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  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,103 Views
20 Pages

School Leader Well-Being: Perceptions of Canada’s Outstanding Principals

  • Benjamin Kutsyuruba,
  • Nadia Arghash and
  • Maha Al Makhamreh

The decrease in well-being of school leaders has become an area of concern among scholars and practitioners around the world. Globally, increasing social, political, economic, educational, and professional demands faced by school administrators have...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,482 Views
25 Pages

27 August 2024

Amidst increasing global pressures on school leaders, particularly during crises when unforeseen situations necessitate prompt and decisive action from them, understanding the multifaceted dimensions of their well-being is essential for ensuring effe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,082 Views
18 Pages

A Cross-Sectional Study of the Perceived Stress, Well-Being and Their Relations with Work-Related Behaviours among Hong Kong School Leaders during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Sam S. S. Lau,
  • Eric N. Y. Shum,
  • Jackie O. T. Man,
  • Ethan T. H. Cheung,
  • Padmore Adusei Amoah,
  • Angela Y. M. Leung,
  • Orkan Okan and
  • Kevin Dadaczynski

The health and well-being of school leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic have been largely neglected compared to the health and well-being of students and teachers. This study assessed the magnitude of perceived stress and well-being and the associat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,050 Views
22 Pages

9 March 2020

Gender equality is one of the Sustainable Development Goals. Management is one of the jobs that more clearly needs a gender perspective. Women leaders have found a way around the labyrinth to get to the top, which might have developed their personal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,086 Views
31 Pages

16 July 2025

This study aimed to analyze the association of leadership with turnover intentions and whether this relationship is mediated by employee well-being. The sample consists of approximately 306 individuals working in organizations based in Portugal. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,186 Views
15 Pages

9 February 2023

This longitudinal research explores team cohesion as a potential mediator explaining the associations between agreeableness as a personality trait and well-being. Additionally, the study examines whether the leader offering support moderates the medi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,762 Views
23 Pages

Are psychologically healthy employees more proactive at work? Surprisingly, responses to this question are lacking as empirical research has overlooked the wellbeing–proactive performance relationship. Drawing insights from the conservation of resour...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,776 Views
20 Pages

30 April 2025

Toxic leadership has profound implications for employees’ psychological wellbeing, particularly in academia, as a supportive workplace is crucial for intellectual prosperity and growth. In various parts of the Middle East, toxic leadership has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
10,533 Views
16 Pages

Leadership plays an important role in employee well-being. In light of a growing research interest in leaders’ resources as determinants of healthy leadership, it is not yet clear how leaders’ behavior regarding their own health (self-car...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,469 Views
24 Pages

School Health Promotion at the Time of COVID-19: An Exploratory Investigation with School Leaders and Teachers

  • Francesca Brivio,
  • Laura Fagnani,
  • Simona Pezzoli,
  • Ilenia Fontana,
  • Luca Biffi,
  • Alessandro Domenico Mazzaferro,
  • Veronica Velasco and
  • Andrea Greco

The Coronavirus pandemic has impacted the entire school population’s emotions and the disruption of the organization of the school world. In this context it is important to reflect on the role of health promotion at school. The present study aimed at...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,621 Views
16 Pages

Culture, Work, and Subjective Well-Being: The Role of LMX and Resilience in Spanish and Chinese Cultures

  • Pilar González-Navarro,
  • Elena Talavera-Escribano,
  • Rosario Zurriaga-Lloréns and
  • Lucía I. Llinares-Insa

Globalization and interdependencies among nations require a better understanding of the influence of culture on organizational processes. In order to succeed in global business, leaders have to respond to practices that may be different in diverse cu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,093 Views
37 Pages

The Power of Peer Leaders: Exploring the Link between Peer Leadership Behaviors and Sustainable Work Outcomes

  • Charlotte M. Edelmann,
  • Filip Boen,
  • Jeroen Stouten,
  • Gert Vande Broek and
  • Katrien Fransen

19 December 2023

Most leadership studies primarily focus on formal leaders, often overlooking the influence of leaders within the team. While prior research has shown that peer leaders can have a beneficial impact on various team outcomes, it is yet unclear which pee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,626 Views
16 Pages

