Health-focused Leadership Keeps Followers with Physical and Mental Health Problems in Their Job.

Autor: Khademi, Mahshid, Boehm, Stephan Alexander, Baumgaertner, Miriam Karin
Zdroj: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings; 2023, Vol. 2023 Issue 1, p3689-3689, 1p
Abstrakt: Leadership is linked with health outcomes. Yet knowledge on specific leader approach that directly and objectively contributes to followers' health is insufficient. We close this gap by (1) providing a clear contribution of health-focused leadership approach and demonstrating its effect over and above LMX, (2) using objective HR data on sickness absenteeism and job retention, (3) within two samples of employees, one affected physically (N =2175) and the other psychologically (N =198). In two filed studies, we confirmed that health-focused leadership intervention behavior significantly enhances sustainable work experience (decreases the number of sick days and increases the chance for employees to keep their jobs). Our findings specify that having a good relationship with the followers is not enough; employees, especially in cases with prior health impairments, need active, focused, and timely intervention from their leaders to be able to present in their daily work and keep their jobs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index