CEO Positive Psychological Traits, Transformational Leadership, and Firm Performance in High-Technology Start-up and Established Firms

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Authentic and transformational leadership and innovative work behaviour: the moderating role of psychological empowerment (2020, background): “…behaviour (optimism, flexibility, and hope) which represent important factors in the emergence of authentic leadership (Anderson and Sun, 2015b;Weiss et al., 2018) and are connected to both, authentic (Gardner et al., 2011) as well as to the transformational leadership (Peterson et al., 2009).”
Impact of psychological capital on innovative performance and job stress (2015, background): “Resilient leaders are likely to encourage themselves and even their subordinates to take risks and exhibit innovative behaviours (Peterson et al., 2008).”
Entrepreneurial alertness: Exploring its psychological antecedents and effects on firm outcomes (2021, background): “As a result, CEOs with higher optimism are more likely to exhibit transformational leadership style (Peterson et al., 2009).”
Positive organizational psychology, behavior, and scholarship: A review of the emerging literature and evidence base (2010, background): “Transformational leadership refers to ‘those who inspire confidence, communicate a positive vision, and emphasize their followers’ strengths’ (Peterson et al., 2009, p. 349).”