Happy Followers of Positive Leaders. The Effect of Positive Leadership on wWell-Being of Followers

• Autorzy: Przemysław Zbierowski
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to propose the framework of effects of various aspects of positive leadership on components of long-term well-being, specifically psychological well-being, sometimes referred to as eudaimonic well-being or optimal functioning.Methodology/approach: The paper is conceptual in nature. I use the established frameworks considered as related to positive leadership and propose the effect of each of their dimensions on components of followers' psychological well-being.Findings: There are complex relationships between aspects of positive leadership: transformational leadership, authentic leadership, servant leadership and fundamental state of leadership and compo-nents of followers' psychological well-being (self-acceptance, autonomy, positive relationships with others, environmental mastery, purpose in life, personal growth). In essence, I propose that positive leadership behaviors have significant potential of enhancing long-term well-being of followers.Implications/limitations either for further research, for practice, or for society: The paper opens the ground for the empirical investigation of the effect of positive leadership behaviors on well-being of followers. This investigation in turn could some practical impact for leaders on how to support psychological well-being of the followers. It is critical that leaders recognize strong and weak components of well-being of their followers and support them. This, in turn, will have positive effect on employee's performance according to happy-productive principle.Originality/value of the paper: The paper contributes to the literature in leadership and well-being in a couple of ways. It contributes to the growing literature of positive leadership by considering previously ignored effect of long-term well-being of followers, it contributes more generally to the literature of leadership by showing the possible advantage of positive style of leadership, and adds to the discussion on well-being by suggesting how it might contribute from certain behaviors of the leader.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Leadership; Social behaviour; Dependency analysis; Well-being

PL

Przywództwo; Zachowania społeczne; Analiza zależności; Dobrostan

• Czasopismo: Journal of Positive Management
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: 10
• Numer: nr 4
• Strony: 51--61

Twórcy

autor

Przemysław Zbierowski

• University of Economics in Katowice, Poland

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DOI

10.12775/JPM.2019.016