Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310007, China.
Global Entrepreneurship Research Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310007, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 1;19(9):5492. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095492.
To achieve sustainable development goals, it is necessary to establish a positive organization so that employees can pay attention to their strengths and talents and engage in more proactive behaviors, such as taking charge behavior. Taking charge behavior involves the voluntary and constructive effort of employees to make organizationally functional change, which may consume more scarce resources of employees. Previous studies have shown that support from leaders can promote employees' taking charge behavior, but most of them are from the perspective of social exchange. By drawing on the conservation of resources theory, we develop a theoretical model in which authentic leadership can provide employees with more positive resources and guide them into gain spiral of resources. We conducted two-wave questionnaire surveys to collect data from 199 employees and their supervisors at 16 companies in China. The results showed that authentic leadership was positively associated with employee taking charge via the mediation role of psychological capital. Furthermore, the direct and indirect relationship between authentic leadership and employee taking charge was demonstrated to be stronger when employees have a higher stage of occupational calling. This study provides a new explanation for the mechanism of authentic leadership and clarifies the boundary conditions of authentic leadership effectiveness.
为了实现可持续发展目标，有必要建立一个积极的组织，以便员工能够关注自己的优势和才能，并从事更多积极主动的行为，例如采取主动行为。主动行为涉及员工自愿和建设性地努力进行组织功能性变革，这可能会消耗员工更多稀缺的资源。以往的研究表明，领导的支持可以促进员工采取主动行为，但大多数研究都是从社会交换的角度出发的。本研究借鉴资源保存理论，构建了一个理论模型，其中真实领导可以为员工提供更多积极的资源，并引导他们进入资源的增益螺旋。我们通过在中国的 16 家公司进行了两轮问卷调查，共收集了 199 名员工及其主管的数据。结果表明，真实领导通过心理资本的中介作用与员工的主动行为呈正相关。此外，当员工的职业使命感处于较高阶段时，真实领导与员工主动行为之间的直接和间接关系更为强烈。本研究为真实领导的作用机制提供了新的解释，并阐明了真实领导有效性的边界条件。
