Explaining the relationship between ethical leadership and burnout facets in the academic context: the mediating role of illegitimate tasks
| Autor: | Christian Julmi, Benedict Jackenkroll, Jack K. Bramlage, José Manuel Pereira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Public Administration Perspective (graphical) Context (language use) Burnout language.human_language Structural equation modeling Research model German Ethical leadership Action (philosophy) language Psychology Social psychology Applied Psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior. 25:39-55 |
| ISSN: | 1532-4273 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/ijotb-11-2020-0204 |
| Popis: | PurposeAlthough the literature shows that ethical leadership reduces the risk of burnout, research still lacks a comprehensive understanding of the mediating effects between ethical leadership and burnout. As media reports on working conditions in the academic context often tie the problem of unethical leadership practices to illegitimate tasks, this study focuses on illegitimate tasks as a mediator between ethical leadership and burnout.Design/methodology/approachThe research model is tested using structural equation modeling and data from 1,053 doctoral and postdoctoral students in randomly selected German state universities.FindingsThe results significantly support all hypothesized effects, showing direct correlations between (1) ethical leadership and illegitimate tasks, (2) ethical leadership and burnout facets and (3) illegitimate tasks and burnout facets. The relationship between ethical leadership and burnout is thus partially mediated by illegitimate tasks.Practical implicationsThe authors recommend three major fields of action for practice. These fields comprise (1) the leadership situation, (2) the leader and (3) the follower.Originality/valueThe presented model is the first that connects the relationship between ethical leadership and burnout with illegitimate tasks and looks at ethical leadership from a stress-as-offense-to-self (SOS) perspective. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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