplace incivility when female employees perceive that they are different from their workgroup. The authors examine how women’s perceptions of demographic dissimilarity from their workgroup moderate the relationships between incivility and psychological wellbeing, and between incivility and turnover intentions. Design/methodology/approach A total of 125 female emplo…
Sexual orientation occupational stereotypes
Mindfulness and stereotype threat in social media
Purpose The purpose of this paper were to investigate whether gendered social media images reduce women’s leadership aspirations (via reduced leadership self-efficacy) and whether state mindfulness buffers the effect of stereotype threat on women’s leadership self-efficacy, and in turn, leadership aspirations. Design/methodology/approach Study 1 ( n = 53) was a pilot study designed to test materials intended to induce stereotype threat via social…
Cooperative organizational cultures
Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between feminine gender identity and leadership intention. Based on the theory of planned behavior and social role theory, the indirect relationship between feminine gender identity and leadership intention was analyzed through affective motivation to lead and perceived leadership self-efficacy. In addition, drawing on the person–environment fit theory, feminine gender identity was examined …
Diversity-Specific Empowering Leadership
Achieving sex-based equity in organizational leadership roles has proven to be a ‘wicked’ problem with existing diversity initiatives providing minimal improvement. In this paper, we address this issue by considering a key inhibiter to women’s leadership advancement—biased perceptions of female leaders’ competence—and links to a climate for inclusion. In Study 1 ( N = 236), we develop and validate a Diversity-Specific Empowering Leadership (DSEL)…
The role of daily mindfulness on work–home conflict
Purpose We investigate how mindfulness can help women leaders manage the work–home conflict using boundary theory. In this daily diary study, we examine daily levels of mindfulness as an antecedent to daily self-control and perceptions of work–home conflict. We propose that higher levels of daily mindfulness act as a personal resource that fosters self-control capacity, and this leads to a greater ability to manage work–home conflict. Design/meth…
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (7 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (5 works) · Perception (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Applied Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Transformational leadership (3 works)