Njaramba Faith, Olukuru John
Strathmore Business School, Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya.
PLoS One. 2025 Feb 6;20(2):e0318515. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0318515. eCollection 2025.
Building on the emerging research on organizational resilience in crisis, we tested a model of transformational and directive leadership styles and their association with organizational resilience in a crisis via employees' psychological capital. Three hundred and one small and medium sized enterprises in Kenya provided usable survey data. The hypotheses were tested using multilevel structural equation modelling (MSEM) technique. The results show that both transformational and directive leadership styles were significant and positive predictors of organizational resilience through the mediating role of employees' psychological capital. From a practical perspective, as SMEs struggle to be resilient during crises, leaders should adopt effective leadership styles such as transformational and directive and also consider their employees' psychological experience of a crisis.
基于关于危机中组织韧性的新兴研究，我们通过员工心理资本，测试了变革型领导风格和指令型领导风格的模型及其与危机中组织韧性的关联。肯尼亚的301家中小企业提供了可用的调查数据。使用多层结构方程建模（MSEM）技术对假设进行了检验。结果表明，变革型领导风格和指令型领导风格都是通过员工心理资本的中介作用，对组织韧性产生显著且积极的预测作用。从实践角度来看，由于中小企业在危机期间努力保持韧性，领导者应采用有效的领导风格，如变革型和指令型，同时也要考虑员工在危机中的心理体验。
