Connecting the dots: linking empowering leadership, employee work passion, and flourishing-at-work

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INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TRAINING Pub Date : 2023-08-15 DOI:10.1108/ict-10-2022-0079

Meera Peethambaran, Mohammad Faraz Naim

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Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between empowering leadership and the holistic well-being construct, i.e. flourishing-at-work. Design/methodology/approach On the basis of an extensive review of literature and using conservation of resource (COR) theory and self-determination theory (SDT), this study proposes a conceptual framework with employee work passion (EWP) as a link connecting empowering leadership and flourishing-at-work. Findings Empowering leadership has the ability to enhance EWP and thereby increase the overall well-being of employees (flourishing). Moreover, the study demonstrates that EWP serves as a potential mechanism connecting empowering leadership and flourishing-at-work. Research limitations/implications Being a conceptual paper, the proposed framework lacks empirical validation. Practical implications Organizations should focus on leaders with empowering behaviours and strive towards increasing EWP. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to propose the role of EWP as a possible conceptual link between empowering leadership and employee flourishing-at-work. This paper emphasizes the importance of flourishing-at-work in the current climate of rising mental tensions among employees, which leads to adverse organizational outcomes.

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连接点:将授权领导，员工工作激情和工作繁荣联系起来

本研究旨在探讨授权型领导与整体幸福感建构(即工作繁荣)之间的关系。本研究在广泛查阅文献的基础上，运用资源保护理论(conservation of resource, COR)和自我决定理论(self- self- self theory, SDT)，提出了一个以员工工作热情(employee work passion, EWP)为纽带的概念框架，将授权型领导与工作上的繁荣联系起来。授权领导有能力提高EWP，从而增加员工的整体福祉(繁荣)。此外，研究还表明，EWP可以作为一种潜在的机制，将授权型领导与工作上的繁荣联系起来。作为一篇概念性论文，所提出的框架缺乏实证验证。实际意义组织应该关注具有授权行为的领导者，并努力提高EWP。据作者所知，这是第一个提出EWP在授权领导和员工工作热情之间可能存在概念联系的研究。本文强调了在当前员工精神紧张加剧的气候下，工作中蓬勃发展的重要性，这将导致不利的组织结果。

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INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TRAINING MANAGEMENT-

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3.10

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7.10%

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期刊介绍： ■Action learning-principles and practice ■Applications of new technology ■Careers management and counselling ■Computer-based training and interactive video ■Continuing management education ■Learning methods, styles and processes ■Managing change ■Marketing, sales and customer services ■New training and learning methods ■Quality circles, team-working and business games ■Recruitment and selection ■Specialist training-needs and methods ■Youth employment and training ■Topicality Too much training theory takes too long to read and may not have immediate practical advantages.