Positions of leadership are often seen as highly demanding and stressful. They are associated, for example, with long working hours, high responsibility, severe time pressure, and intense performance expectations. Surely, these features make leadership a very challenging task. But can we really conclude that positions of leadership come with more stress than positions without leadership responsibility? Do people experience greater stress as they climb up the hierarchy?

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Both management professionals and researchers are increasingly interested in the “dark side” of leadership. On the extremely dark end of the leadership spectrum, we find supervisors who put their subordinates down in front of others, lie and break promises, yell at subordinates, and blame subordinates for their own mistakes. One might feel tempted to view such abusive behavior as a mere exception – but think again: Recent research suggests that in the U.S. alone, more than 13% of subordinates become victims of abusive supervision each year, with annual costs for the U.S. economy estimated at almost $24 billion. Lees verder →

Op dinsdag 10 mei aanstaande presenteert Pranjal Mehta in de colloquiareeks 2010 – 2011 van het Expertisecentrum. Pranjal Mehta is verbonden aan de Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam School of Management. U bent van harte welkom om het colloquium bij

Darja Carl heeft de Best Research Dissertation Proposal Award van de ANZAM (Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management) voor beste onderzoeksvoorstel gewonnen. Carl is promovenda aan de faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde van de RuG en lid van het Expertisecentrum. Zij nam de prijs vorige week in Australië in ontvangst.
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Voor het 4e nummer van deze jaargang van Flow werd Frank Walter geïnterviewd over emoties op de werkvloer. In het interview worden uitkomsten besproken van onderzoek op basis van gegevens verzameld in samenwerking met Intermediair.
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Op 16 maart aanstaande presenteert Jan de Jonge in de colloquiareeks van het Expertisecentrum. Dr. Jan de Jonge is verbonden aan de Human Performance Management Group van de afdeling Industrial Engineering en Innovation Sciences, TU Eindhoven. Zijn presentatie is getiteld: “Match-making and match-breaking: Exploring the nature of match within
job stress and recovery research”. U bent van harte welkom om het colloquium bij te wonen.
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