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Security Providing Leadership: A Job Resource to Prevent Employees' Burnout.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 11 28; 18(23)IJ

Abstract

Leadership styles in work contexts play a role in employees' well-being, contributing to better health or, on the contrary, being a source of stress. In this study we propose that security providing leadership may be considered as a resource to prevent employees' job burnout. First, we examine the relationship between employees' perception of their leader's degree of security in providing leadership and the employees' degree of job-related burnout. Second, the underlying processes by which leaders as security providers exert their influence on burnout are analyzed with a focus on the mediating role of two variables: an organizational climate oriented to psychological safety and organizational dehumanization. A total of 655 Spanish employees (53.7% women) completed a paper-and-pencil self-report questionnaire. To recruit participants, we employed an exponential non-discriminative snowball sampling. Results, using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) to test hypotheses, show that security providing leadership was related negatively to burnout. Furthermore, psychological safety climate and organizational dehumanization mediated the relationship between security providing leadership and burnout. These findings support the attachment approach to leadership and open new avenues for creating better organizational environments. Security-providing leaders, by supporting employees and treating them in a personalized way, can enhance the psychological safety climate and prevent organizational dehumanization and consequent job burnout.

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Moriano JA
Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Molero F
Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Laguía A
Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Mikulincer M
Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya 46150, Israel.
Shaver PR
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.

MeSH

Burnout, ProfessionalBurnout, PsychologicalFemaleHumansLeadershipMaleOrganizationsWorkplace

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

34886276

Citation

Moriano, Juan A., et al. "Security Providing Leadership: a Job Resource to Prevent Employees' Burnout." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 23, 2021.
Moriano JA, Molero F, Laguía A, et al. Security Providing Leadership: A Job Resource to Prevent Employees' Burnout. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(23).
Moriano, J. A., Molero, F., Laguía, A., Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2021). Security Providing Leadership: A Job Resource to Prevent Employees' Burnout. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(23). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312551
Moriano JA, et al. Security Providing Leadership: a Job Resource to Prevent Employees' Burnout. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 11 28;18(23) PubMed PMID: 34886276.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Security Providing Leadership: A Job Resource to Prevent Employees' Burnout. AU - Moriano,Juan A, AU - Molero,Fernando, AU - Laguía,Ana, AU - Mikulincer,Mario, AU - Shaver,Phillip R, Y1 - 2021/11/28/ PY - 2021/10/01/received PY - 2021/11/24/revised PY - 2021/11/26/accepted PY - 2021/12/10/entrez PY - 2021/12/11/pubmed PY - 2021/12/17/medline KW - attachment theory KW - burnout KW - leadership KW - organizational climate KW - organizational dehumanization KW - security provider JF - International journal of environmental research and public health JO - Int J Environ Res Public Health VL - 18 IS - 23 N2 - Leadership styles in work contexts play a role in employees' well-being, contributing to better health or, on the contrary, being a source of stress. In this study we propose that security providing leadership may be considered as a resource to prevent employees' job burnout. First, we examine the relationship between employees' perception of their leader's degree of security in providing leadership and the employees' degree of job-related burnout. Second, the underlying processes by which leaders as security providers exert their influence on burnout are analyzed with a focus on the mediating role of two variables: an organizational climate oriented to psychological safety and organizational dehumanization. A total of 655 Spanish employees (53.7% women) completed a paper-and-pencil self-report questionnaire. To recruit participants, we employed an exponential non-discriminative snowball sampling. Results, using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) to test hypotheses, show that security providing leadership was related negatively to burnout. Furthermore, psychological safety climate and organizational dehumanization mediated the relationship between security providing leadership and burnout. These findings support the attachment approach to leadership and open new avenues for creating better organizational environments. Security-providing leaders, by supporting employees and treating them in a personalized way, can enhance the psychological safety climate and prevent organizational dehumanization and consequent job burnout. SN - 1660-4601 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/34886276/Security_Providing_Leadership:_A_Job_Resource_to_Prevent_Employees'_Burnout_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -