How Psychological Capital and Sense of CoherenceEnhance Servant Leadership and Buffer Leader Stress:Preliminary Insights from an Empirical Study
Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This article investigates the role of psychological capital and sense of coherence as antecedents of servant leadership, as well as their effects on the relationship between servant leadership and perceived stress of leaders.Results from our cross-sectional study found psychological capital to be positively related to servant leadership.Sense of coherence was identified as a moderator of the relationship between self-perceived servant leadership behavior and stress.While this relationship was positive for leaders with a low sense of coherence, servant leadership behavior was inversely related to leader stress at high levels of sense of coherence.These empirical findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the psychological processes that precede servant leadership behavior and result from it.Ways to strengthen servant leadership among leaders and the importance of individual resources for stress management are discussed as practical implications.
Authors: Julian Pfrombeck, Armin Pircher Verdorfer
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2807092836