FN ISI Export Format VR 1.0 PT J TI Proactivity at work: The roles of respectful leadership and leader group prototypicality AF Vogt, Catharina van Gils, Suzanne Van Quaquebeke, Niels Grover, Steven Eckloff, Tilman AU Vogt, C van Gils, S Van Quaquebeke, N Grover, S Eckloff, T SO Journal of Personnel Psychology VL 20 BP 114 EP 123 PY 2021 AB We propose that two aspects of leadership, perceived respectful leadership and the degree of leaders’ prototypicality, positively affect employee proactivity. A multisource and multilevel field study of 234 employees supervised by 62 leaders shows that respectful leadership relates positively to employee proactivity in terms of personal initiative and that leader group prototypicality diminishes this effect. Moreover, perceived respectful leadership and prototypicality substitute for one another in their relation to follower proactivity. This study contributes to previous research that shows leader–follower relationships enhance proactivity by showing the impact of perceived respectful leadership and leader group prototypicality. DI 10.1027/1866-5888/a000275 ER