Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Seewartenstr. 10, 20459 Hamburg, Germany.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Sep 7;17(18):6519. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186519.
Virtual teamwork as a new way of working is becoming increasingly prevalent in a growingly globalized and digitalized working environment. Due to the associated raise in health-related stress factors at the workplace and the central role of leaders in workplace health promotion, the aim of this study is to obtain initial findings on the use of health-oriented self- and employee leadership in virtual teams from the perspective of virtual leaders. Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with 13 virtual leaders by using the problem-centered interview method. The collected data were deductively and inductively evaluated and interpreted using the qualitative content analysis according to Mayring. The results show that virtual leaders ascribed great value of health and showed great awareness in health-oriented self- and employee leadership. Physical activity and boundary management were particularly mentioned as health-oriented self-leadership behaviors. The majority of leaders described communication, building trust, support in boundary management and implementation of personal meetings as health-oriented employee leadership behaviors. In addition to social, technical, and personal factors, primarily organizational factors were mentioned as factors of influence in this context. For a more comprehensive understanding of health-oriented leadership, the inclusion of virtual team members in further research studies is necessary.
虚拟团队作为一种新的工作方式，在日益全球化和数字化的工作环境中越来越流行。由于与工作相关的健康相关压力因素的增加以及领导者在工作场所健康促进中的核心作用，本研究旨在从虚拟领导者的角度获得关于在虚拟团队中使用面向健康的自我和员工领导力的初步发现。采用问题中心访谈法，对 13 名虚拟领导者进行了半结构化电话访谈。根据 Mayring 的方法，使用定性内容分析对收集到的数据进行演绎和归纳评估和解释。结果表明，虚拟领导者非常重视健康，并在健康导向的自我和员工领导力方面表现出很高的意识。体育活动和边界管理特别被认为是健康导向的自我领导行为。大多数领导者将沟通、建立信任、支持边界管理和实施个人会议描述为健康导向的员工领导力行为。除了社会、技术和个人因素外，主要的组织因素也被提及为这方面的影响因素。为了更全面地了解健康导向的领导力，有必要让虚拟团队成员参与进一步的研究。
