scholarly journals Organization-Based Self-Esteem and Meaningful Work Mediate Effects of Empowering Leadership on Employee Behaviors and Well-Being

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minseo Kim ◽  
Terry A. Beehr
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Empowering Leadership ◽  
Deviant Behaviors

Based on the conservation of resources theory and intrinsic motivation principles, this study examined the effects of empowering leadership on employees’ positive and negative behaviors and well-being through two mediators, organization-based self-esteem, and meaningful work, over an 8-week period. With 347 full-time employees, results from structural equation modeling demonstrated that empowering leadership was positively associated with organization-based self-esteem and meaningful work. Organization-based self-esteem led to greater organizational citizenship behaviors and fewer deviant behaviors. Perceptions of meaningful work resulted in lower levels of emotional exhaustion and higher levels of life satisfaction. Together, these findings highlight the important roles of the two psychological states explaining why empowering leadership contributes to employees’ favorable work behaviors and psychological well-being.

scholarly journals Self-Efficacy and Psychological Ownership Mediate the Effects of Empowering Leadership on Both Good and Bad Employee Behaviors

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 466-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minseo Kim ◽  
Terry A. Beehr
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Ownership ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Role Performance ◽  
Empowering Leadership ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Deviant Behaviors

This study examined the potential effects of empowering leadership on followers’ in-role performance and deviant behaviors via self-efficacy and psychological ownership over a 3-week period in a sample of 299 full-time employees working in the United States. Results from structural equation modeling demonstrated that empowering leadership was positively related to both self-efficacy and psychological ownership, which in turn were both negatively related to deviant behaviors. Alternative model comparisons and bootstrapping both confirmed the mediation effects of self-efficacy and psychological ownership. However, only one of the two mediators, self-efficacy, was positively related to followers’ in-role performance. Together, these findings highlighted the important roles of self-efficacy and psychological ownership explaining why empowering leadership may result in followers’ behaviors.

scholarly journals Can Empowering Leaders Affect Subordinates’ Well-Being and Careers Because They Encourage Subordinates’ Job Crafting Behaviors?

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minseo Kim ◽  
Terry A. Beehr
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Career Satisfaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Empowering Leadership ◽  
Time Points

This study examined the effects of empowering leadership on employees’ well-being and career outcomes through their job crafting behaviors over three time points during a 2-month period. With 325 full-time employees, results from structural equation modeling demonstrated that empowering leadership was positively associated with employees’ job crafting behaviors even after controlling for proactive personality. Job crafting resulted in lower levels of physical and depressive symptoms and higher levels of career satisfaction and commitment. Together, these findings highlight the role of empowering leadership in encouraging and facilitating job crafting behaviors of employees, which in turn leads to subjective career success as well as physical and psychological well-being.

scholarly journals The Role of Person-Organization Value Fit in Employees’ Experience of Meaningful Work, Use of Strengths and Work Engagement

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica van Wingerden ◽  
Laura Berger ◽  
Rob Poell
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Value Fit

Research in the field of management, in particular human resource management (HRM), increasingly highlights the importance of person-organization value fit. Adding to this growing body of research, this study examines the complex relation between person-organization value fit, employees’ perceptions of work, employees’ behavior at work and their well-being. More precisely, we hypothesize that person-organization value fit has a positive relationship with employees’ work engagement (well-being) via both the experience of meaningful work (perceptions) and the use of their strengths at work (behavior). We conducted a structural equation modeling on a sample of 1050 employees working in various occupations, organizations, and industries in The Netherlands. The results provided support for the proposed model, indicating an important role for person-organization value fit in the on-going pursuit of meaningful work and well-being at work. The insights provided in this study do not only contribute theoretically; they are also helpful for managers and HR professionals in optimizing human resource management policies and practices.

scholarly journals Achievement Goals, Competition Appraisals, and the Psychological and Emotional Welfare of Sport Participants

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 302-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Adie ◽  
Joan L. Duda ◽  
Nikos Ntoumanis
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Cognitive Appraisals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Sport Competition ◽  
Threat Appraisals ◽  
Challenge And Threat ◽  
And Performance

Grounded in the 2 × 2 achievement goal framework (Elliot & McGregor, 2001), a model was tested examining the hypothesized relationships between approach and avoidance (mastery and performance) goals, challenge and threat appraisals of sport competition, and positive and negative indices of well-being (i.e., self-esteem, positive, and negative affect). A further aim was to determine the degree to which the cognitive appraisals mediated the relationship between the four achievement goals and the indicators of athletes’ welfare. Finally, measurement and structural invariance was tested with respect to gender in the hypothesized model. An alternative model was also estimated specifying self-esteem as an antecedent of the four goals and cognitive appraisals. Four hundred and twenty-four team sport participants (Mage = 24.25) responded to a multisection questionnaire. Structural equation modeling analyses provided support for the hypothesized model only. Challenge and threat appraisals partially mediated the relationships observed between mastery-based goals and the well-being indicators. Lastly, the hypothesized model was found to be invariant across gender.

