Facilitating health-oriented leadership from a leader’s perspective
Publication date
2022-09-12
Document type
Forschungsartikel
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ISSN
Series or journal
Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
Periodical volume
66
Periodical issue
4
First page
213
Last page
225
Peer-reviewed
✅
Part of the university bibliography
✅
Keyword
Job demands
Resources
Health-oriented leadership
High-performance work practices
Abstract
Health-oriented leadership (HoL) is vital for the improvement of health and an essential part of psychological risk management. However, the relevance of different antecedent factors is unknown. We used data from a Germany-wide online survey with N = 738 leaders. Referring to the JD-R model, we analyzed leaders’ demands and resources that facilitate or impede health-oriented leadership from a leader’s perspective. Moreover, we examined the relevance of contextual factors like branch, company size, and management span. Whereas results show only small differences for contextual factors, we found positive relationships between leaders’ resources, like autonomy and social support, and negative relationships with workplace demands (availability, multitasking) and HoL from a leader’s perspective. At the organizational level, HoL is positively linked to high-performance work practices and health-oriented HRM strategies. From a leader’s perspective, the findings provide evidence for the relevance of favorable working conditions and human resources practices for improving HoL as part of psychological risk management.
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