The Impact of Emotional Leadership on Subordinates' Job Performance: Mediation of Positive Emotions and Moderation of Susceptibility to Positive Emotions.
Front Psychol. 2022; 13:917287.FP

Abstract

Employees' emotions have an important effect on their job performance, thus leaders can influence subordinates' emotions through emotional contagion and emotional appeal and ultimately affect their job performance. Based on the affective events theory, this study examines the impact of emotional leadership on the subordinates' job performance, the mediating role of subordinates' positive emotions, and the moderating role of susceptibility to positive emotion. Hierarchical regression analysis of 362 valid questionnaires showed that: (1) emotional leadership has a significant positive effect on subordinates' job performance; (2) subordinates' positive emotion partially mediated the relationship between emotional leadership and subordinates' job performance; (3) subordinates' susceptibility to positive emotion positively moderated the relationship between emotional leadership and positive emotions, i.e., the higher the subordinates' susceptibility to positive emotion, the greater the effect of emotional leadership on their positive emotions. This study validates affective events theory, deepens the understanding of the influence mechanism and boundary conditions of emotional leadership on subordinates' job performance, and provides some references for employee performance management.

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Wan J

School of Economics and Management, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, China. Research Centre for High-Speed Railway and Regional Development, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, China.

Pan KT

School of Economics and Management, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, China.

Peng Y

School of Computer and Information Engineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China.

Meng LQ

School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

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eng

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35814125

Citation

Wan, Jin, et al. "The Impact of Emotional Leadership On Subordinates' Job Performance: Mediation of Positive Emotions and Moderation of Susceptibility to Positive Emotions." Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 13, 2022, p. 917287.

Wan J, Pan KT, Peng Y, et al. The Impact of Emotional Leadership on Subordinates' Job Performance: Mediation of Positive Emotions and Moderation of Susceptibility to Positive Emotions. Front Psychol. 2022;13:917287.

Wan, J., Pan, K. T., Peng, Y., & Meng, L. Q. (2022). The Impact of Emotional Leadership on Subordinates' Job Performance: Mediation of Positive Emotions and Moderation of Susceptibility to Positive Emotions. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 917287. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.917287

Wan J, et al. The Impact of Emotional Leadership On Subordinates' Job Performance: Mediation of Positive Emotions and Moderation of Susceptibility to Positive Emotions. Front Psychol. 2022;13:917287. PubMed PMID: 35814125.

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