Self-Efficacy and Workplace Well-Being: Understanding the Role of Resilience in Manufacturing Organizations

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-76
Author(s):  
Nrusingh Prasad Panigrahy ◽  
Rabindra Kumar Pradhan ◽  
Lalatendu Kesari Jena
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Positive Organizational Behavior ◽  
Manufacturing Organizations

Engaging in behavior that enhances the socio-psychological relations at the workplace provides a competitive advantage to organizations. Drawing from the emerging positive organizational behavior studies, the present research was designed to analyze the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience to promote workplace well-being. The main aim of the study was to examine the moderating role of resilience between self-efficacy and workplace well-being. About 527 full-time executives from the Indian public and private manufacturing industries participated in the study. Common method variance of the measure was carried out through one-factor test ( Podsakoff et al., 2003 ) using confirmatory factor analysis to understand the bias in responding to our questionnaire. Finally, we carried out a hierarchical regression analysis to test the interacting effect of resilience between self-efficacy and workplace well-being. The result of the study indicates a positive relationship between self-efficacy and workplace well-being. The moderation effect of resilience was also confirmed in the structural equation modeling output through LISREL. Results revealed that executives having higher self-efficacy and resilience will demonstrate a positive attitude toward workplace well-being. Self-efficacy and resilience are malleable in nature and get enriched through observation and learning. This study stands as one of the first few empirical works in positive organizational behavior studies that have been carried out on executives of manufacturing organizations in India. Hence, the findings of the study cannot be generalized beyond manufacturing organizations. The data are collected through random sampling method, hence due care need to be taken while generalizing the result in a larger population, so future research may be carried out on a large sample in diverse organizations and locations to have an appropriate comparison by addressing the effectiveness of resilience on other behavior constructs.

scholarly journals Can Flow Alleviate Anxiety? The Roles of Academic Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem in Building Psychological Sustainability and Resilience

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanhui Mao ◽  
Rui Yang ◽  
Marino Bonaiuto ◽  
Jianhong Ma ◽  
László Harmat
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Flow Experience ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Academic Self Efficacy

A growing number of studies suggest that flow experience is associated with life satisfaction, eudaimonic well-being, and the perceived strength of one’s social and place identity. However, little research has placed emphasis on flow and its relations with negative experiences such as anxiety. The current study investigated the relations between flow and anxiety by considering the roles of self-esteem and academic self-efficacy. The study sample included 590 Chinese university students, who were asked to complete a self-report questionnaire on flow, anxiety, self-esteem, and academic self-efficacy. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) with AMOS software, in which both factorial analysis and path analysis were performed. Results revealed that the experience of flow negatively predicted anxiety, and both self-esteem and academic self-efficacy fully mediated the path between flow and anxiety. Specifically, self-esteem played a crucial and complete mediating role in this relationship, while academic self-efficacy mediated the path between self-esteem and anxiety. Our findings enrich the literature on flow experience and help with identifying practical considerations for buffering anxiety and more broadly with fostering strategies for promoting psychological sustainability and resilience.

The impact of work engagement and meaningful work to alleviate job burnout among social workers in New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim-Lim Tan ◽  
Peik Foong Yeap
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Job Burnout ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

PurposeGrounding our research in the conservation of resources (COR) theory and the job demands-resources (JD-R) theory, this study addresses the research gap of examining the relationship between meaningful work and dimensions of job burnout with work engagement as the mediator, especially in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also attempts to understand if age plays a role in moderating the effect of these relationships.Design/methodology/approachThis study collected data using a questionnaire protocol that was adapted and refined from the original scales in existing studies. The partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyze data collected from 530 social workers working in New Zealand nonprofit organizations (NPO).FindingsResults indicated that meaningful work only addressed one dimension of job burnout. Work engagement was found to have mediating effects on the relationships between meaningful work and all the dimensions of job burnout. Age does not have any moderating effect on these relationships.Originality/valueThis study addresses the lack of literature that collectively examines the constructs of meaningful work, dimensions of job burnout and work engagement in the same model. In doing so, this study provides a unique verification of job burnout as a multidimensional construct. At the same time, this study offers insights into the effect of these constructs in NPOs, unraveling the complexities that drive these NPOs' human resources (HR) processes.

