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Levovnik D, Aleksić D, Gerbec M. Examining the relationship between managers' commitment to safety, leadership style, and employees' perception of managers' commitment. JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH 2025; 92:230-244. [PMID: 39986845 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2024.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2024] [Accepted: 11/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2025]
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INTRODUCTION Managers' commitment to safety has been recognized as a focal concept that can play an important role as organizations strive to improve safety performance and prevent major accidents. When management is committed to safety, this shows employees that safety is an important value to the organization, which, in turn, affects employees' safety behavior. Although the number of studies that explore the concept of safety commitment has considerably increased in recent years, the main question that remains to be answered is how managers can most effectively demonstrate their commitment to safety to employees and through what mechanisms. In this paper, we examined the relationship between managers' commitment to safety and employees' perceptions of managers' commitment to safety, with a specific focus on the potential mediating effect of managers' leadership style. METHOD To explore the proposed relationship, we performed an explanatory quantitative study on a sample of 147 respondents from six safety-critical organizations in the EU. By employing a mediation model, we were able to gain a better understanding of the role that transformational leadership can play when managers demonstrate their safety commitment to employees. RESULTS The results showed a positive and significant relationship between managers' commitment to safety and employees' perceptions of managers' commitment to safety. Furthermore, we found a statistically significant difference between managers' and employees' perceptions. The mediation analysis also confirmed that leadership style mediates the relationship between managers' commitment to safety and employees' perceptions of managers' commitment. CONCLUSIONS This paper adds to the understanding of how managers can demonstrate their commitment to safety through their leadership and how managers' leadership style helps to shape employees' perceptions. PRACTICAL APPLICATION The findings highlight the relevance of managers' safety commitment and transformational leadership style for employees' perceptions of managers' safety commitment, which is a known antecedent of safety performance.
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- David Levovnik
- Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Jamova 39, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business, Kardeljeva ploščad 17, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Jamova 39, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Gagnon JF, Fernet C, Austin S, Drouin-Rousseau S. Healthcare Top Management's Transformational Leadership Behaviors and Nurses' Occupational and Organizational Turnover Intention: On the Role of Work Engagement and Autonomous Motivation. J Nurs Manag 2024; 2024:8883038. [PMID: 40224735 PMCID: PMC11918576 DOI: 10.1155/2024/8883038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2024] [Accepted: 10/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2025]
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Aims: This study examines the contribution of top management's transformational leadership behaviors on two targets of nurses' turnover intention (organization and occupation) by focusing on the indirect (through vigor and dedication) and conditional indirect associations (involving autonomous motivation as a moderator). Background: Although the issue of nurse turnover has received growing scientific attention, the research is currently silent about the specific targets of turnover intention and more importantly, the potential pathways through which top management's transformational leadership behaviors relate to each target. Method: Cross-sectional data from a sample of 426 French-Canadian nurses and structural equation modeling were used to test the proposed model. Results: Top management's transformational leadership behaviors distinctly predicted organizational and occupational turnover intention through specific nurses' states of engagement. While perceived transformational leadership positively predicted vigor, its indirect associations (via dedication) with organizational and occupational turnover intention depend on nurses' level of autonomous motivation at work. Conclusion: In times of nurse shortage, the present findings provide insights into how and when top management's transformational leadership behaviors relate to nurses' organizational and occupational turnover intention. Implications for Nursing Management: Healthcare organizations are advised to foster top management transformational leadership behaviors and autonomous motivation to sustain the nursing workforce.
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- Jean-François Gagnon
- Département de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, École de Gestion, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
- Département de Psychologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Département de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, École de Gestion, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
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- Département de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, École de Gestion, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
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Maqbool S, Zafeer HMI, Zeng P, Mohammad T, Khassawneh O, Wu L. The role of diverse leadership styles in teaching to sustain academic excellence at secondary level. Front Psychol 2023; 13:1096151. [PMID: 36698584 PMCID: PMC9869245 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1096151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Educational leadership is a multifaceted area of study. Unquestionably, leadership is the most deliberate field within the social sciences. Still, administrators have evaded the notions of leadership concept like a haunting tune. This study has focused particularly on the significance of varied leadership styles in teaching to sustain academic excellence at the secondary school level. The quantitative research method was used. Data was collected through the scale of diverse leadership styles (strategic, cultural, instructional leaderships and sustaining academic excellence) from 103 secondary schools in Punjab, Pakistan. The sample consisted of 540 teachers who were enacting as teachers presently. Based on research objectives and questions, two hypotheses were formed and tested using mean analysis to determine the average ranking of leadership styles. Pearson correlation to know the statistically significant relationship between each leadership styles, and overall scales with sustaining academic excellence. The results revealed that most teachers give preference strategic Leadership, then instructional leadership, and finally cultural leadership in their teaching to sustain academic excellence. Moreover, the findings also indicated that a statistically strong positive relationship among diverse leadership styles in teaching and sustaining academic excellence with the value (r = 0.752). Based on the findings, it has been concluded that when teachers increase their effort in the use of strategic, instructional, and cultural leadership styles, academic excellence may also sustain and improve.
