Followers’ regulatory mode and leadership style preferences: Does the task time perspective moderate their relation?
(2024) Collabra: Psychology — Vol. 10, n° 1, p. 126226 (2024)
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- <jats:p>Leadership style preferences are in part shaped by differences in people’s self-regulation. However, research shows inconsistent findings regarding the relation between followers’ regulatory mode (locomotion – a need for maintaining movement and change; and assessment – a need for evaluating and critically comparing) and their preferences for directive versus participative leadership styles. The present research aimed to test whether a short-term versus long-term task time perspective moderates this relation, and as such whether time perspective might reconcile previous findings. In three preregistered studies, we measured participants’ regulatory mode and manipulated task time perspective by asking participants to recall short- versus long-term tasks they had completed in the past (Study 1, N = 304; Study 2, N = 373) or to imagine working in a company and having to complete short- versus long-term tasks (Study 3, N = 355). Participants then indicated their leadership style preferences for the respective task. Contrary to predictions, the results of all studies and an internal meta-analysis indicated that task time perspective does not moderate the relation between followers’ regulatory mode and their leadership styles preferences. However, independent of the task time perspective, followers’ locomotion mode was consistently and positively associated with a preference for participative leadership. The present findings point to the importance of taking into account followers’ regulatory mode when considering their leadership preferences. Indeed, considering locomotors’ participative leadership style preference is crucial to ensure leadership style fit and foster motivation at work.</jats:p>
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Beylat, M., Sassenberg, K., Yzerbyt, V., & Woltin, K.-A. (2024). Followers’ regulatory mode and leadership style preferences: Does the task time perspective moderate their relation? Collabra: Psychology, 10(1), 126226. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.126226 (Original work published 2024)