Giving sense about paradoxes: paradoxical leadership in the public sector
研究公共部门中悖论领导力（领导者对组织悖论赋予意义）如何影响下属的工作满意度、工作投入和感知绩效，基于德国地区办事处的两轮调查数据。
Although paradoxes are inherent to the public sector, few attempts have been made to better understand how to manage such competing yet interrelated demands effectively. This study examines how paradoxical leadership (i.e., leaders’ sense-giving about organizational paradoxes) affects follower outcomes. Based on two-wave survey data from German district offices, structural equation modelling reveals that paradoxical leadership positively influences followers’ job satisfaction and work engagement. Role ambiguity fully mediates the relationship between paradoxical leadership and perceived performance. Our study expands the nomological network of public leadership and advances the notion that paradoxes bear potentials for leadership in ambiguous public settings.