W2: Weber et al. (2022)

Question 1

Paper’s purpose

Answer 1

Underlines leadership as a key to transformation success. Analyses the effectiveness of complementary leadership behaviours that are relevant in the digital age; task-oriented (digital transformation-oriented) and people-oriented behaviours, and in particular their interaction

Question 2

Affective

Answer 2

Affective resistance to change and affective trust in the leader

Question 3

Cognitive

Answer 3

Cognitive resistance to change and cognitive trust in the leader

Question 4

Behavioural

Answer 4

Behavioural resistance to change and innovative job performance

Question 5

Employees

Answer 5

Tend to perceive high competence in leaders who offer a compelling vision of future organisational changes and provide a clear structure to pursue this vision. Thus, employees might see leaders as experts who can steer their performance adequately in transformation situations, resulting in reliance on leaders and, consequently, building their credibility

Question 6

Cognition-based trust

Answer 6

More salient in leaders’ tasks

Question 7

“Both-and” approach to leadership behaviour

Answer 7

Should be adapted rather than an “either-or” approach. Growing paradoxes and the contradictory demands in organisations indicate the need for leaders to attend to opposing objectives simultaneously specifically in their interactions with employees conclude that two different leadership behaviours can co-exist and should be dealt with as a pair