The linkages between hierarchical culture and empowering leadership and their effects on employees’ work engagement: Work meaningfulness as a mediator.

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Chin Chin Lee ◽  
Mohd Awang Idris ◽  
Paul H. Delfabbro
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Empowering Leadership ◽  
Work Meaningfulness

Does emotional intelligence and empowering leadership affect psychological empowerment and work engagement?

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 971-991
Author(s):  
Saad M. Alotaibi ◽  
Muslim Amin ◽  
Jonathan Winterton
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Staff Nurses ◽  
Empowering Leadership ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe objective of this study is to investigate the role of emotional intelligence and empowering leadership in enhancing psychological empowerment and work engagement in private hospitals.Design/methodology/approachA total of 500 questionnaires were distributed to staff nurses at five private hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 100 questionnaires to each hospital, with an achieved response rate of 34.8%.FindingsThe results show statistically significant positive relationships between emotional intelligence, empowering leadership, psychological empowerment and work engagement. The relationship between emotional intelligence and work engagement and psychological empowerment and work engagement were not significant.Research limitations/implicationsThe study found that employees who have a high level of emotional intelligence and the positive stimulus of empowering leadership demonstrate enhanced psychological empowerment and work engagement.Practical implicationsA better understanding of the role of EI and EL in enhancing psychological empowerment and work engagement could help hospitals reduce turnover among nurses and improve their relationships with patients, as well as maintaining competitive advantage.Originality/valueThe study provides evidence to support the effect of EI on empowering leadership, psychological empowerment and work engagement in private hospitals.

Effect of employees’ work engagement and knowledge sharing as mediators of empowering leadership and innovative work behaviour

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khahan Na-Nan ◽  
Apiwat Arunyaphum
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Empowering Leadership ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Innovative Work Behaviour ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the influences of work engagement and knowledge sharing as mediators of empowering leadership and innovative work behaviour. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional design study was used, and questionnaires were submitted to 385 engineers to test the proposed relationships. AMOS 21 and PROCESS macro 3.1 were used for statistical analysis. Findings The results revealed that work engagement and knowledge sharing were partially mediated by empowering leadership and innovative work behaviour. Practical implications The results of the study can be used by leaders for promoting and supporting innovative work behaviour in the organisation. Moreover, employees should be supported and enhanced to learn continuously under the consultation of the leaders. Originality/value The findings contribute to the literature on empowering leadership and innovative work behaviour by highlighting that work engagement and knowledge sharing act as mediators to empower leadership and enhance innovative work behaviour.

scholarly journals Exploring the Nexus between Empowering Leadership and Work Engagement through Employee Resilience during Times of Covid 19

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-387
Author(s):  
Khawaja Khalid Mehmood ◽  
Shahbano Saeed
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Style ◽  
Private Schools ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Empowering Leadership ◽  
Work From Home

Purpose: Online learning system was adopted by private schools across Pakistan to lessen students’ learning losses during the pandemic. It entailed the reliance on work from home model for their   teaching staff. The success of these institutions must have been driven by a leadership style espoused by them which helped to keep their employees engaged. Thus, drawing on the job demand resource principle, conservation of resource principle, and broaden and build theory, this could be argued that empowering leadership may have engendered employee resilience which ultimately kept intact the work engagement of employees. Moreover, moderating impact of psychological empowerment has been studied to determine extent to which it might influence the employee resilience nurtured by empowering leadership.  Design/Methodology/Approach: Respondents for this study were faculty members of the private schools affiliated with the Multan board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Pakistan. Probability sampling was employed to select the schools and the faculty members of those schools were given questionnaires. The total responses obtained were 210. Structural equation modeling involving moderated mediation techniques was utilized to conduct analyses. Findings: The study concluded that employee resilience mediated the association among empowering leadership and work engagement. However, the moderating effect was not proved. Implications/Originality/Value: The study pays an original contribution to research by linking empowering leadership with employee resilience and work engagement for the faculty members during the time of Covid-19 Pandemic. It suggests schools’ management to focus upon and reinforce empowering leadership for better work engagement of teachers. This would probably help them to retain students and sustain their performance.

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