Wu Wei: A Contribution to the Water-like Leadership Style
Some recent studies have focused on specific form of leadership, entitled water-like leadership (WLL), which is based on the Daoist doctrine. Specifically, this research presents a strategic non-agency (SNA) measurement scale which refers to the Daoist principle of Wu Wei. In a first
study, results reveal that SNA was associated with selfconsciousness, situationism, action / inaction attitude, WLL and Daoist thinking style (DTS) from the point of view of self-evaluation. In the second study, results reveal that SNA was linked to certain forms of organizational culture
as well as to WLL and DTS from the point of view of heteroevaluation. In a third study, results reveal that SNA was associated with positive states of health and performance at work. Overall, these studies establish the validity of this new measure of SNA and invite to explore the impact of
SNA in the workplace and in other spheres of life.
Keywords: HEALTH PERFORMANCE AT WORK; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; STRATEGIC NON-AGENCY; WATER-LIKE LEADERSHP; WU WEI
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: August 1, 2021
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