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Central European Management Journal

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Year 2015 
Volume 23 
Issue 1

Dimensionality of Leadership in the Perceptions of Senior Human Resource Executives in Poland

Anna Pawłowska
University of Warsaw

Michał Zdziarski
University of Warsaw

2015 23 (1) Central European Management Journal

DOI 10.7206/mba.ce.2084-3356.133

Abstract

Purpose: Sixty-five HR general managers representing companies from a variety of industries took
part in the research that we conducted between April and October 2013. They had identified leadership
development as the most significant factor in the growth of the top firms in Poland’s economy.
We have conducted in-depth interviews to understand the perception of the leadership concept.
We have found that they tend to focus on the following dimensions of leadership: conveying
a vision, inspiring, being charismatic, being credible, being able to manage others, and having good
interpersonal skills.

Research limitations and implications: The main limitation of the research is that it does not allow
for generalization of findings on perceived dimensionality of leadership on larger population of HR
Executives. Our findings imply that leadership development will soon be a strong priority among
HR teams of 500 largest companies, but several dimensions are not present in their description of
leadership.

Originality/value: Our paper makes three contributions to the literature. We have developed a managerial
attention view of the firm by surveying senior HR executives. CEOs, CFOs, and top management
teams tend to be subject of studies in this theoretical tradition more often than HR executives,
Another contribution is the use of mixed methods that is rather rare yet offering vast opportunities
for triangulation and knowledge building in the discipline. Our third contribution is that we applied
a standard scale of the multidimensional leadership concept.

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Pawłowska, Anna & Zdziarski, Michał (2015). Pawłowska, A. , & Zdziarski, M.. (2015). Dimensionality of Leadership in the Perceptions of Senior Human Resource Executives in Poland. Central European Management Journal, 23(1), 49-68. https://doi.org/10.7206/mba.ce.2084-3356.133 (Original work published 2015)

MLA style

Pawłowska, Anna and Zdziarski, Michał. Pawłowska, A. , and M. Zdziarski. “Dimensionality Of Leadership In The Perceptions Of Senior Human Resource Executives In Poland”. 2015. Central European Management Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 2015, pp. 49-68.

Chicago style

Pawłowska, Anna and Zdziarski, Michał. Pawłowska, Anna , and Michał Zdziarski. “Dimensionality Of Leadership In The Perceptions Of Senior Human Resource Executives In Poland”. Central European Management Journal, Central European Management Journal, 23, no. 1 (2015): 49-68. doi:10.7206/mba.ce.2084-3356.133.