Appreciative Leadership Research Articles

Human Resource Management 4.0 - Empowerment from a Holistic Perspective

The aim of this work is to examine the communication behaviour of Generation Z in a professional context and to identify their specific wishes regarding the behaviour of superiors. In addition, success factors of contemporary Human Resource Management 4.0 (HRM 4.0) are identified. A further goal of this paper is to demonstrate companies and superiors how they can meet the needs of Generation Z, in order to position themselves as good leaders and as an attractive employer in order to maintain the company's performance in the long term. The most important results of this study show that appreciative leadership behaviour creates trust between employees and superiors. This optimizes Generation Z's communication behaviour towards superiors. Furthermore, for Generation Z, an appreciative management culture that is committed to the well-being of employees is crucial for their choice of employer, their work productivity, their employee loyalty and their fluctuation behaviour. In consequence, it is essential for companies to consider the demands of Generation Z in order to remain competitive.

Mediating Effect of Moral Sensitivity on the Relationship between Appreciative Leadership of School Principals and Comprehensive Teaching Approach of Teachers

The current study aimed to evaluate whether moral sensitivity mediates the relationship between appreciative leadership of school principals and comprehensive teaching approach of teachers. In this study, the researcher selected the 201 secondary school teachers in Governor Generoso South District in Davao Oriental as the respondents of the study. Stratified random sampling technique was utilized in the selection of the respondents. Non-experimental quantitative research design using descriptive-correlational method was employed. The data collected were subjected on the following statistical tools: Mean, Pearson Moment Product Correlation, and Sobel z-Test. Findings revealed that appreciative leadership of school principals, comprehensive teaching approach, and moral sensitivity of teachers in Governor Generoso South District in Davao Oriental were rated as moderately extensive. Further, correlation analysis demonstrated that there is significant relationship among appreciative leadership of school principals, comprehensive teaching approach, and moral sensitivity of teachers in Governor Generoso South District in Davao Oriental. Evidently, Sobel z-test proved that moral sensitivity partially mediated the relationship between appreciative leadership of school principals and comprehensive teaching approach of teachers in Governor Generoso South District in Davao Oriental. In other words, moral sensitivity is a significant mediator on the relationship between appreciative leadership of school principals and comprehensive teaching approach of teachers.

We Do Not See Things as They Are, But Rather as We Are

Creating film portraits for a Ph.D. on Appreciative Leadership, mentored by Nic Askew, has become both an art and a business Joep de Jong cherishes. He says, ‘crafting these portraits became an art and passion’. Holding unconditional space fosters profound connections. Editing, though laborious, offers deep self-discovery. Three poignant portraits emerged, each a testament to serendipity and profound human connection.

How and when illegitimate tasks lead to cyberloafing: The role of meaningful work and appreciative leadership

This study examined how and when illegitimate tasks are related to employee cyberloafing with meaningful work andappreciative leadership. Participants were 289 employees of a Chinese energy firm (female = 59.5%; bachelor's degree = 75.8%; mean age = 30.86 years, SD = 6.99 years). Employees completed the following surveys: Bern Illegitimate Task Scale, The Work and Meaning Inventory, Personal Recognition Scale, and the Cyberloafing scale. Following a moderated mediatingmodel, results revealed that a higher level of illegitimate tasks were associated with more cyberloafing, but that meaningful work mediated the relationship and led to less cyberloafing. Appreciative leadership served as a moderator of the association between illegitimate tasks and meaningful work, so that employees with a low level of appreciation from their supervisors perceive less meaning in their work when faced with illegitimate tasks, and so tend to engage in more non-work-related cyber activities. The results of this study contribute to the evidence on work productivity strategies for reducing workplace illegitimate tasks and cyberloafing, offering valuable insights that can guide managers in mitigating employee cyberloafing behaviour.

