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Does coaching leadership facilitate employees' taking charge? A perspective of conservation of resources theory

Lei Ren (School of Digital Economics and Management, Wuxi University, Wuxi, China)
Yishuai Yin (School of Politics and Public Administration, Soochow University, Suzhou, China)
Xiaobin Zhang (School of Business Administration, Henan University of Economics and Law, Zhengzhou, China)
Di Zhu (College of Business, Quzhou University, Quzhou, China)

Journal of Managerial Psychology

ISSN: 0268-3946

Article publication date: 6 June 2024

Issue publication date: 21 August 2024

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between coaching leadership and employees' taking charge while incorporating the mediating role of work meaningfulness and the moderating role of challenge-hindrance stressor.

Design/methodology/approach

A total of 355 pairs of effective samples were collected through a two-stage supervisor-subordinate paired survey. Four hypotheses were tested using hierarchal regression analysis and bootstrapping method.

Findings

The findings show that coaching leadership is positively related to taking charge, and work meaningfulness positively mediates the coaching leadership-taking charge relationship; high challenge stressors and high hindrance stressors weaken the positive effect of coaching leadership on work meaningfulness respectively; challenge stressors and hindrance stressors further moderate the indirect relationship of coaching leadership and taking charge through work meaningfulness.

Originality/value

This study provides a new perspective for organizations to activate employees' taking charge, thereby enriching the antecedents of taking charge. By incorporating challenge-hindrance stressor framework, this study also provides answers to when coaching leadership will be less effective.

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Citation

Ren, L., Yin, Y., Zhang, X. and Zhu, D. (2024), "Does coaching leadership facilitate employees' taking charge? A perspective of conservation of resources theory", Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 39 No. 6, pp. 749-774. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-12-2022-0623

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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