Clément Desgourdes, Jamila Hasnaoui, Muhammad Umar, Jesus Gonzales Feliu
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This study investigates Laissez-faire leadership (LFL), an area often viewed negatively yet underexplored. Aiming to decipher LFL’s implications, particularly its ties with employee autonomy and well-being, the study distributed 4000 questionnaires via LinkedIn to various French organizations. Out of these, 226 were accepted and analyzed. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire measured LFL, while the Job Diagnostic Survey examined autonomy. Findings indicate LFL has a detrimental effect on workplace well-being, with autonomy serving as a key mediator. Additionally, LFL’s impact may differ based on individual expectations. These results emphasize the cautious adoption of LFL and spotlight autonomy’s importance. This research notably broadens our understanding of LFL’s role in the workplace.
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The International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal (IEMJ) publishes high quality manuscripts dealing with entrepreneurship, broadly defined, and the management of entrepreneurial organizations. The journal will expand the study of entrepreneurship and management by publishing innovative articles based on different perspectives using a variety of methodological approaches and showing the practical implications of the research for its readership. IEMJ is unique; providing a multi-disciplinary forum for researchers, scholars, consultants, entrepreneurs, businessmen, managers and practitioners in the field of entrepreneurship. The journal covers the relationship between management and entrepreneurship including both conceptual and empirical papers, leading to an improvement in the understanding of international entrepreneurial perspectives of the organisations concerned. Entrepreneurial studies are important in creating new economic activity that in turn increases innovation, employment, economic wealth and growth. The journal focuses on the diverse and complex characteristics of entrepreneurship in SMEs and large companies in local, regional, national or international markets that lead to competitiveness in the face of the effects of globalization. Though preference will be given to manuscripts that are international in scope, papers focused on domestic contexts and issues are welcome also, in order to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and potential generalizability of findings worldwide. IEMJ will publish original papers which contribute to the advancement of the field of entrepreneurship and the interface between management and entrepreneurship, as well as articles on business corporate strategy and government economic policy. On occasions, the journal will also feature case studies of successful firms or other cases having important practical implications. The journal places great emphasis on the quality of the papers it publishes. Submission of a paper will imply that it contains original unpublished work and is not being submitted for publication elsewhere. Officially cited as: Int Entrep Manag J
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