A Relational Perspective of Leadership and Human Capital Resources in Organizations

Abstract

Human capital resources, which originate as individual-level employee knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics (KSAOs) before aggregating to a unit-level resource through the process of emergence, are the key vehicle for organizations to accomplish their work. As such, there has been an increased interest both in the KSAOs of employees, as well as how employee relationships influence a unit’s capabilities, identification, embeddedness, and turnover intentions. As leaders occupy central roles within the organization, they are likely to influence the emergent enabling states necessary for the emergence of human capital resources, both directly through their own abilities, as well as through leader/subordinate relationships. In short, leaders influence how group members think, behave, and feel. However, these relationships are bound not only by the subordinates’ prior perceptions of the leader, but also by the task demands of the situation, as well as cultural context. This symposium includes four papers that examine how leaders impact and are impacted by emergence enabling states that influence the emergence process. These papers use longitudinal data from US, China, and Brazil to explore the characteristics of the leader, the context in which the leader operates, and the impact leaders have on emergence and team outcomes. The Impact of Leader Turnover on Collective Turnover and Unit Performance Presenter: Julie Irene Hancock; U. of North Texas Presenter: Jonathan Hendricks; U. of Nebraska, Lincoln Presenter: Kathryn Ostermeier; Bryant U. Presenter: Danielle Cooper; U. of North Texas Presenter: Miguel Caldas; U. of Texas at Tyler The Relationship Between Team Role Multiplicity and Team Creativity: A Role Accumulation Perspective Presenter: Jia Yu; U. of Nebraska, Lincoln Presenter: Robin Mengxi Yang; School of Economics and Management Tsinghua U. Better Together? Examining Team Networks in Context Presenter: Amy Bartels; U. of Nebraska, Lincoln Presenter: Margaret M. Luciano; Arizona State U. Presenter: Lauren D'Innocenzo; Drexel U. The Role that Voice and Performance Play in Leader’s Ego Depletion Presenter: Haolin Fu; U. of Nebraska, Lincoln Presenter: Troy Smith; U. of Nebraska, Lincoln Presenter: Pengcheng Zhang; Huazhong U. of Science and Technology