A hotel stay for a respite from work? Examining recovery experience, rumination and well-being among hotel and bed-and-breakfast guests

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Chu Chen ◽  
Jiyoon (Jennifer) Han ◽  
Yao-Chin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Related

Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship among guests’ lodging recovery experience, work-related rumination, guest satisfaction and well-being, within the context of hotels and bed and breakfasts (B&Bs). Design/methodology/approach The sample included 823 Taiwanese full-time workers. The proposed relationships were tested using partial least square structural equation modeling, and the moderating effects of accommodation types were tested using multi-group analysis. Findings The research findings indicate that staying at a hotel or B&B provides a respite from work and reduces negative, repetitive thoughts about work issues (work-related rumination). These recovery effects then contribute to customer satisfaction and hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. Practical implications The findings indicate that practitioners need to develop products that could reduce customers’ negative emotional attachments to work and enhance the well-being of customers in a stressful society, which could ultimately contribute to promoting the public health of full-time workers. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to examine the stress-recovery aspect of lodging experiences and their impacts on customer satisfaction and well-being. Further insights are demonstrated with the inclusion of work-related rumination.

Perceived diversity and employee well-being: mediating role of inclusion

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 1121-1139
Author(s):  
Akanksha Jaiswal ◽  
Lata Dyaram
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cognitive Outcomes ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Knowledge Diversity

Purpose While literature cites several distinct studies on workforce diversity and employee well-being (EWB), attention to their combined significance has been limited. Extant work highlights cognitive outcomes of diversity, while its impact on affect-related outcomes is underexplored. The purpose of this paper is to examine how employee perceptions of diversity (based on surface and/or knowledge attributes) influence their well-being and how perception of inclusion mediates this relationship. Design/methodology/approach In total, 248 full-time employees from large organizations across varied industries in India have participated in this survey-based study. Findings Structural equation modeling results indicate surface and knowledge diversity to significantly impact EWB. Surface diversity adversely affected well-being, while knowledge diversity had favorable impact. Besides, inclusion was found to be a significant mediator between knowledge diversity and well-being but not between surface diversity and well-being. Research limitations/implications Present study explores the diversity–well-being link through the lens of perceived inclusion. Future research should consider contextual factors that will influence these relationships. Practical implications Managerial nudging can enhance employee self-control, intrinsic motivation and well-being. Further, managers should note how knowledge diversity aids in well-being toward constructive cross-functional synergy building. Originality/value Study conceptualizes diversity from Indian social and employment perspectives, while incorporating inclusion as a contextual factor currently under-researched empirically in the Indian context. Further, the authors contribute to the limited literature on affect-related effects of diversity.

scholarly journals Job Insecurity and Depressive Symptoms in Mothers and Adolescents: A Dyadic Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saija Mauno ◽  
Jaana Minkkinen ◽  
Riikka Hirvonen ◽  
Noona Kiuru
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Indirect Path ◽  
Moderator Model ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Perceived Job Insecurity

AbstractIn this study, we examined whether maternal perceived job insecurity (JI) affected depressive symptoms in their adolescent children. Specifically, we tested a mediator-moderator model in which we hypothesized that maternal JI was related to adolescent depressive symptoms indirectly via maternal depressive symptoms. Most importantly, we also explored whether this indirect path was moderated by two buffering resources, i.e., maternal off-job recovery and adolescent self-esteem. There is little research on the effects of parental JI on adolescent children from the viewpoint of buffering moderators. Due to growing insecurity in the labor markets we need more information about resources that mitigate the harmful effects of JI within families. We tested the model via structural equation modeling among Finnish mother-adolescent dyads (N = 601, mothers aged 32–60 years; adolescents aged 14–18 years). Our results showed that mothers’ depressive symptoms did not mediate the relationship between mothers’ JI and adolescents’ depressive symptoms, but mothers’ JI was directly related to increased depressive symptoms among both adolescents and their mothers. Mothers’ off-job recovery and adolescents’ self-esteem buffered against mothers’ JI in relation to depressive symptoms. When off-job recovery (in mothers) and self-esteem (in adolescents) were high, the higher level of JI was not associated with increased depressive symptoms. Off-job recovery among working mothers should be improved as it has potential to protect against JI. Moreover, adolescents’ self-esteem should be boosted as it mitigates the effects of mothers’ job stress (e.g., JI) on adolescents’ well-being.

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