Transformational leadership and work engagement: Exploring the mediating role of structural empowerment
| Autor: | José Andrés Faíña, Ariadna Monje Amor, José Pablo Abeal Vázquez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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business.industry
Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject Work engagement 05 social sciences Public relations Structural empowerment Empirical research Transformational leadership Service (economics) 0502 economics and business Positive relationship 050211 marketing business Psychology Practical implications 050203 business & management Tourism media_common |
| Zdroj: | European Management Journal. 38:169-178 |
| ISSN: | 0263-2373 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.emj.2019.06.007 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating role of structural empowerment in the positive relationship between transformational leadership and work engagement. Based on self-reported questionnaires from 240 employees working in the tourism sector in Galicia (northwest of Spain), the findings reveal that the linkage between transformational leadership and work engagement is partially mediated by structural empowerment. These results imply that transformational leaders foster work engagement by enabling access to information, opportunities, support and adequate resources. This empirical study is one of the first to examine the role of structural empowerment as a mediator between transformational leadership and work engagement and may serve as a reference for promoting work engagement in service organizations. A number of contributions and practical implications are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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