Crossover effects of Leader’s resilience: a multilevel mediation approach
Journal of Managerial Psychology
ISSN: 0268-3946
Article publication date: 20 May 2020
Issue publication date: 25 August 2020
Abstract
Purpose
This research tested the crossover effects of a leader’s resilience on followers’ outcomes via followers’ resilience.
Design/methodology/approach
Survey data from 87 leaders with 309 followers, collected in two waves in China, were used to test the multilevel mediation hypotheses.
Findings
The results indicated that (1) resilience could transfer from the leader to followers, and (2) leader’s resilience could further contribute to alleviating followers’ job burnout, and prompt citizenship behaviors by enhancing followers’ resilience.
Originality/value
This study adopted a top-down perspective to test the crossover effects of resilience, thus expanding the resilience literature illustrating its distinct influential mechanism through a vertically interpersonal perspective.
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Acknowledgements
The authors will thank the Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Program of China (Grant No. 2018BGL012). The authors are also grateful to associate editor, Robyn Brouer, and anonymous reviewers whose supportive and insightful suggestions helped to improve this work.Funding: This research was funded by grants from Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Program of China (Grant No. 2018BGL012).Disclosure statement: No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Citation
Fan, W., Luo, Y., Cai, Y. and Meng, H. (2020), "Crossover effects of Leader’s resilience: a multilevel mediation approach", Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 35 No. 5, pp. 375-389. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-02-2019-0109
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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