articleJournal of Organizational BehaviorJul 21, 2016Closed access

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

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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…

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Keywords
  • Transformational leadership
  • Psychology
  • Mental health
  • Mediation
  • Applied psychology
  • Social psychology
  • Leadership style
  • Transactional leadership
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Decent work and economic growth
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