This article examines how leader firms should respond to the erosion of competitive advantages caused by rapid imitation and innovation in hypercompetitive environments. On the one hand, shorter-lived advantages induce leaders to develop new advantages faster. On the other hand, hypercompetition...

Dynamic capabilities (DCs) are said to allow firms to create, extend, or modify their resource base in a reliable manner (Helfat et al., 2007). This poses a challenge as it requires DCs to enable firms to achieve change but to do so in a reasonably stable manner. This paper addresses this...

This article explains why leadership-as-practice development (LAPD) is a preferred leadership development approach in the contemporary digital era. Rather than dwelling on generic leader competencies that may not apply to the setting, learning is brought into “lived” (not simulated)...

Leadership has been an increasingly growing topic throughout literature with the mass exodus of the Baby Boomers. These preparation strategies have researchers searching for the best attributes associated with effective leadership outcomes. The following study looks at attributes of two...

We develop a theoretical model of how leadership style and organizational learning culture impact ERP assimilation and test this model with data collected from organizations that have used ERP systems for at least one year. We find that the influence of transformational leadership on...

Leadership often serves as an explanatory category for performance outcomes (i.e., failure and success). This process can strengthen or weaken leadership effectiveness, because contingent on their performance leaders may gain or lose follower endorsement - the basis of leadership. Drawing on the...

Leadership is a matter of practice and accomplishment and leaders get better through effort. Unlike the conventional pathway which is funnel shaped and leaders start as generalists and progress towards specialization in narrow domains, the book demonstrates that the leadership development...

We propose that individual differences in assertiveness play a critical role in perceptions of leaders. In contrast to prior work focused on linear effects, we argue that individuals seen as either markedly low or high in assertiveness are generally appraised as less effective leaders. Moreover,...

In leadership definitions, it is generally approved that superior personality traits are one of the factors which form successful leadership. Furthermore, individuals follow leaders consistently and choose leaders as their role models. In this context; the purpose of this study is to investigate...