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A Meta-Analytic Framework For Understanding How Leader-Subordinate Age Differences Impact Leadership Effectiveness Ratings: A Novel Approach To Relational Demography, Cort Whiting Rudolph
A Meta-Analytic Framework For Understanding How Leader-Subordinate Age Differences Impact Leadership Effectiveness Ratings: A Novel Approach To Relational Demography, Cort Whiting Rudolph
Wayne State University Dissertations
Recently, there has been renewed interest in studying relational demography, which focuses on how demographic differences between individuals and members of their work unit impact individual level outcomes (Joshi, Liao & Roh, 2011). In terms of age, relational demography research has focused on the individual-within-group level of analysis, such as studying how age differences between individuals and their peers affect work attitudes (Riordan & Shore, 1997). However, the influence of age differences between leaders and their subordinates has not been sufficiently addressed by this literature (Tsui, Egan & Xin, 1995).
This study investigates how leader-subordinate age differences affect subordinates' ratings …