Leader’s paradox mindset, organisational change capability, and performance: a multi-level analysis
Journal of Asia Business Studies
ISSN: 1558-7894
Article publication date: 21 February 2024
Issue publication date: 18 March 2024
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to propose a multi-level (bottom-up) analysis to build an organizational change capability (OCC) development model by integrating paradox and social cognitive theories. Using these theories, OCC (Level 2) is influenced by the leader’s paradox mindset (Level 1) and collective PsyCap (Level 2). The study also examined the moderating effect of magnitude to change on the effect of leader’s paradox mindset on OCC.
Design/methodology/approach
The proposed hypotheses were tested empirically using data from 327 respondents and 48 work teams from 21 leading private higher education institutions in Indonesia. To analyze the data, a multi-level analysis was conducted with Mplus software.
Findings
The results showed that, in a cross-level relationship, leader’s paradox mindset had a positive effect on OCC, whereas OCC mediated the effect of leader’s paradox mindset on organizational change performance. On an organizational level, collective PsyCap affected OCC, and OCC significantly mediated the relationship between collective PsyCap and organizational change performance. Moreover, the authors found a moderating effect of magnitude on change of leader’s paradox mindset to OCC.
Originality/value
This study used a multi-level analysis to evaluate the mechanisms of influence of leader’s paradox mindset (bottom-up) on OCC and the moderation effect of magnitude to change in an Indonesian context.
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Acknowledgements
This paper is funded under Research Mandate 2023 from Universitas Airlangga.
Since acceptance of this article, the following author(s) have updated their affiliations: Elisabeth Supriharyanti is at the Department of Management, Faculty of Business, Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University, Surabaya, Indonesia and Badri Munir Sukoco is also affiliated with Postgraduate School, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia.
Citation
Supriharyanti, E., Sukoco, B.M., Widianto, S. and Soparnot, R. (2024), "Leader’s paradox mindset, organisational change capability, and performance: a multi-level analysis", Journal of Asia Business Studies, Vol. 18 No. 2, pp. 476-497. https://doi.org/10.1108/JABS-04-2023-0154
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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