Appreciative Leadership, Workplace Belongingness, and Affective Commitment of Nurses: The Mediating Role of Job Crafting

Appreciative Leadership, Workplace Belongingness, and Affective Commitment of Nurses: The Mediating Role of Job Crafting

Learning from Fun Leadership Experiences

The low appeal of nursing is currently a challenge in Finland and many other countries. Retaining factors that would keep nurses within the field have been discussed, as have attracting factors that would draw new workers to the field. Finnish discourse often focuses on the heaviness of nursing, shift work, bad leadership and low work wellbeing. The last can be influenced by many things, such as the use of humor. Workplaces can learn to use positive humor, which raises spirits and increases a sense of community. The purpose of this study was to survey fun workplace experiences in the social and health care field and what was learned from them. As there has been little research on the use of humor in social and health care work in Finland, the aim of this study is to increase knowledge and discussion of the topic. The study was conducted in 2016-2017 by collecting narratives (N=34) from master’s degree students in Leadership. The data were analyzed through inductive content analysis. Fun experiences in personnel leadership showed and reinforced social capital and a sense of community at the workplace. The sense of community included developing workplace community skills, maintaining a sense of togetherness, advancing workplace well-being and doing activities, spending time and using professional skills together. Learning from fun experiences through reflection was formed from leadership that increases workplace well-being. This consisted of four categories: reinforcing a fun work atmosphere, reinforcing togetherness, appreciative leadership and the multiplicity of the supervisor’s role. Positive humor can be used to advance workplace well-being and personnel retention. Keywords: leadership, humor, work well-being, experience-based learning, Finland

How appreciative leadership affects employees' helping behaviors? The mediating role of emotions and the moderating role of organizational trust

PurposeThis study, based on social exchange theory, aims to explore the association between appreciative leadership and employees' helping behaviors by investigating the mediation role of emotional reactions (pride, anxiety), and choosing organizational trust as a boundary condition between appreciative leadership and helping behaviors.Design/methodology/approachA total sample of 285 reliable questionnaires were collected in three time lags from employees working in the Pakistani education and banking sectors. PROCESS macro using SPSS and AMOS are employed for data analyses of the proposed model.FindingsThe findings reveal that appreciative leadership has positive impacts on employees' helping behaviors and emotional reactions (pride, anxiety) mediate the relationship of appreciative leadership and employees' helping behaviors. In addition, the results show that high organizational trust strengthens the positive relationship between appreciative leadership and employees' helping behaviors.Practical implicationsThis research has provided empirical proof between the relationship of appreciative leadership and helping behaviors and the findings are of great significance for managers, employees, and organizations. The study proposes that leaders should have appreciative behavior while treating their subordinates. Moreover, it is revealed that the role of organizational trust should be given more attention and importance because it is a factor moderating the employees' helping behaviors.Originality/valueThe present study, among the first empirical efforts investigating the relationship between appreciative leadership and helping behaviors, organizational trust as a moderator, enriches the existing academic literature of and provides worthy insight into the research on appreciative leadership and helping behaviors.

The emerging principles and practices of appreciative leadership.

Nursing Management (Springhouse): September 2021 - Volume 52 - Issue 9 - p 1 doi: 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000792628.17911.0f

The emerging principles and practices of appreciative leadership.

The emerging principles and practices of appreciative leadership.

IMPACT: A Social Justice Organisation Remembers Their Resilience

This article highlights the process and key insights of a social justice organisation’s appreciative inquiry into their resilience. Diversity, equity and inclusion principles are central to the Spaciousness theory of change and the Appreciative Leadership Lotus Model used by facilitators to create the space for staff and board to remember their collective resilience. The article reflects on the appreciative resilience of a diverse group of people piloting new technology and translation functionalities.

Illuminating the Path, Inspiring the Future, the Power of a Nurse’s Voice

This article describes the vital role and contribution that nurses serving on boards of directors can make to their communities. It emphasizes appreciative leadership and the relevance and influence of a shared governance model in adoption of this goal, and outlines the steps and strategies employed by Parkview Health, one of the American Nurses Foundation’s Magnet®/Pathway Nurses on Boards pilot institutions, to raise awareness and increase the participation of nurses on boards within the community.