26 September 2023

Organizations are encouraged to integrate sustainability into their HRM practices to enhance their attractiveness as employers to prospective employees and to motivate employees to excel, which allows them to recognize the contribution they make to s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,327 Views
20 Pages

2 March 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a unique circumstance for the study of resilience, and clergy resilience has garnered increased research attention due to greater recognition that religious/spiritual leaders are at risk for elevated levels of anxie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,581 Views
15 Pages

Leaders’ Role in Shaping Followers’ Well-Being: Crossover in a Sample of Nurses

  • Andrea Caputo,
  • Paola Gatti,
  • Marco Clari,
  • Giacomo Garzaro,
  • Valerio Dimonte and
  • Claudio Giovanni Cortese

The link between well-being at work and leadership has received considerable attention. Leaders have the power to influence followers not only due to formal position, but also their positive behaviors could reinforce the followers’ positive wor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,971 Views
16 Pages

Previous research, that showed that corporate social responsibility (CSR) had positive effects on the corporate image and performance, has attracted much attention and resulted in an increasing number of follow-up studies. However, CSR-related activi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,299 Views
14 Pages

1 April 2023

Although Saudi Arabian women increasingly attain leadership positions in a national reform movement, few studies have examined their wellbeing during this time of cultural change. Contributing to filling this gap, we engaged ten Saudi women academic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,501 Views
19 Pages

6 August 2024

This exploratory study aims to identify the state of well-being of a select group of women leaders in a Mexican university by analyzing the relationship between their perception of happiness and their satisfaction with their life and work. Through th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,272 Views
16 Pages

6 December 2024

Social sustainability in organizations refers to fostering well-being, inclusion, and the development of supportive relationships that enhance individual well-being and collective resilience. This study explores the relationship between compassionate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
7,399 Views
19 Pages

This randomized controlled trial examined the impact of a psychoeducational group program on the mental well-being of unit-based nurse leaders, specifically nurse managers and assistant nurse managers. The program was developed around the themes of r...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,798 Views
19 Pages

Improving Well-Being and Fostering Health-Oriented Leadership among Leaders in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): A Systematic Review

  • Rebecca Erschens,
  • Sophia Helen Adam,
  • Carla Schröpel,
  • Mathias Diebig,
  • Monika A. Rieger,
  • Harald Gündel,
  • Stephan Zipfel and
  • Florian Junne

17 February 2024

Leaders of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are often confronted with specific burdens, which frequently result in increased levels of stress. Leadership behaviour, in turn, has a significant impact on employees’ health and performance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,085 Views
15 Pages

Total Worker Health: A Small Business Leader Perspective

  • Janalee Thompson,
  • Natalie V. Schwatka,
  • Liliana Tenney and
  • Lee S. Newman

Total Worker Health® (TWH) frameworks call for attention to organizational leadership in the implementation and effectiveness of TWH approaches. It is especially important to study this within in the small business environment where employees fac...

  • Essay
  • Open Access
1,573 Views
14 Pages

1 June 2025

This essay argues for the inclusion of mindfulness training in educational leadership preparation programs in the United States. Educational leaders have a determining influence on school effectiveness, and their success depends on the quality of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,200 Views
21 Pages

Background: In the post-epidemic era, online medical care is developing rapidly, and online doctor teams are attracting attention as a high-quality online medical service model that can provide more social support for patients. Methods: Using online...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,350 Views
18 Pages

17 November 2025

Authenticity at work has emerged as a critical factor in employee well-being research, with extensive evidence supporting its positive organizational implications. However, the existing literature primarily focuses on individual authenticity effects...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,115 Views
27 Pages

22 August 2025

The Special Issue on Health, Well-Being and Sustainability invites research that integrates behavioral, cultural, and systemic approaches to fostering sustainable lifestyles within work environments. This study focuses on the role of leadership in pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,575 Views
17 Pages

17 February 2023

The chaotic adaptation to hybrid work during the COVID-19 pandemic has meant that workers still do not know how professional dynamics function correctly in this new context. In this paper, we focus on new issues that have arisen in this era of hybrid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
9,232 Views
15 Pages

