Author : Yanick Kemayou
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3658120630
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (581 download)
Book Synopsis More Class in Management Research by : Yanick Kemayou
Download or read book More Class in Management Research written by Yanick Kemayou and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yanick Kemayou investigates how the socioeconomic background of organizational leaders can explain their management-relevant attitudes. The study provides theory development and first empirical tests of the impact of leaders’ socioeconomic background on their risk propensity, sense of control and justice perceptions. The model integrates sociological and social psychological research on class dynamics and attitudes. Yanick Kemayou uses cross-sectional data from the German Socioeconomic Panel to test the model. The empirical analyses provide robust support for the theoretical ideas. Results show, for instance, that reproduced leaders with a lower social distance toward broader classes exhibit more favorable justice perceptions toward groups such as unskilled workers than distant reproduced leaders. The bottom line for organizations is that leaders are likely to assess situations and persons differently because of their own socioeconomic background.