Leadership, followers' mental health and job performance in organizations: A comprehensive meta‐analysis from an occupational health perspective
University of Göttingen · Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health · +1 more institution
Abstract
Summary The present meta‐analysis investigates the associations between leadership, followers' mental health, and job performance by taking into account different groups of leadership constructs including transformational leadership, relations‐oriented leadership, task‐oriented leadership, destructive leadership, and leader–member exchange. Six categories of mental health‐related outcomes are considered representing both negative and positive mental health states of followers, namely, affective symptoms, burnout, stress, well‐being, psychological functioning, and health complaints. Meta‐analytic models are used to estimate the association between these categories of leadership and mental health. Our results…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 42.21
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 112
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4Topics & keywords
- Transformational leadership
- Psychology
- Mental health
- Mediation
- Applied psychology
- Social psychology
- Leadership style
- Transactional leadership
- Decent work and economic growth