Abstract
This study explores the links between CEO leadership behaviors, firm performance and employees' attitudes in a sample drawn from 125 firms in China. We first inductively identified categories of CEO leadership behaviors in the Chinese context. Through a factor analysis, we developed a six-dimension measure of CEO leadership behaviors, with three dimensions focused on tasks and three dimensions focused on relationships. Our hypotheses were tested on a matched data set including 739 middle managers and their supervisors (top managers) in the 125 firms. Results from the structural equation modeling analysis show that the CEO's task-focused behaviors are directly linked to firm performance. The CEO's relationship-focused behaviors are related to employees' attitudes and, through these attitudes, to firm performance. Limitations and implications for future research are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 92-105 |
| Journal | Leadership Quarterly |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Corresponding author email
wanghui@gsm.pku.edu.cnKeywords
- CEO leadership behaviors
- Employees' attitudes
- Firm performance
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- ABDC-A*
- Scopus
- SSCI
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Wang, H., Xin, K. R., & Tsui, A. S. (2011). CEO leadership behaviors, organizational performance, and employees' attitudes. Leadership Quarterly, 22(1), 92-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.12.009