My meaning is my engagement: exploring the mediating role of meaning between servant leadership and work engagement
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
ISSN: 0143-7739
Article publication date: 2 June 2021
Issue publication date: 13 July 2021
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of the study is to ascertain the mediating role of meaning between servant leadership and work engagement. The study also explores the relationship between servant leadership and work engagement.
Design/methodology/approach
The data were collected from 704 service sector employees working in Pakistan through survey design. The data analysis was done through structural equation modeling using PLS-Smart and hierarchical regression using SPSS.
Findings
The results revealed that servant leadership was related to meaning and work engagement. Moreover, meaning was found to be related to work engagement. Finally, meaning was found to mediate the relationship between servant leadership and work engagement.
Originality/value
The research has ascertained the previously unexplored mediating role of meaning between servant leadership and work engagement.
Keywords
Citation
Khan, M.M., Mubarik, M.S., Ahmed, S.S., Islam, T., Khan, E., Rehman, A. and Sohail, F. (2021), "My meaning is my engagement: exploring the mediating role of meaning between servant leadership and work engagement", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 42 No. 6, pp. 926-941. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-08-2020-0320
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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