The Effects of Authentic Leadership and Transformational Leadership on Social Loafing: Focusing on the Mediating Effects of Psychological Empowerment and Psychological Contract Breach

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-59
Author(s):  
Ye-Sung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Authentic Leadership ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Psychological Contract Breach ◽  
Social Loafing ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Contract Breach

Improving the turnover intention of tourist hotel employees

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 1914-1936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tso-Jen Chen ◽  
Chi-Min Wu
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Leadership Behaviors ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Psychological Contract Breach ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Contract Breach ◽  
Content Type

Purpose This study aims to explore the high turnover intention issue in Taiwan’s tourist hotel industry. Due to a lack of empirical research regarding front-line employees’ psychological contract breach perceptions in tourism literature, this study develops an integrated model to examine the causal relationship among transformational leadership behaviors, leader–member exchange (LMX), psychological contract breach and turnover intentions. Design/methodology/approach Data from the 226 frontline employees in Taiwan’s tourist hotel industry were employed to examine the proposed hypotheses by using a series of structural equation modeling analyses. Findings Statistic results revealed that transformational leadership behaviors influence LMX and LMX in turn influences psychological contract breach, which consequently leads to lower turnover intention. Practical implication The results of this study suggest that hospitality organizations should recruit individuals who have the potential to exhibit transformational leadership skills, along with designing leadership training programs for middle- and high-level managers. Originality/value This study provides hospitality organization leaders with the necessary information to formulate a beneficial relationship with their front-line employees, which, in turn, weakens their perception of psychological contract breaches and reduces their willingness to leave the organization.

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