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Human capital resource emergence and leadership
Author(s) -
Eckardt Rory,
Tsai ChouYu,
Dionne Shelley D.,
Dunne Danielle,
Spain Seth M.,
Park Jin Won,
Cheong Minyoung,
Kim Jayoung,
Guo Jie,
Hao Chanyu,
Kim Eung Il
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.2446
Subject(s) - extant taxon , empirical research , human capital , social capital , knowledge management , process (computing) , human resource management , resource (disambiguation) , task (project management) , relational capital , human resources , psychology , sociology , management , epistemology , social science , economics , computer science , economic growth , philosophy , evolutionary biology , biology , operating system , computer network
Summary Drawing on multilevel theory of human capital resource emergence (HCRE), this paper reviews existing empirical research to better understand the effect of leadership on this emergence process. Specifically, we summarize the current literature pertaining to how leaders may impact the process through which individual‐level human capital—the knowledge, skills, and abilities of individuals—emerges into a valuable unit‐level human capital resource. We review 132 empirical articles and examine how leadership research on task‐ and relational‐oriented factors at different levels of analysis affects the important task and social environment enabling factors of HCRE. Our paper makes important progress towards integrating leadership research with extant theorizing on HCRE and identifies areas in both literatures where additional research is needed.