Health-oriented leadership: Antecedents of leaders’ awareness regarding warning signals of emerging depression and burnout

IF 3.3 3区 管理学 Q2 MANAGEMENT
S. Pischel, J. Felfe, Annika Krick
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Abstract

Due to growing demands, there is an increase in depression and burnout causing sickness absence and early retirement. Detecting depression and burnout at an early stage is a crucial task for leaders to allow for early support and prevent more severe illnesses. Within the health-oriented leadership concept, awareness is the ability to recognize followers’ warning signals as a potential health risk. Although it is widely accepted that awareness is a precondition to taking appropriate action, it is yet unclear to what extent leaders recognize the warning signals of followers and which factors facilitate or impede awareness. In an experimental study (N = 54) and a survey study (N = 215) we examined antecedents of awareness in followers and leaders: (a) clarity of displayed warning signals in followers, (b) leaders’ stressors, (c) leaders’ autonomy. Even under favorable conditions, only about half of the leaders recognized warning signals as a health risk. Leaders showed lower awareness during times of high stress and low autonomy and when followers displayed less clear warning signals. Autonomy moderated the effect of stress (workload) on awareness, but there was no buffering effect as expected. The findings deepen the theoretical understanding of awareness and suggest that leaders need to know how their awareness may be impeded. We provide practical recommendations for human resource management on how leaders’ awareness can be fostered.
健康导向的领导:领导者对新出现的抑郁和倦怠警告信号的意识的前因
由于需求的增长,导致疾病、缺勤和提前退休的抑郁和倦怠也在增加。对于领导者来说,在早期发现抑郁和倦怠是一项至关重要的任务,以便及早提供支持,防止更严重的疾病。在以健康为导向的领导概念中,意识是识别下属警告信号作为潜在健康风险的能力。虽然人们普遍认为意识是采取适当行动的先决条件,但目前尚不清楚领导者在多大程度上认识到追随者的警告信号,以及哪些因素促进或阻碍了意识。在一项实验研究(N = 54)和一项调查研究(N = 215)中,我们考察了下属和领导者意识的前因:(a)下属警告信号的清晰度,(b)领导者的压力源,(c)领导者的自主性。即使在有利的条件下,也只有大约一半的领导人认识到警告信号是一种健康风险。在压力大、自主性低以及下属发出的警告信号不清晰的情况下,领导者表现出较低的意识。自主性调节了压力(工作量)对意识的影响,但没有预期的缓冲作用。这些发现加深了对意识的理论理解,并建议领导者需要知道他们的意识是如何受到阻碍的。我们就如何培养领导者的意识为人力资源管理提供了切实可行的建议。
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CiteScore
8.10
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2.60%
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10
期刊介绍: The German Journal of Human Resource Management (GHRM) formerly Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP), is a leading peer-reviewed resource for the international HR community, with a global reach and editorial board. It publishes quarterly and aims to advance scientific knowledge covering a broad spectrum of research topics related to human resource management, employment relations, behaviour in organisations and personnel economics. It publishes both theoretical articles as well as empirical work and is open to a wide range of methodological approaches. Original contributions are published in English and German.
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