The domino effect: how leader job characteristics as antecedents of transformational leadership facilitate follower job characteristics

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European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology Pub Date : 2023-05-05 DOI:10.1080/1359432X.2023.2208354

Christiane R Stempel, Jan Dettmers, T. Rigotti

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ABSTRACT Leaders influence their followers directly through interactions and role modelling, and indirectly by providing resources and managing demands. However, to lead accordingly, leaders require adequate working conditions. So far, little is known about the contextual antecedents of leadership and its subsequent impact on follower job characteristics. To address this research question, we asked 711 employees and their 82 direct leaders about their autonomy and their workload at three points of time (time lags: 12–14 months between T1 and T2 and 6–7 months between T2 and T3). Followers also rated their leaders on transformational leadership. The analysis accounted for the nested data structure. Results showed that leader autonomy and workload are linked to transformational leadership behaviour, which is significantly related to follower autonomy but not follower workload. The findings of this longitudinal study highlight the importance of leader job characteristics for establishing transformational leadership behaviours and designing their followers’ job characteristics.

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多米诺效应:作为变革型领导前因的领导者工作特征如何促进下属工作特征

摘要领导者通过互动和角色塑造直接影响追随者，并通过提供资源和管理需求间接影响追随者。然而，要想发挥相应的领导作用，领导者需要足够的工作条件。到目前为止，人们对领导的情境前因及其对追随者工作特征的后续影响知之甚少。为了解决这一研究问题，我们询问了711名员工及其82名直接领导在三个时间点（时间滞后：12-14 T1和T2之间以及6-7个月 T2和T3之间的月份）。追随者们还对他们的领导者进行了变革型领导的评价。分析考虑了嵌套的数据结构。结果表明，领导自主性和工作量与变革型领导行为有关，变革型行为与跟随者自主性显著相关，与跟随者工作量无关。这项纵向研究的结果强调了领导者工作特征对建立变革型领导行为和设计追随者工作特征的重要性。

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European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The mission of the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology is to promote and support the development of Work and Organizational Psychology by publishing high-quality scientific articles that improve our understanding of phenomena occurring in work and organizational settings. The journal publishes empirical, theoretical, methodological, and review articles that are relevant to real-world situations. The journal has a world-wide authorship, readership and editorial board. Submissions from all around the world are invited.