Pushing Down on Me: The Paradoxical Role of Self-Leadership in the Context of Work Pressure

Christopher B. Neck, Christopher P. Neck (), Elizabeth A. Goldsby and Michael G. Goldsby
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Christopher B. Neck: Department of Management, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Christopher P. Neck: Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
Elizabeth A. Goldsby: School of Nursing, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA
Michael G. Goldsby: Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA

Administrative Sciences, 2023, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-21

Abstract: One of the most pressing threats to individual employees in today’s fast-paced work environment is work pressure. In this paper, the intention is to link the individual influence process of self-leadership to work pressure, representing the first empirical research to do so. Through this linkage, we suggest a means by which the individual worker may deal with the external force of work pressure, thus decoupling the consequences of work pressure from the organizational influence. Through linking self-leadership to work pressure’s effects, we examine how the individual may mitigate the negative work pressure-driven outcomes whereas past research has typically focused on what the organization may do to mitigate these effects. Finally, this study aims to disentangle an existing paradox in the self-leadership literature through examining how the various strategies of self-leadership perform differently under the context of work pressure.

Keywords: work pressure; stress; time pressure; occupational stress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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