TY - JOUR
T1 - The Role of the Leader in Fostering Employee Resilient Behaviors
T2 - A Multisource, Longitudinal Study
AU - Caniëls, Marjolein C. J.
AU - Stynen, Dave
N1 - Copyright © 2022 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - OBJECTIVE: This study aims to uncover the relationship between leadership behaviors (servant and resilient), leaders' psychological capital, and employee resilient behaviors over time, and we assess whether employee resilient behaviors and employee psychological capital mediate this relationship.METHODS: Based on dyadic 3-wave data collected from 111 unique leader-follower pairs, we use time-lagged path analysis to test our hypotheses.RESULTS: Servant leadership and leaders' psychological capital may strengthen employees' psychological capital, which in turn may foster resilient behaviors in employees over time. Resilient leadership was, however, negatively related to employee psychological capital on the short term but positively related to employee resilient behaviors over a 6-week time window.CONCLUSIONS: Enacting servant leadership and resilient behavior and through their psychological capital leaders can foster resilient behaviors in employees.
AB - OBJECTIVE: This study aims to uncover the relationship between leadership behaviors (servant and resilient), leaders' psychological capital, and employee resilient behaviors over time, and we assess whether employee resilient behaviors and employee psychological capital mediate this relationship.METHODS: Based on dyadic 3-wave data collected from 111 unique leader-follower pairs, we use time-lagged path analysis to test our hypotheses.RESULTS: Servant leadership and leaders' psychological capital may strengthen employees' psychological capital, which in turn may foster resilient behaviors in employees over time. Resilient leadership was, however, negatively related to employee psychological capital on the short term but positively related to employee resilient behaviors over a 6-week time window.CONCLUSIONS: Enacting servant leadership and resilient behavior and through their psychological capital leaders can foster resilient behaviors in employees.
KW - leader-follower dyads
KW - longitudinal design
KW - psychological capital
KW - resilient behavior
KW - servant leadership
U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002652
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002652
M3 - Article
C2 - 36069851
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 64
SP - 985
EP - 993
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 12
ER -