Transformational leadership and work engagement The mediating effect of meaning in work
Transformational leadership and work engagement The mediating effect of meaning in work
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DOI：
10.1108/lodj-10-2011-0110
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Caputi, Peter
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作者：
Ghadi, Mohammed Yasin;Fernando, Mario;Caputi, Peter
研究目的本文通过对工作意义的中介作用，探讨了变革型领导与工作投入之间的关系。设计/方法/途径变革型领导，工作投入和对工作意义的看法是在一项实证研究中评估的，该研究基于530名全职员工，时间员工在澳大利亚工作。结果-结构方程模型的结果表明，变革型领导风格的影响追随者的属性的工作参与。变革型领导和工作参与之间的直接关系被认为是部分介导的员工的看法的意义在work.Practical影响行业报告显示，在全球范围内，未参与的员工数量增加，国家成本数十亿美元的生产力损失。我们提出了一个模型，可以帮助减少这些损失，提供人力资源管理人员与开发培训计划，可以改善工作场所的变革型领导行为的新见解。这些方案可以帮助重新设计的工作环境，使工作更有意义。独创性/价值-之间的关系变革型领导风格，工作的意义和工作参与的看法进行了理论探讨和实证检验，在澳大利亚的背景下。
Purpose This paper reports the findings of a study examining the relationship between transformational leadership and work engagement through the mediating role of meaning in work.Design/methodology/approach Transformational leadership, work engagement and perceptions of meaning in work were assessed in an empirical study based on a sample of 530 full-time employees working in Australia.Findings The results from structural equation modelling reveal that the transformational leadership style influences followers' attributes of work engagement. The direct relationship between transformational leadership and work engagement was found to be partially mediated by employees' perceptions of meaning in work.Practical implications Industry reports show that globally, the number of unengaged employees have increased, costing nations billions in productivity losses. We present a model that could help reduce these losses by providing human resource managers with new insights into developing training programmes that could improve transformational leadership behaviours in the workplace. These programmes could help re-design the context of work to make work more meaningful.Originality/value The relationship between transformational leadership style, perceptions of meaning in work and work engagement were explored theoretically and tested empirically in an Australian context.