Understanding Responsive Leadership: Antecedents of Leadership Cognition and Behavior for Situationally-Appropriate Leadership

The present study aims to gain an advanced understanding of leaders’ situation construal accuracy as a presumably crucial antecedent of responsive leadership behavior in leader-follower interactions. Specifically, this research will examine the role of situational characteristics (i.e., follower cues) and leaders’ personal dispositions in predicting situation construal accuracy. To do so, this study will utilize a randomized within-subjects experimental design.