
Programme
9.04.2025
14.00 – 16.15 Opening of the mini conference and methodological workshop by Dr Fabiola Gerpott (WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management)
19.00 Welcome dinner and socialising
10.04.2025
9.00 – 10.15 Keynote speech: Deanne den Hartog
10.15 – 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 – 12.30 Morning sessions with oral presentations and feedback
- SESSION A: Context (Claudia Buengeler)
- Leadership Behaviors in the Public Sector: Navigating Challenges in and Activity-Based Working Environments – A Mixed-Methods Approach Remote (Löfstrand, P., Wall, E., Nordenmark, M., & Vinberg, S.)
- Perceptions of managers’ leadership behaviors in a heavy industrial industry: relationships with managers’ and subordinates’ health and job satisfaction (Vinberg, S.)
- Perceiving incidents and perpetrators – Abuse of power in higher education in Germany (Schilling, J., May, D., & Kluge, A.)
- SESSION B: Development (Kimberly Jaussi)
- Developmental Leadership and Skills Obsolescence: Shaping Perceptions of Developmental Opportunities in the Workplace (Messioui, A., Gerards, R., de Grip, A.)
- Changing the organizational leadership theory: Implications for individual implicit leadership theory, leadership behaviours (intended and perceived), and congruence (Holten, A.-L.)
- My leader, my leader’s leader, and the organization: A person-centred approach to examining behavioural integrity (Ho, J. A. & Connelly, C. E.)
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 16.00 Afternoon sessions with oral presentations and feedback
- SESSION A: Inconsistency (Pedro Neves)
- Inconsistent Leadership: Scale Development and Validation (Biricik Gulseren, D., Lyubykh, Z., Wang, L. & Kelloway, K.)
- The Double-Edged Sword of Perceived Ambivalence in Leaders: Appearing Ethical but Risking Status (Richter-Killenberg, S., Pauels, E., Rothman, N. & Schneider, I. K.)
- The Affective Core of Leadership: Emotional Dynamics in Paradoxical Leadership Situations (Büchner, H., Ritter, M., & Kauffeld, S.)
- SESSION B: Stress (Claudia Buengeler)
- Exploring the Perspective-Taking Ability of Supervisors on Stress-Preventive Management Competencies and Its Relationship with the Psychosocial Work Environment: Implications for Practice (Cioffi, G., Toderi, S., & Balducci, C.)
- The Role of Perceived Supervisor Supportive Behaviors for Subordinates’ Recovery Experiences: A Diary Study (Iser-Potempa, L., Nesher Shoshan, H., & Sonnentag, S.)
- A Little Help From A(I) Friend: 1 Leader Cost and Benefits of AI versus Peer Support in Leadership Tasks (Schweitzer, V.M., van der Velde, A., & Daldrop, C.)
16.00 – 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 – 17.15 Challenge and advice
11.04.2025
9.00 – 10.15 Keynote speech Kimberly Jaussi
10.15 – 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 – 12.30 Morning sessions with oral presentations and feedback
- SESSION A: Virtual (Pedro Neves)
- Digital Dictators and Ghost Managers: Destructive Leadership Behavior in Virtual Working Environments (Kühn, A., Oostrom, J., Holtrop, D., Vranjes, I., & Gerritsen, E. )
- Exploitative Leadership Behaviour in Digital Collaboration: A Qualitative Investigation (Vilser, M.)
- “Is abusive supervision worse in the office than at home? Abusive supervision, employee sleep quality, and turnover intention: The buffering effect of working regime” (Lagowska, U., Kim, D., & Schyns, B.)
- SESSION B: Gender (Deanne den Hartog)
- “Now Watch Me Lead”: The role of gender bias reactance in women’s motivation to lead and well-being (Algner, M., Diller, S., Lorenz, T., Fay, D., & Frey, D.)
- Gender, Leader Behavior, and Leadership Effectiveness (Haeckl, S. & Onozaka, Y.)
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 Closing & Best Paper award