Stressors beget stressors: The effect of passive leadership on employee health through workload and work-family conflict

被引:41
作者
Che, Xin Xuan [1 ]
Zhou, Zhiqing E. [1 ]
Kessler, Stacey R. [2 ]
Spector, Paul E. [3 ]
机构
[1] Florida Inst Technol, Sch Psychol, Melbourne, FL 32901 USA
[2] Montclair State Univ, Sch Business, Dept Management, Montclair, NJ USA
[3] Univ S Florida, Dept Psychol, Tampa, FL USA
关键词
Passive leadership; workload; work-family conflict; employee health; burnout; physical symptoms; LAISSEZ-FAIRE LEADERSHIP; DESTRUCTIVE LEADERSHIP; CONSERVATION; RESOURCES; BEHAVIORS; TIME; METAANALYSIS; VALIDATION; RECOVERY; BURNOUT;
D O I
10.1080/02678373.2017.1317881
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
The current study examined passive leadership as a potential antecedent of two commonly studied workplace stressors (i.e. workload and work-family conflict), and investigated its negative effect on employee burnout and physical symptoms via these stressors. We collected two waves of data from 274 focal participants, and one wave of data from their co-workers. Results showed that both self-reported and co-worker-reported passive leadership was positively related to employee burnout and physical symptoms, as well as workload and work-family conflict. Additionally, workload and work-family conflict partially mediated the effects of passive leadership on burnout and physical symptoms, respectively. Our findings support the notion that passive leadership can create a stressful workplace and have a detrimental effect on employees' health.
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页码:338 / 354
页数:17
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