The healthy management: the moderator role of transformational leadership on health workers

Abstract

Psychosocial risks arising from work, like workload, have a negative impact on the quality of work life, especially in terms of the deterioration in working conditions and negative consequences for employees’ health. The style of leadership exercised is key in coping with perceived psychosocial risks. The purpose of this study was to analyse the influence of transformational leadership and workload on psychosomatic disorders, and the moderating role of transformational leadership in the relationship between workload and psychosomatic disorders. The sample consisted of 408 Spanish employees working with people with intellectual disabilities. Workload and Psychosomatic disorders were measured by the UNIPSICO subscales, Transformational leadership was measured by a subscale adapted from the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (Bass & Avolio, 1989). Carrying out moderation analysis in PROCESS 3.4 results showed that both Workload and Transformational leadership had a significant influence on Psychosomatic disorders. In addition, Transformational leadership moderated the relationship between Workload and Psychosomatic disorders. Transformational leadership buffers the impact of workload on employees’ health and therefore in the need to carry out training programs for managers in organizations in order to exercise a healthy management. Los riesgos psicosociales derivados del trabajo, como la sobrecarga laboral, tienen un impacto negativo en la calidad de vida laboral, especialmente en el deterioro de las condiciones laborales y en la salud de los empleados. El estilo de liderazgo ejercido es clave en el afrontamiento de los riesgos psicosociales percibidos. El propósito de este estudio fue analizar la influencia del liderazgo transformacional y la sobrecarga laboral sobre los problemas psicosomáticos, y el papel moderador del liderazgo transformacional en la relación entre sobrecarga laboral y problemas psicosomáticos. La muestra consistió en 408 empleados españoles que trabajan con personas con discapacidad intelectual. Sobrecarga laboral y Problemas psicosomáticos se midieron con las subescalas UNIPSICO y Liderazgo transformacional se midió con una subescala adaptada del Cuestionario Multifactorial de Liderazgo (Bass & Avolio, 1989). El análisis de moderación mediante PROCESS 3.4 mostró que tanto Sobrecarga laboral como Liderazgo transformacional tuvieron una influencia significativa sobre Problemas psicosomáticos. Además, Liderazgo transformacional moderó la relación entre Sobrecarga laboral y Problemas psicosomáticos. El liderazgo transformacional amortigua el impacto de la sobrecarga laboral en la salud de los empleados y, por lo tanto, se destaca la necesidad de implementar programas de capacitación para directivos en las organizaciones con el fin de ejercer una gestión saludable.

Psychosocial risks and their consequences on health and job satisfaction among Spanish police officers

“…The evaluation of the psychosocial factors (demands, resources, and their consequences) was carried out using the Spanish version of the UNIPSICO battery [15][16][17] . This questionnaire evaluates the psychosocial situation of a group of workers with the aim of recommending preventative and intervention measures to improve their quality of working life.…”

Managing job burnout from workplace telepressure: A three way interaction

“…This will stimulate employees with the perception that workplace telepressure is something that can be managed and will not be a pressure that causes them to experience burnout at work. Conversely, when leaders do not use a transformational leadership style, this can actually make employees feel like they are in an unfavourable work environment and make them feel the need to respond to work-related messages quickly (Grau-Alberola et al, 2022;Miao & Cao, 2019;Tafvelin et al, 2019). If this happens continuously, the impact will be in the form of employees who will feel increased burnout.…”

“…Organization now put more attention regarding their employees' welfare, and it includes their physical and mental health. The decline of this and other employee conditions, which are related to excessive workload, work pressure and work stress (Grau-Alberola et al, 2022;Johnson et al, 2018). Long working hours also lead to fatigue and a reduction in the quality of work of employees (Eurofound, 2019;Gu et al, 2019;Oros et al, 2020).…”

“…Regarding this, the leadership style adopted by superiors in the organisation can shape employees' perceptions of their condition (Gilbert et al, 2017;Mahmmud et al, 2020). Leaders with a transformational style tend to have foresight are able to respond to change effectively and develop the potential of all members in the organisation (Grau-Alberola et al, 2022). These abilities of transformational leaders enable them to face and overcome challenges in their jobs.…”

How Does Transformational Leadership Relieve Teacher Burnout: The Role of Self-Efficacy and Emotional Intelligence

“…On the one hand, transformational leaders stress the importance of innovation and personal development, improving their problem-solving skills of subordinates (Carless et al, 2000), which inspires their intrinsic motivation to cope with difficulties and stressful situations in their work and reduces the likelihood of burnout (Bass, 1985). For example, transformational leadership can buffer the negative impact of workload on employees' psychological health (Grau-Alberola et al, 2022). On the other hand, transformational leaders influence how subordinates perceive and interpret the potential stressors at work (Diebig et al, 2017).…”