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- Samra Maqbool
- College of Teacher Education, College of Education and Human Development, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
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- College of Teacher Education, College of Education and Human Development, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China,Pingfei Zeng,
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- College of Business Administration, American University in the Emirates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- College of Teacher Education, College of Education and Human Development, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
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Khaw TY, Teoh AP, Abdul Khalid SN, Letchmunan S. The impact of digital leadership on sustainable performance: a systematic literature review. JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT 2022. [DOI: 10.1108/jmd-03-2022-0070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PurposeIn today's constantly changing workplace, leaders encounter new challenges consequent to rising digitization. Tackling these problems effectively requires digital leadership, a prominent idea in discussions about what abilities the managers need to be developed in the digital age. The study analyses the leadership elements needed and determines the impact of digital leadership on sustainable performance. The aim of this systematic literature review (SLR) is to identify the relationship between digital leadership concepts and leadership development by proposing digital leadership for management development to ensure sustainable performance in an organisation.Design/methodology/approachROSES (RepOrting Standards for Systematics Evidence Syntheses) was used as the publication standard for this systematic literature review, which incorporated a variety of research approaches. For this study's article selection, one of the most important scientific databases, Scopus, was used. Only articles published between 2001 and 2021 were reviewed. The focus of the article was on digital leadership and performance.FindingsThis review identified five main themes: leadership styles, measurements of leadership, antecedents to good leadership, outcomes of good leadership and gaps in current research areas. An additional ten sub-themes were derived from the five primary topics.Originality/valueThis paper systematically reviewed two decades of literature related to digital leadership and its impact on sustainable performance. The findings allow leaders to better understand the leadership trend and develop appropriate leadership practices to overcome future challenges for sustainable performance.
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Kim HD, Cruz AB. Transformational Leadership and Psychological Well-Being of Service-Oriented Staff: Hybrid Data Synthesis Technique. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19138189. [PMID: 35805846 PMCID: PMC9266046 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19138189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Leaders play a significant role in organizations and their leadership behaviors can either enhance or undermine the well-being of their employees. This study aimed to meta-analyze the relationship between transformational leadership and well-being in the service industry, and how employees’ gender and service sector moderated the strength of this relationship. This study used a convergent mixed-method approach. PubMed, MEDLINE, Google Scholar, AMED, and Scopus electronic databases were utilized to search for relevant studies. Textual data were analyzed using a text data-mining technique (Leximancer) to determine the relevant themes and concepts. Statistical data were examined through a comprehensive meta-analysis to determine their effect sizes. The qualitative results outline the major themes that emerged: leadership, well-being, and health. The quantitative findings revealed that the perceived well-being of male employees and those working outside of the health-care service sector was positively higher when employees’ leaders showed transformational leadership. In general, the findings from the qualitative and quantitative data converge. The findings confirm the positive relationship between transformational leadership and employee well-being. This study also highlights the applicability of a convergent mixed-method approach as a useful methodological strategy when analyzing both lexical and statistical data.
