Leadership behavior and employee well-being: An integrated review and a future research agenda

Inceoglu, Ilke, Thomas, Geoff, Chu, Chris Wai Lung, Plans, David and Gerbasi, Alexandra (2018) Leadership behavior and employee well-being: An integrated review and a future research agenda The Leadership Quarterly, 29 (1). pp. 179-202.

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Abstract

Leadership behavior has a significant impact on employee behavior, performance and well-being. Extant theory and research on leadership behavior, however, has predominantly focused on employee performance, treating employee well-being (typically measured as job satisfaction) as a secondary outcome variable related to performance, rather than as an important outcome in and of itself. This qualitative state of the science review examines the process by which leadership behavior (i.e., change, relational, task, passive) affects employee well-being. We identify five mediator groupings (social-cognitive, motivational, affective, relational, identification), extend the criterion space for conceptualizing employee well-being (i.e., psychological: hedonic, eudaimonic, negative; and physical), examine the limited evidence for differential processes that underlie the leader behavior-employee well-being relationship and discuss theoretical and methodological problems inherent to the literature. We conclude by proposing a theoretical framework to guide a future research agenda on how, why and when leadership behavior impacts employee well-being.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions :	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Surrey Business School
Authors :	Name Email ORCID Inceoglu, Ilke i.inceoglu@surrey.ac.uk Thomas, Geoff geoff.thomas@surrey.ac.uk Chu, Chris Wai Lung c.chu@surrey.ac.uk Plans, David d.plans@surrey.ac.uk Gerbasi, Alexandra a.gerbasi@surrey.ac.uk
Date :	27 February 2018
Funders :	EPSRC
DOI :	10.1016/j.leaqua.2017.12.006
Copyright Disclaimer :	© 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Depositing User :	Melanie Hughes
Date Deposited :	20 Dec 2017 13:42
Last Modified :	27 Feb 2019 02:08
URI:	http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/845489

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