Professor Alison Legood
Associate Professor in Organisational Behaviour
A.Legood@exeter.ac.uk
2259
Streatham Court 1.48
Streatham Court, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK
Overview
Alison Legood is an Associate Professor of Organisational Psychology at the University of Exeter Business School. Alison joined the Business School in September 2018 as a senior lecturer. Prior to this she held a position at Aston Business School. Her research focuses on relational leadership and trust. Specifically, she investigates the trust dynamics of leader-follower relationship. Alison has published her work in outlets such as the Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Organizational Behavior and the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. Alison is a Director of Postgraduate Research Programmes.
Nationality: British
Qualifications
PhD, MSc, BSc
Research
Research interests
- Leadership
- Trust
Research projects
Alison is currently working on a broad range of projects with collaborators from both the UK and worldwide. Her main research focus is on the topic of trust and leadership however she also works on broader topics such as mindfulness, creativity and psychological entitlement.
Alison currently supervises two PhD students and one DBA student.
Publications
Journal articles
Busch C, Crawshaw J, Guillaume Y, Legood A (2023). Ethics‐Related Mentoring: a Scale Development and Test of its Role in Promoting Protégé Ethical Behaviour. British Journal of Management, 35(1), 210-227. Abstract.
Martin R, Ono M, Legood A, Dello Russo S, Thomas G (2023). Leader-member exchange (LMX) quality and follower well-being: a daily diary study. J Occup Health Psychol, 28(2), 103-116. Abstract. Author URL.
Inceoglu I, Legood A, Zheng Y, Lang JWB, Gardner WL, Anderson MH, Sun PY-T, Zhao H, Leroy H, Van Den Broeck A, et al (2023). The Big X of Leadership. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023(1).
Legood A, van der Werff L, Lee A, den Hartog D, van Knippenberg D (2022). A Critical Review of the Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Empirical Literature on Cognition‐Based and Affect‐Based Trust. Journal of Management Studies, 60(2), 495-537. Abstract.
Grabarski MK, Schneider N, Yadav M, Spreitzer GM, Dello Russo S, Wang K, Wurtz O, Dimitrova M, Lazarova MB, Legood A, et al (2022). Stronger Together: Positive Relationships at Work. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022(1).
Legood A, van der Werff L, Lee A, Den Hartog D (2020). A meta-analysis of the role of trust in the leadership- performance relationship. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
Crawshaw J, Busch C, Guillaume YRF, Legood A (2020). Ethics-Related Mentoring and Protégé Moral Motivation and Ethical Leadership. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020(1).
Cleveland M, Warhurst A, Legood A (2019). Experiencing resilience through the eyes of early career social workers. British Journal of Social Work
Radulovic A, Thomas G, Epitropaki O, Legood A (2019). Forgiveness in Leader-Member Exchange Relationships: Mediating and Moderating Mechanisms. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
Lee A, Legood A, Hughes D, Tian AW, Newman A, Knight C (2019). Leadership, creativity and innovation: a meta-analytic review. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29(1), 1-35.
Emery C, Martin R, Thomas G, Martin R, Matta FK, Seo J, Son J, Tse H, Choi D, Dello Russo S, et al (2019). Recent Advances in Leader-Member Exchange Research. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019(1).
van der Werff L, Legood A, Buckley F, Weibel A, de Cremer D (2019). Trust motivation: the self-regulatory processes underlying trust decisions. Organizational Psychology Review, 9, 2-3. Abstract.
Legood A, Lee AJR, Schwarz G, Newman A (2018). From self-defeating to other defeating: Examining the effects of leader procrastination on follower work outcomes. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
Martin R, Thomas G, Legood A, Dello Russo S (2018). Leader-member exchange (LMX) differentiation and work outcomes: Conceptual clarification and critical review. JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR, 39(2), 151-168. Author URL.
Hughes D, Lee AJR, Tian A, Newman A, Legood A (2018). Leadership, creativity, and innovation: a critical review and practical recommendations. Leadership Quarterly
Lyubovnikova J, Legood A, Turner N, Mamakouka A (2017). How Authentic Leadership Influences Team Performance: the Mediating Role of Team Reflexivity. JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS, 141(1), 59-70. Author URL.
Lee A, Schwarz G, Newman A, Legood A (2017). Investigating When and Why Psychological Entitlement Predicts Unethical Pro-organizational Behavior. Journal of Business Ethics, 154(1), 109-126.
Legood A, McGrath M, Searle R, Lee A (2016). Exploring How Social Workers Experience and Cope with Public Perception of Their Profession. British Journal of Social Work, 46(7), 1872-1889.
Legood A, Thomas G, Sacramento C (2016). Leader trustworthy behavior and organizational trust: the role of the immediate manager for cultivating trust. JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 46(12), 673-686. Author URL.
Martin R, Dello Russo S, Legood A, Thomas G (2015). LMX Differentiation and Work-Related Outcomes: the Role of LMX Comparison Processes. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015(1).
Lee A, Schwarz G, Newman A, Legood A (2015). Psychological Entitlement and Unethical Pro-Organizational Behavior: the Role of Ethical Leadership. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015(1).
Lyubovnikova J, Legood A, Turner N, Mamakouka A (2014). How Authentic Leadership Enhances Group Outcomes: the Role of Team Reflexivity. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014(1).
Chapters
Thomas G, Legood A, Lee A (2014). Why, when and how motivation helps empathic accuracy. In (Ed) Managing Interpersonal Sensitivity: Knowing When - and When Not - to Understand Others, 21-40.
Thomas G, Legood A, Lee A (2011). Why, when, and how motivation helps empathic accuracy. In (Ed) Managing Interpersonal Sensitivity: Knowing When - and When Not - to Understand Others, 21-40.
External Engagement and Impact
External positions
- Previous Co-Chair for the British Academy of Management (BAM) Organisational Psychology Special Interest Group (September 2013 – 2016)
- Member, DoP Board effectiveness Working Group (April 2013 – present)
- Representative for Occupational Psychology in Public Policy (OPIPP) (September 2013 – 2016)
