Navas-Jiménez María C, Laguía Ana, Recio Patricia, García-Guiu Carlos, Pastor Alberto, Edú-Valsania Sergio, Molero Fernando, Mikulincer Mario, Moriano Juan A
Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain.
Department of Methodology of Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2024 Dec 24;15:1401574. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1401574. eCollection 2024.
This study examines the relationships between secure base leadership, organizational identification, and resilience among military cadets, utilizing the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model as a theoretical framework. Specifically, it explores the mediating role of work engagement in these associations within the context of military training.
A cross-sectional study was conducted with 363 cadets from the General Military Academy of the Army in Zaragoza, Spain. The sample comprised second-year cadets ( = 170; 46.8%) and third-year cadets ( = 193; 53.2%), with a gender distribution of 84% male and 16% female. Participants evaluated their section chief captains using the Leader as Security Provider Scale and completed validated questionnaires measuring work engagement, organizational identification, and resilience. Data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to test the hypothesized relationships and mediation effects.
The findings revealed that secure base leadership is positively associated with work engagement among cadets. Work engagement significantly mediated the relationships between secure base leadership and both organizational identification and resilience. The structural model explained a substantial proportion of variance in the outcome variables, supporting the applicability of the JD-R model in this context.
These results underscore the importance of secure base leadership in promoting work engagement, which in turn enhances organizational identification and resilience among military cadets. The study highlights the role of leaders as secure bases in fostering personal and organizational well-being. Implications suggest that incorporating secure base leadership principles in military training programs could contribute to the professional development and overall well-being of military personnel.
本研究以工作需求-资源（JD-R）模型为理论框架，探讨军校学员中安全型领导、组织认同与心理韧性之间的关系。具体而言，它在军事训练背景下，探究工作投入在这些关联中的中介作用。
对西班牙萨拉戈萨陆军总军事学院的363名学员进行了横断面研究。样本包括二年级学员（n = 170；46.8%）和三年级学员（n = 193；53.2%），性别分布为男性84%，女性16%。参与者使用“领导者作为安全提供者量表”对他们的区队长进行评估，并完成了测量工作投入、组织认同和心理韧性的有效问卷。使用偏最小二乘结构方程模型（PLS-SEM）分析数据，以检验假设的关系和中介效应。
研究结果表明，安全型领导与学员的工作投入呈正相关。工作投入显著中介了安全型领导与组织认同和心理韧性之间的关系。结构模型解释了结果变量中很大一部分变异，支持了JD-R模型在此背景下的适用性。
这些结果强调了安全型领导在促进工作投入方面的重要性，而工作投入反过来又增强了军校学员的组织认同和心理韧性。该研究突出了领导者作为安全基地在促进个人和组织福祉方面的作用。研究结果表明，将安全型领导原则纳入军事训练计划可能有助于军事人员的职业发展和整体福祉。
