De Carlo Alessandro, Dal Corso Laura, Carluccio Francesca, Colledani Daiana, Falco Alessandra
Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Front Psychol. 2020 Jul 24;11:1834. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01834. eCollection 2020.
Organizational research has highlighted the crucial role of supervisors in promoting employee well-being and performance. According to the motivational approach, supervisors positively influence employees' outcomes by enhancing their positive feelings. In this study, we examine how positive supervisor behaviors may improve employee performance through the serial mediation of workplace spirituality and work engagement. Data were collected from 330 Italian employees. Results showed that supervisor integrity and responsible behaviors have a positive effect on employee performance directly; moreover, positive supervisor behaviors influence performance indirectly, through both the partial mediation of work engagement and the serial mediation of workplace spirituality and work engagement. The present study highlighted that supervisors should behave responsively and honestly to trigger a virtuous motivational process in their employees, which leads to boost their performance. The practical implications of these findings are discussed.
组织研究强调了上司在促进员工福祉和绩效方面的关键作用。根据激励方法，上司通过增强员工的积极感受对员工的工作成果产生积极影响。在本研究中，我们考察了积极的上司行为如何通过工作场所灵性和工作投入的序列中介作用来提高员工绩效。数据收集自330名意大利员工。结果表明，上司的正直和负责行为直接对员工绩效产生积极影响；此外，积极的上司行为通过工作投入的部分中介作用以及工作场所灵性和工作投入的序列中介作用间接影响绩效。本研究强调，上司应该做出积极回应并诚实行事，以在员工中引发良性的激励过程，从而提高他们的绩效。讨论了这些发现的实际意义。
