On Monday, September 30, 2024, Dr. Duygu Gulseren, Assistant Professor of the School of Human Resource Management at York University, presented her talk, “Unveiling Inconsistent Leadership: New Perspectives on Measurement and Impact” at the SP Colloquium Brownbag.
You can find more information about Dr. Gulseren’s work here and her abstract below:
Abstract:
Inconsistent leadership is a critical and potentially disruptive form of leadership that significantly impacts employee behaviors and well-being. Traditionally, the concept of inconsistent leadership has been examined through indirect measures, which often emphasize the interplay of various leadership styles and contribute to construct ambiguity. This approach has complicated our understanding of its specific effects on employees.
In this talk, I will present initial results from a study aimed at clarifying the construct and developing a scale for inconsistent leadership. In the first part, I will discuss how our study has identified two distinct factors of inconsistent leadership and provide evidence of their validity. In the second part, I will outline two ongoing studies that build on these findings. These are a longitudinal survey exploring the long-term effects of inconsistent leadership on employee outcomes and a series of an experimental investigations examining the immediate impacts of inconsistent leadership in organizational settings, focusing on employee reactions and interactions. Overall, this talk offers new insights into the nature of inconsistent leadership and its implications for employee outcomes.