David Hofmann
David Hofmann is a researcher and co-author of the 2011 Academy of Management Journal paper on extraverted leadership and employee proactivity.
Who they are
The work of David Hofmann reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Introverted Leaders and Proactive Teams, Introversion and Extraversion.
Key papers
Grant, A. M., Gino, F., & Hofmann, D. A. (2011). Reversing the extraverted leadership advantage: The role of employee proactivity. Academy of Management Journal, 54(3), 528-550. What it reports: In stores of a pizza chain, those with highly extraverted leaders earned higher profits when employees were passive, and a laboratory study replicated the pattern; the authors argue that the advantage reverses when employees are proactive.
Key ideas
Introverted Leaders and Proactive Teams: The conditional finding that leader style fits a team: extraverted leaders did better with passive staff, and the advantage reversed with proactive staff.
Introversion and Extraversion: A personality dimension that runs from reserve to sociability, scored on a scale with introversion and extraversion at its ends.
Sources
- Grant, A. M., Gino, F., & Hofmann, D. A. (2011). Reversing the extraverted leadership advantage: The role of employee proactivity. Academy of Management Journal, 54(3), 528-550.