Hubristic Start‐up Founders – The Neglected Bright and Inevitable Dark Manifestations of Hubristic Leadership in New Venture Creation Processes. (5th June 2020)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Hubristic Start‐up Founders – The Neglected Bright and Inevitable Dark Manifestations of Hubristic Leadership in New Venture Creation Processes. (5th June 2020)
- Main Title:
- Hubristic Start‐up Founders – The Neglected Bright and Inevitable Dark Manifestations of Hubristic Leadership in New Venture Creation Processes
- Authors:
- Sundermeier, Janina
Gersch, Martin
Freiling, Jörg - Abstract:
- Abstract: The hubris tradition of research has been criticized for limiting its scope by associating hubris predominantly with detrimental leadership behaviours. To counteract this bias, we provide a more nuanced exploration of hubris and consider both beneficial and detrimental manifestations of hubris in start‐up founders' leadership behaviours. Our analysis, based on qualitative data from expert interviews and two case studies, indicates that, whilst hubristic start‐up founders are likely to fail overall, they also excel in creating and communicating visionary scenarios, steering employees through critical situations, and extracting commitment from third parties. These under‐researched 'bright' manifestations of hubris allow start‐up founders to lead their venture towards a stage, in which their visionary power and resilience become crucial prerequisites for economic progress. Our findings extend knowledge on hubristic leadership, offer new directions for the hubris tradition of research, and open up avenues for future research with a more balanced view of hubris.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of management studies. Volume 57:Number 5(2020)
- Journal:
- Journal of management studies
- Issue:
- Volume 57:Number 5(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 57, Issue 5 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 57
- Issue:
- 5
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0057-0005-0000
- Page Start:
- 1037
- Page End:
- 1067
- Publication Date:
- 2020-06-05
- Subjects:
- entrepreneurial personality -- hubris -- leadership behaviours -- start‐up founders
Industrial management -- Periodicals
658 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1111/joms.12604 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0022-2380
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