Ali Mohammad, Ullah Muhammad Shariat
Department of Business Administration in Management Studies, Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Department of Organization Strategy & Leadership, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Heliyon. 2023 Jun 15;9(6):e17234. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17234. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Laissez-faire leadership is mainly perceived as zero leadership, and research on it is relatively scant compared with other dominant approaches to leadership. Although the adverse effects of laissez-faire leadership have been well examined, its influence on talent management (TM) has been undiscovered. This study assessed the impact of laissez-faire leadership on TM strategies, including talent attraction, retention, engagement, and development. Data were collected from 460 employees of pharmaceutical companies in Bangladesh using judgmental sampling. Structural equation modeling was employed to test the hypothesized relationships between laissez-faire leadership and TM strategies using social exchange theory. This study found positive effects of laissez-faire leadership on talent attraction, retention, development, and engagement. These findings suggest that if talented employees are given freedom, they tend to engage and secure more opportunities for self-directed development by solving problems independently. This study contributes to the understanding of how laissez-faire leadership may constructively affect TM in the context of a developing economy's pharmaceutical industry. Finally, this study provides recommendations for practitioners of pharmaceutical companies to improve their strategic choices regarding laissez-faire leadership to ensure better TM strategy practices.
自由放任式领导主要被视为零领导，与其他占主导地位的领导方式相比，对其的研究相对较少。尽管自由放任式领导的负面影响已得到充分研究，但其对人才管理（TM）的影响尚未被发现。本研究评估了自由放任式领导对人才管理策略的影响，包括人才吸引、保留、敬业度和发展。使用判断抽样法从孟加拉国制药公司的460名员工中收集数据。采用结构方程模型，运用社会交换理论来检验自由放任式领导与人才管理策略之间的假设关系。本研究发现自由放任式领导对人才吸引、保留、发展和敬业度有积极影响。这些发现表明，如果给予有才能的员工自由，他们往往会通过独立解决问题来更加投入并获得更多自我导向发展的机会。本研究有助于理解在发展中经济体的制药行业背景下，自由放任式领导如何对人才管理产生建设性影响。最后，本研究为制药公司的从业者提供建议，以改进他们在自由放任式领导方面的战略选择，确保更好地实施人才管理策略。
