Ethical Leadership, Work Meaningfulness, and Work Engagement in the Public Sector
| Autor: | Eman Aly Abed El-Motalib, Ahmed Mostafa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Public Administration business.industry Work engagement 05 social sciences Public sector Public relations 0506 political science Ethical leadership Substitutes for Leadership Theory Work (electrical) 0502 economics and business 050602 political science & public administration Sociology business 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Review of Public Personnel Administration. 40:112-131 |
| ISSN: | 1552-759X 0734-371X |
| Popis: | This study responds to recent calls for research on how and why ethical leadership is related to employee outcomes. Drawing on self-concept–based theory and substitutes-for-leadership theory, the study examines both the mediating and moderating role of work meaningfulness on the relationship between ethical leadership and work engagement. Using a sample of Egyptian public hospital nurses, the results of structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed that work meaningfulness partially mediated the relationship between ethical leadership and engagement. Furthermore, the results showed the positive relationship between ethical leadership and work engagement was stronger for employees who experienced lower rather than higher levels of meaningfulness. Thus, public sector organizations need to put emphasis on nurturing ethical leadership and stimulating employees’ sense of work meaningfulness. However, they need to be aware that, sometimes, they may not be able to get “double the benefits” when they invest in developing both. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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