Authentic and laissez-faire leadership as drivers of employees well-being: the moderating role of resilience and self-efficacy

PurposePublic police professionals must deal with complex and disruptive social, political and organizational environments. This fact highlights the key role that leadership can play in effectively managing their work, while also ensuring their well-being. The aim of this research is to analyze the...

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Published inBaltic journal of management Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 417 - 434
Main Authors M Ángeles López-Cabarcos, López-Carballeira, Analía, Ferro-Soto, Carlos
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bradford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 24.09.2024
Subjects
Adaptation
Authenticity
Decision making
Effectiveness
Employees
Fatigue
Leadership
Multiple regression analysis
Police
Professional ethics
Psychological resources
Public interest
Regression analysis
Resilience
Self-efficacy
Well being
Work
Work environment
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Summary:PurposePublic police professionals must deal with complex and disruptive social, political and organizational environments. This fact highlights the key role that leadership can play in effectively managing their work, while also ensuring their well-being. The aim of this research is to analyze the influence of laissez-faire versus authentic leadership on the work engagement of police professionals, considering the mediating role of emotional exhaustion and the moderating role of resilience and self-efficacy.Design/methodology/approachStructural equation modeling and hierarchical multiple regression analysis were used in a sample of 184 public police professionals.FindingsThe results show that emotional exhaustion partially mediates the relationship between authentic leadership and work engagement, and fully mediates the relationship between laissez-faire leadership and work engagement. Moreover, resilience moderates the relationships between authentic leadership, emotional exhaustion and work engagement; and self-efficacy moderates the relationships between laissez-faire leadership and emotional exhaustion and between laissez-faire leadership and work engagement.Originality/valueThis study highlights that constructive leadership is an important driver of positive experiences at work; it is necessary to change from passive to constructive leadership; and it is important for the combination of psychological resources and positive leadership to improve police professionals’ well-being.
ISSN:1746-5265
1746-5273
DOI:10.1108/BJM-04-2024-0186