To Change or Not to Change: A Study of Workplace Change during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Shu Da,
  • Silje Fossum Fladmark,
  • Irina Wara,
  • Marit Christensen and
  • Siw Tone Innstrand

After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many employees were suddenly required to work more from home. Previous literature on working from home may not be applicable to this mandatory and overall change. In this study, we drew on the Job Demands&...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
7,682 Views
18 Pages

An Analysis of Perceived Organizational Support and Organizational Climate on the Supportive Leadership–Employee Wellbeing Linkage in the Lebanese Academic Sector

  • Fida Ragheb Hassanein,
  • Amira Daouk,
  • Najib Bou Zakhem,
  • Ranim Ahmad ElSayed,
  • Suha Tahan,
  • Hassan Houmani and
  • Hala Koleilat Al Dilby

Leaders are determinants of employee behavioral and work outcomes across industries. Notably, in the higher education sector where staff are required to perform various tasks while delivering knowledge to the younger generation, thus shaping the futu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
15,372 Views
18 Pages

Leaders play a significant role in organizations and their leadership behaviors can either enhance or undermine the well-being of their employees. This study aimed to meta-analyze the relationship between transformational leadership and well-being in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,352 Views
18 Pages

Being an Emotional Business Leader in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Importance of Emotions during a Crisis

  • Simona Margheritti,
  • Andrea Gragnano,
  • Raffaella Villa,
  • Michele Invernizzi,
  • Marco Ghetti and
  • Massimo Miglioretti

13 February 2023

The COVID-19 crisis has brought about massive and sudden changes in the way people work and has created new emotional strains on workers. For this reason, being an emotional business leader is necessary for an organization’s survival and employ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,584 Views
12 Pages

15 November 2022

This study sought to examine how operational demands hinder individual well-being in firefighters, and also the extent to which fire chiefs’ transformational leadership style acts as an operational resource to attenuate this relationship. A total of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,166 Views
17 Pages

9 April 2022

The ideology of white Christian nationalism has become increasingly visible in the United States. This ideology intersects with public debate over immigration, posing a threat both to immigrants’ well-being and to American ideals of democracy....

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,313 Views
18 Pages

Business Results and Well-Being: An Engaging Leadership Intervention Study

  • Lars van Tuin,
  • Wilmar B. Schaufeli,
  • Willem van Rhenen and
  • Rebecca M. Kuiper

The present quasi-experimental study tested the business impact of a leadership development program focusing on psychological well-being through the satisfaction of basic psychological needs. Based on the concept of engaging leadership and self-deter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
8,877 Views
16 Pages

20 December 2023

Researchers have increasingly concentrated on loneliness in the workplace as a crucial factor influencing the mental health of employees and the viability of telework. In contrast, the current understanding of the strategies mitigating workplace lone...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,432 Views
16 Pages

29 September 2023

This study examines the influence of leader humility on work–family facilitation (WFF) in the U.S. and Japan by exploring the mediating roles of the four dimensions of psychological empowerment (meaningful work, autonomy, competency, and impact...

  • Essay
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,699 Views
20 Pages

15 February 2024

The questions addressed in this essay are (1) how has the work environment of school leaders changed in the early years of the 21st century, (2) how have these changes affected the role of the school leader, (3) what is the association between an evi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
343 Views
18 Pages

7 January 2026

Background: This study examines how an organization’s climate for innovation influences employees’ affective workplace outcomes through the behavioral mechanism of the innovation process and the quality of Leader-Member Exchange relations...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,661 Views
19 Pages

Leadership for Student Participation in Data-Use Professional Learning Communities

  • Hilde Forfang,
  • Cindy Louise Poortman,
  • Mette Marit Jenssen and
  • Kim Schildkamp

29 April 2025

Student participation in educational decision making, for example, through data-informed decision making, can have a positive effect on student well-being, engagement, and performance. Teachers play a crucial role in student participation, and leader...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,370 Views
18 Pages

Contemporary workplaces are influenced by rapid changes, high levels of competition, increasing complexities and internationalisation processes. At the edge of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), insecurities and anxieties are high, and leaders a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
7,973 Views
17 Pages

