The Relationship between Thinking Styles and Transformational Leadership moderated by the expression of positive emotion.
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2022-07-25
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This study tests the cognitive experiential leadership model (CELM), which proposes that
three out of four thinking styles (i.e. rationality, imagination and emotionality) are positively
related to transformational leadership (TL). So far, studies investigating these relations have
found mixed results. Moreover, the relation between the fourth thinking style, intuition, and
TL is investigated. The proposed relationship between emotionality and TL is expected to be
positively moderated by the expression of positive emotion. Leaders filled out questions about
thinking styles, transformational leadership and expression of positive emotion anonymously
(N = 95). The results indicate that there is a positive and significant relation between
rationality and transformational leadership and that the moderator expression of positive
emotion positively influences the relationship between emotionality and TL. The relation
between intuition and TL as well as imagination and TL could not be supported. Practical
implications for the training of transformational leaders and the recruitment of (future)
transformational leaders are discussed.
Keywords: transformational leadership, thinking styles, expression of positive emotion
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen