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Teachers’ authoritarian leadership and students’ well-being: the role of emotional exhaustion and narcissism

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Teachers' leadership styles have a significant impact on students' academic performance, physical health and mental health. Authoritarian leadership, as a typical leadership style, is prevalent in the teacher community. The purpose of this study was to examine the mechanisms by which authoritarian leadership impacts students' well-being. We also examined the mediating role of emotional exhaustion and the moderating role of narcissism. METHODS: This study is based on conservation of resources theory. We selected a sample of 369 students from a university in Sichuan province, collected data through two time points, and tested the data using SPSS 24.0 and AMOS 22.0. RESULTS: It was found that teachers' authoritarian leadership negatively impacted students' well-being and that emotional exhaustion mediated the relationship between authoritarian leadership and well-being. Narcissism not only moderated the effect of authoritarian leadership on emotional exhaustion, but also moderated the mediation role of emotional exhaustion. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings enriched the research on authoritarian leadership and narcissism, and also had important practical implications for future teacher teaching in higher education.

Source: BMC Psychology

DOI: 10.1186/s40359-024-02110-z

Authors: Song Peng, Yu Huang

Institution: Sichuan University

Language: English

Topic: Stress and Burnout Research

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,790