Promoting the Sustainability of Organizations: Contribution of Transformational Leadership to Job Engagement

  • Guadalupe Vila-Vázquez,
  • Carmen Castro-Casal,
  • Dolores Álvarez-Pérez and
  • Luisa Del Río-Araújo

9 November 2018

The psychology of sustainability highlights the importance of building organizational environments promoting the employees’ well-being, and leaders play an important role in it. Drawing from Kahn’s theory, the purpose of this study is to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
12,750 Views
19 Pages

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges to the medical industry, including hybrid work, in which specialists can perform some of their duties remotely, in addition to physical contact with patients and their teams. Hybrid work provides oppor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,163 Views
28 Pages

7 January 2025

Equity of education outcomes for all children continues to be a shared goal amongst education leaders, post-pandemic. In England, issues of underachievement are of particular concern in socio-economically disadvantaged regions. Nevertheless, a minori...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,995 Views
18 Pages

AR Presentation of Team Members’ Performance and Inner Status to Their Leader: A Comparative Study

  • Thomas Rinnert,
  • James Walsh,
  • Cédric Fleury,
  • Gilles Coppin,
  • Thierry Duval and
  • Bruce H. Thomas

22 December 2023

Real-time and high-intensity teamwork management is complex, as team leaders must ensure good results while also considering the well-being of team members. Given that stress and other factors directly impact team members’ output volume and err...

  • Project Report
  • Open Access
570 Views
16 Pages

Youth Engagement in School Mental Health Teaming: Structure, Processes, and Outcomes of a Youth Leadership Academy to Promote Emotional Well-Being in Schools

  • Tiffany S. Beason,
  • Zahra Ladhani,
  • Perrin Robinson,
  • Kathryn M. Trainor,
  • Jenna E. Russo,
  • Jessica Bernstein and
  • Jill H. Bohnenkamp

17 November 2025

Background: It is essential that leaders in education and behavioral health partner with youth to build Comprehensive School Mental Health (CSMH) systems. One mechanism to elevate youth perspectives in CSMH system building is by engaging youth as mem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,972 Views
11 Pages

Study Circles as a Possible Arena to Support Self-Care—A Swedish Pilot Study

  • Birgitta Kerstis,
  • Jorgen Herlofson and
  • Lena Wiklund Gustin

Today, issues related to people’s mental health and well-being have been described as a challenge for society, globally as well as in Sweden. This calls for new approaches to mental health promotion. The aim was to evaluate the adequacy of its...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,890 Views
10 Pages

The Impact of an After-School Physical Activity Program on Children’s Physical Activity and Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation Study

  • Hilary A. T. Caldwell,
  • Matthew B. Miller,
  • Constance Tweedie,
  • Jeffery B. L. Zahavich,
  • Ella Cockett and
  • Laurene Rehman

Introduction: This study evaluated the impact of the Build Our Kids’ Success (BOKS) after-school program on children’s physical activity (PA) and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Program leaders, children, and their paren...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,207 Views
10 Pages

7 July 2022

This study examines the psychological wellbeing and mental health of nursing staff and determines workplace factors that affect them. Wellbeing and sustainable workload are important for the quality of work life. A cross-sectional study of employees...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
8,370 Views
11 Pages

What Is the Impact of Leaders with Emotional Intelligence on Proxy Performance Metrics in 21st Century Healthcare?—A Systematic Literature Review

  • Aisha Chaudry,
  • Parisah Maham Hussain,
  • Simran Halari,
  • Sohini Thakor,
  • Aran Sivapalan,
  • Abdul Ikar,
  • Terrell Okhiria and
  • Edgar Meyer

Emotional intelligence (EQ) in healthcare leadership has been a subject of debate regarding its significance in enhancing job performance and patient-centred care. This systematic review investigates the impact of EQ on organisational performance met...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
9,468 Views
14 Pages

9 December 2022

Servant leadership is a style that is considered to be ethical, positive, and desirable due to its compatibility with an array of situations. Moreover, work engagement is a key factor that can have positive short- and long-term outcomes for organizat...

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