Neuroscience For Leadership And Work-Family Research - Theory & Research

In the last few decades we have witnessed an exponential growth of neuroscience research thanks to developments in brain imaging technology. Under the impulse of neuroscience research new fields of study are being developed, refining traditional theories with neuro-scientific evidence. Also the fields of leadership and work-family research can profit from insights generated by the neurosciences (Goleman, Jack, and Boyatzis (2013; 2014); Balthazard, Hannah & Waldman (2011; 2012; 2013), and Rock & Ringleb (2015)). The work of these pioneers empirically demonstrates that management scholars can profit from neural measures to provide additional information to existing research methods to get a deeper insight into organizational behavior. In this symposium, we offer a collection of five presentations, in order to inform scholars about some of the inter-disciplinary theory, research, and challenges researchers face in advancing the emerging field of neuro-leadership. The theoretical paper of Sipahi Dantas provides a neuroscience-based framework for understanding social behavior and emotional regulation. The theoretical paper of Poelmans & Stepanova introduces a neuroscience-based model for regulating conflicts between work and family. The methodological paper of Rubio et al. gives some deeper insight in the EEG measures that can be used in neuroleadership research. The empirical paper of Sipahi-Dantas & Poelmans analyses 360± feedback processes between managers and collaborators to extract three leadership paradoxes and associated EEG patterns. Finally, the empirical paper of Poelmans, et al. reveals how these same leadership paradoxes and EEG indicators can explain successful negotiations between managers and collaborators requesting flexitime. Neural Correlates of Leadership Behavior Paradoxes During 360± Follow-up Feedback. Presenter: Alaide Sipahi Dantas; ESADE Business School Presenter: Steven A. Y. Poelmans; EADA Business School The Neuroscience-based Regulation Model of Work-Family Conflict. Presenter: Steven A. Y. Poelmans; EADA Business School Leadership Behavior and Neuro-cognitive Paradoxes as Predictors of Flexitime Allowance Negotiation Presenter: Steven A. Y. Poelmans; EADA Business School Presenter: Barbara Beham; Berlin School of Economics and Law Presenter: Alaide Sipahi Dantas; ESADE Business School Cognitive and Emotional Processes and Regulation in Social Behavior at Work. Presenter: Alaide Sipahi Dantas; ESADE Business School Neuro-Enhancement Of Individuals And Teams In Organizations. Presenter: Rob Rubio; Advanced Brain Monitoring Presenter: Chris Berka; Advanced Brain Monitoring Presenter: Maja Stikic; Advanced Brain Monitoring