Explaining the relationship between ethical leadership and burnout facets in the academic context: the mediating role of illegitimate tasks

Q2 Social Sciences

International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior Pub Date : 2021-11-30 DOI:10.1108/ijotb-11-2020-0204

C. Julmi, J. M. Pereira, Jack K. Bramlage, Benedict Jackenkroll

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Abstract

PurposeAlthough the literature shows that ethical leadership reduces the risk of burnout, research still lacks a comprehensive understanding of the mediating effects between ethical leadership and burnout. As media reports on working conditions in the academic context often tie the problem of unethical leadership practices to illegitimate tasks, this study focuses on illegitimate tasks as a mediator between ethical leadership and burnout.Design/methodology/approachThe research model is tested using structural equation modeling and data from 1,053 doctoral and postdoctoral students in randomly selected German state universities.FindingsThe results significantly support all hypothesized effects, showing direct correlations between (1) ethical leadership and illegitimate tasks, (2) ethical leadership and burnout facets and (3) illegitimate tasks and burnout facets. The relationship between ethical leadership and burnout is thus partially mediated by illegitimate tasks.Practical implicationsThe authors recommend three major fields of action for practice. These fields comprise (1) the leadership situation, (2) the leader and (3) the follower.Originality/valueThe presented model is the first that connects the relationship between ethical leadership and burnout with illegitimate tasks and looks at ethical leadership from a stress-as-offense-to-self (SOS) perspective.

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学术背景下伦理型领导与职业倦怠的关系:不正当任务的中介作用

目的虽然文献显示伦理型领导降低了职业倦怠的风险，但研究仍然缺乏对伦理型领导与职业倦怠之间中介作用的全面理解。由于媒体在学术背景下对工作条件的报道经常将不道德领导实践的问题与非法任务联系起来，本研究将重点放在非法任务作为道德领导与职业倦怠之间的中介。设计/方法/方法采用结构方程模型和随机选择的德国州立大学1053名博士生和博士后的数据对研究模型进行了测试。结果显示:(1)伦理型领导与不正当任务、(2)伦理型领导与职业倦怠、(3)不正当任务与职业倦怠之间存在直接相关关系。因此，不合理的任务在一定程度上调解了道德领导与职业倦怠之间的关系。实际意义作者推荐了三个主要的实践行动领域。这些领域包括(1)领导情境，(2)领导者和(3)追随者。本文提出的模型是第一个将道德型领导和职业倦怠与非法任务之间的关系联系起来的模型，并从压力作为对自我的冒犯(SOS)的角度来看待道德型领导。

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International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior Social Sciences-Public Administration

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior brings together researchers and practitioners, both within and outside the United States, who are in the areas of organization theory, management, development, and behavior. This journal covers all private, public and not-for-profit organizations’ theories and behavior.