An Appreciative Leadership Integrated Service-Learning Praxis Framework for Positive Organisations or Institutions

An Appreciative Leadership Integrated Service-Learning Praxis Framework for Positive Organisations or Institutions

Learning to Transform Through Interplay Between the Confucian and Western Cultural Heritages: A Case Study of School Leadership Development in Beijing, China

Taking a case study approach and utilizing Hoggan’s transformative learning (TL) typology and criteria as a framework, we examined the self-reported TL experiences of 12 local school leaders in Beijing, China. These local school leaders gained cross-cultural learning from a school leadership development program that was designed to prepare school leaders for education internationalization. Our data analysis indicated that these 12 local school leaders had experienced significant changes in their educational epistemology, self-identity, and school leadership practices. Further examining these changes at the intersection of the Confucian and Western cultural heritages, we discovered that these school leaders had developed an integrated approach to education, started to consciously reflect on what their social- and self-identities entail, and began the process of transitioning from conservative to appreciative school leadership practices.

Community leadership: A comparison between asset-based community-led development (ABCD) and the traditional needs-based approach

ABSTRACTA comparison study was undertaken between the asset-based community-led development (ABCD) approaches versus the traditional needs-based approach to community development relating to community leadership. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 24 community projects in South Africa for the study, of which 14 were sensitised to ABCD and 10 were not. The kind of community leadership developed in ABCD communities enabled communities to lead their own development by co-investing their own assets, and leveraging their assets with resources from external agencies. In comparison, although development took place, the leadership that emerged in the needs-oriented projects was more authoritarian in nature, and in some instances, seemed to establish a dependency on external agencies. Community leadership that contributes to projects that were more driven by community members complements the principles of appreciative leadership, which were more evident in ABCD-sensitised communities.

Turnover intention as a response to illegitimate tasks: The moderating role of appreciative leadership.

Turnover intention as a response to illegitimate tasks: The moderating role of appreciative leadership.

Report on the pedagogical congress in Hameln (2017)

My report shows only selected issues and trends. I describe lectures on the topics: school of diversity, perspectives of migrant pedagogy, teacher health, appreciative leadership as a key factor for the development of good schools, peer culture at school, Montessori education in inclusive education and potential development through educational regions. How school changes – these are the key topics of all lectures and workshops. The opening lecture (Klaus Hurrelmann Professor of Public Health and Education: Ist Leisten immer mit Leiden verbunden?) shows the current health disorders: the three risk factors – lack of exercise, incorrect stress management and the funding opportunities of the school: strengthening the education and school culture (a lot of travel – fixed rules). Professor Olaf-Axel Burow (PhD) looks into an important topic Positive Pädagogik. Sieben Wege zu Lernfreude und Schulglück. He discusses keys factors that determine successful leadership: Appreciating communication and building an appreciative school culture. Professor Joachim Bauer’s (MD) closing lecture Warum Integration manchmal schwieriger ist als wir gedankt haben? The encounter of communit yoriented and individualistic cultures. Educators, as well as neuroscientists, are interested in this topic because cultures deeply affect the psyche and the human brain. Will the encounter of cultures succeed us? People who seek our help as refugees come almost exclusively from sociotropic cultures. Will we be able to learn from each other? Professor J. Bauer (MD) says that if we want to survive on this globe, we also have to learn from each other.

Appreciative Leadership: Responding Relationally to the Questions of Our Time

Appreciative Leadership: Responding Relationally to the Questions of Our Time

‘He’s Doing Less and He’s Proud of It’: A Conversation with Mirko Opdam and his Colleagues About Appreciative Leadership

‘He’s Doing Less and He’s Proud of It’: A Conversation with Mirko Opdam and his Colleagues About Appreciative Leadership

Appreciative Leadership: Supporting Education Innovation

<p class="BodyText1">Appreciative Leadership is unique among leadership theories both past and present. This uniqueness includes its strength-based practice, search for the positive in people and organizations, and the role this plays in organizational innovation and transformation. What follows is a summary of Appreciative Inquiry and the five main principles on which it is based. We then discuss Appreciative Leadership in terms of its place among leadership theories in general. Finally we look at the potential of Appreciative Leadership inK-12 contexts.</p>

A Study on Appreciative Leadership for Employee Engagement

A Study on Appreciative Leadership for Employee Engagement