Enhancing Employee Self-Care: The Moderating Effect of Personal Initiative on Health-Specific Leadership

IF 1.3 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
David Horstmann
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Abstract

The present study investigates the relationship between health-specific leadership and employee burnout. Health-specific leadership is a domain-specific leadership style that is characterized by the focus of leaders on employee well-being and their intentional support of employee health. Following the theory, I argue that managers influence employee burnout not only directly but also indirectly by encouraging employees to take care of their own health. Further, I extend the scope of previous research and argue that managers’ personal initiative acts as a moderator for health-specific leadership; as indicated by previous research, proactivity is crucial for effective leadership behavior. A cross-sectional questionnaire study (n = 525) was conducted. Health-specific leadership, managers’ personal initiative, employee self-care, and employee burnout symptoms have been measured. A moderated mediation was tested using structural equation modeling. The findings confirm a positive relationship between health-specific leadership and employee burnout. As expected, this relationship is partially mediated by employee self-care. Managers’ personal initiative shows an interaction effect on employee self-care but not on burnout symptoms. The study results verify the concept of health-specific leadership and highlight the importance of proactive leadership behavior as a facilitator for health-specific leadership. Finally, implications for leadership research and practice are provided.
增强员工自我关怀:个人主动性对健康型领导的调节作用
本研究旨在探讨健康型领导与员工倦怠的关系。针对健康的领导是一种针对特定领域的领导风格,其特点是领导者关注员工的福祉,并有意支持员工的健康。根据这一理论,我认为管理者不仅直接影响员工的职业倦怠,而且通过鼓励员工照顾自己的健康来间接影响员工的职业倦怠。此外,我扩展了先前研究的范围,并认为管理者的个人主动性在健康型领导中起调节作用;以往的研究表明,主动性对于有效的领导行为至关重要。采用横断面问卷研究(n = 525)。健康专一型领导、管理者的个人主动性、员工的自我保健和员工的倦怠症状已被测量。采用结构方程模型对调节中介进行检验。研究结果证实了健康导向型领导与员工倦怠之间的正相关关系。正如预期的那样,员工自我照顾在部分程度上中介了这种关系。管理者的个人主动性对员工的自我照顾有交互作用,但对员工的倦怠症状没有交互作用。研究结果验证了健康专一型领导的概念,并强调了主动领导行为作为健康专一型领导的推动者的重要性。最后,对领导力研究和实践提供了启示。
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期刊介绍: Die "Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie" wurde gegründet, um dem raschen Anwachsen gesundheitspsychologischer Forschung sowie deren Relevanz für verschiedene Anwendungsfelder gerecht zu werden. Gesundheitspsychologie versteht sich als wissenschaftlicher Beitrag der Psychologie zur Förderung und Erhaltung von Gesundheit, zur Verhütung und Behandlung von Krankheiten, zur Bestimmung von Risikoverhaltensweisen, zur Diagnose und Ursachenbestimmung von gesundheitlichen Störungen sowie zur Verbessung des Systems gesundheitlicher Vorsorge.
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