Does relationship conflict reduce novel idea communication through perceived leader openness? Power distance orientation as a moderator

• Main Author: TSAI, Ming-Hong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Leader-follower relationship conflict; Novel idea communication; Perceived leader openness; Power distance orientation; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Leadership Studies; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3933; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5191/viewcontent/manu_mht.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate why followers have low perceptions of leader openness and thus feel reluctant to communicate novel ideas by examining leader–follower relationship conflict (i.e. interpersonal incompatibility) and a follower’s power distance orientation (i.e. an acceptance of...