How Does Authentic Leadership Boost Work Engagement? Exploring the Mediating Role of Work Meaningfulness and Work–Family Enrichment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
[AL is] a pattern of leader behavior that draws upon and promotes both positive psychological capacities and a positive ethical climate, to foster greater self-awareness, an internalized moral perspective, balanced processing of information, and relational transparency on the part of leaders working with followers, [thereby] fostering positive self-development.
2. Literature Review
2.1. Authentic Leadership
2.2. Authentic Leadership and Work Engagement
2.3. Authentic Leadership, Meaningful Work, and Work Engagement
2.4. Authentic Leadership, Work–Family Enrichment, and Work Engagement
2.5. Authentic Leadership, Meaningful Work, Work–Family Enrichment, and Work Engagement
3. Method
3.1. Procedure and Sample
3.2. Measures
3.2.1. Criterion Variable: WE
3.2.2. Predictor Variable: AL
3.2.3. Mediator One: Meaningful Work
3.2.4. Mediator Two: WFE
3.2.5. Assessment of Common Method Variance (CMV) and Measures’ Convergent and Discriminant Validity
4. Results
5. Discussion
5.1. Main Findings
5.2. Theoretical Contributions and Implications for Management
5.3. Limitations and Future Research
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | CR | AVE |
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1. Age | 40.52 | 11.88 | – | ||||||||
2. Interaction with supervisor 1 | – | – | 0.04 2 | – | |||||||
3. Work engagement | 5.41 | 1.22 | 0.21 ** | −0.20 ** | (0.95) 3 | 0.23 4 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.03 | 0.86 | 0.84 |
4. Authentic leadership | 3.45 | 1.03 | 0.01 | −0.21 ** | 0.48 ** | (0.97) | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.01 | 0.97 | 0.65 |
5. Meaningful work | 5.43 | 1.34 | 0.05 | −0.14 * | 0.67 ** | 0.41 ** | (0.93) | 0.44 | 0.02 | 0.86 | 0.62 |
6. Work–family enrichment | 3.61 | 0.84 | 0.06 | −0.09 | 0.65 ** | 0.46 ** | 0.66 ** | (0.95) | 0.01 | 0.88 | 0.79 |
7. Solitary work preference | 3.74 | 0.90 | 0.08 | −0.11 | 0.18 ** | 0.10 | 0.15 ** | 0.08 | (0.84) |
Variables | Meaningful Work (MW) (Mediator 1) | Work–Family Enrichment (WFE) (Mediator 2) | Work Engagement (WE) (Criterion Variable) | |||
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Total Effects | B | SE | B | SE | B | SE |
Constant | – | – | – | – | 3.01 *** | 0.31 |
Authentic leadership (AL) | – | – | – | – | 0.55 *** | 0.06 |
Age | – | – | – | – | 0.02 ** | 0.01 |
Interaction with supervisor 1 | – | – | – | – | −0.16 * | 0.08 |
F (3, 288) = 40.13; p < 0.001 R2 = 0.29 2 | ||||||
Direct Effects | ||||||
Constant | 3.62 *** | 0.38 | 0.78 ** | 0.20 | 0.61 * | 0.26 |
Authentic leadership | 0.52 *** | 0.07 | 0.17 *** | 0.04 | 0.19 ** | 0.05 |
Meaningful work | – | – | 0.39 *** | 0.03 | 0.43 *** | 0.05 |
Work–family enrichment | – | – | – | – | 0.39 *** | 0.07 |
Age | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 ** | 0.00 |
Interaction with supervisor | −0.18 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.04 | −0.07 | 0.05 |
F (3, 288) = 23.62; p < 0.001 R2 = 0.20 | F (4, 287) = 89.63; p < 0.001 R2 = 0.56 | F (5, 286) = 112.78; p < 0.001 R2 = 0.66 | ||||
Indirect Effects | Effect | BootLLCI 3 | BootULCI 4 | |||
Total | 0.37 | 0.26 | 0.48 | |||
AL → MW → WE | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.32 | |||
AL → WFE → WE | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.12 | |||
AL → MW → WFE → WE | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.13 |
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Silva, V.H.; Duarte, A.P.; Oliveira, J.P. How Does Authentic Leadership Boost Work Engagement? Exploring the Mediating Role of Work Meaningfulness and Work–Family Enrichment. Adm. Sci. 2023, 13, 219. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci13100219
Silva VH, Duarte AP, Oliveira JP. How Does Authentic Leadership Boost Work Engagement? Exploring the Mediating Role of Work Meaningfulness and Work–Family Enrichment. Administrative Sciences. 2023; 13(10):219. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci13100219
Chicago/Turabian StyleSilva, Vítor Hugo, Ana Patrícia Duarte, and Joana Palmeira Oliveira. 2023. "How Does Authentic Leadership Boost Work Engagement? Exploring the Mediating Role of Work Meaningfulness and Work–Family Enrichment" Administrative Sciences 13, no. 10: 219. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci13100219
APA StyleSilva, V. H., Duarte, A. P., & Oliveira, J. P. (2023). How Does Authentic Leadership Boost Work Engagement? Exploring the Mediating Role of Work Meaningfulness and Work–Family Enrichment. Administrative Sciences, 13(10), 219. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci13100219