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- Hyun-Duck Kim
- Department of Sport Marketing, Keimyung University, Daegu 42601, Korea;
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- Department of Physical Education, Keimyung University, Daegu 42601, Korea
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Randler C. Leaders Inspiring the Next Generation of Citizen Scientists – An Analysis of the Predictors of Leadership in Birding. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.727719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Citizen Science (CS) is a megatrend of the 21st century given its importance for nature conservation. CS projects dealing with birds often require knowledge and abilities to identify species. This knowledge is not easy to acquire and people often learn from leaders during field trips and lectures about birds. This emphasizes the need for leaders in ornithology. Although data of CS projects are increasing, less is known about people providing guidance and taking over leadership roles. In this study, leadership roles (leading field trips, giving lectures/presentations) are analyzed by studying demographic variables, birding specialization, and the social dimension of the involvement concept of serious leisure. Participants were recruited via many channels to cover a broad range of birdwatchers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland who participated in the online survey. A total of 1,518 participants were men, 1,390 were women (mean age 47.7). Mean years of birding were on average 24.5. 845 persons lead at least one field trip, and 671 gave on lecture (in combination 991). Mean number of field trips led during the last 5 years was 13.43, mean number of presentations was 8.21. Persons that gave presentations also led field trips (Phi = 0.593, p < 0.001). However, there are still people that preferred leading field trips over lecturing and vice versa. Men more than women took over leadership roles. A binary logistic regression showed an influence of age, gender, and university degree. Social relatedness was related to being a leader, also birding skill/competence as well as self-report behavior of birding were significant predictors for leadership roles. Years of birdwatching and both commitment scales were not significant. The data indicate that more diversity in leadership roles might be beneficial with more women and younger persons.
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Por Pan T, Trakulmututa J, Youravong N. Self-perception of leadership style of dentists: heads of dental departments in community hospitals, Southern Thailand. Int Dent J 2020; 70:193-200. [PMID: 32017067 DOI: 10.1111/idj.12544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Leadership is crucial in all professions and organisations, including the oral health profession. OBJECTIVES The aims of this analytical cross-sectional study were to evaluate the self-reported leadership behaviours and the factors influencing leadership behaviours among dentists who were heads of dental departments in community hospitals, southern Thailand. MATERIALS AND METHODS The self-administered questionnaire was composed of four parts: personal data; a 45-item Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire version 5× short (MLQ 5× short); a 34-item organisational climate perception; and a 52-item emotional intelligence screening test. RESULTS Of 134 dentists, 133 returned the questionnaire, providing a 99.3% response rate. The scores on the transactional component had a mean score of 2.98 (SD = 0.46). The transformational scores ranged with a mean of 2.90 (SD = 0.49). The scores of the passive leadership component had the lowest results, with a mean of 1.21 (SD = 0.57). Afterwards, the highest score for each head of the dental department was examined and compared across the three components. Approximately 60% of the dentists fell on the transactional, 34.6% on the transformational and 2.3% on the passive-avoidant scale. Multiple linear regression showed that the factors influencing the leadership of the dentists included emotional intelligence, the professional position of the dentists and the perception of the organisational climate. CONCLUSIONS The majority of heads of dental departments had transactional leadership style followed by transformational leadership style, and passive-avoidance was the least common. Emotional intelligence, the professional position and the perception of the organisational climate significantly increased the transformational leadership score.
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- Temsiri Por Pan
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
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- Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.,Common Oral Diseases and Epidemiology Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
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Pestana JV, Codina N. Being Conscious of One's Own Heroism: An Empirical Approach to Analyzing the Leadership Potential of Future CEOs. Front Psychol 2019; 9:2787. [PMID: 30705661 PMCID: PMC6344402 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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From the disciplinary field of the science of heroism, there is a need to deepen the processes that this science comprises, and at the same time, to test methods of inquiry to account for the variety of processes associated with this science. Linked to this sensitivity, the objective of this contribution is to jointly analyze, in a sample of future CEOs, what they imagine about heroism, their psychological types, and their values orientation. The sample consisted of 45 students (21 men and 24 women) between 22 and 47 years old (M = 26.69, SD = 4.47), who were part of a master’s program oriented toward training future CEOs to be leaders. The analytical instruments were the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a story that each participant developed about him/herself as the main hero or heroine, and a questionnaire on personal values. In the psychological types observed, the functions of thinking and sensing predominated, with intuition and feeling residing at a lower level of consciousness. With regard to the stories, the majority of the sample offered tales in which the hero/heroine was confronted with a mystery to solve (or mission to fulfill), faced difficulties, and, finally, achieved harmony between the personal and the collective. Regarding the values, significant associations are observed between the gender, the characteristics of the psychological types, and the content of the story about their own hero / heroine. In sum, the research carried out offers an empirical approach to the study of the subjective elements of heroism, combining quantitative and qualitative aspects in an educational setting, and broadening the perspectives on the science of heroism.
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- Jose V Pestana
- Department of Social Psychology and Quantitative Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Euncet Business School, Terrassa, Spain
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- Department of Social Psychology and Quantitative Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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