TY - JOUR

T1 - How transformational leadership transforms followers’ affect and work engagement

AU - Bader, Benjamin

AU - Gielnik, Michael M.

AU - Bledow, Ronald

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - How do episodes of transformational leadership transform followers? To address this question, we build on theories of affective events and affect regulation and develop a research model that explicates a mechanism of the transformation process implicit in transformational leadership theory. Specifically, the model explains how experiencing episodes of transformational leadership transforms (i.e., changes) followers’ positive affect and eventually their work engagement by fulfilling followers’ basic psychological needs. We tested our model in two independent longitudinal samples using daily and weekly measurement designs with 214 (N = 75) and 147 (N = 54) lagged observations, respectively. In support of our model, experiencing episodes of transformational leadership was associated with basic need fulfilment and led to a change in positive affect, which predicted changes in work engagement. Our findings suggest that a focus on affective dynamics can advance theories of leadership.

AB - How do episodes of transformational leadership transform followers? To address this question, we build on theories of affective events and affect regulation and develop a research model that explicates a mechanism of the transformation process implicit in transformational leadership theory. Specifically, the model explains how experiencing episodes of transformational leadership transforms (i.e., changes) followers’ positive affect and eventually their work engagement by fulfilling followers’ basic psychological needs. We tested our model in two independent longitudinal samples using daily and weekly measurement designs with 214 (N = 75) and 147 (N = 54) lagged observations, respectively. In support of our model, experiencing episodes of transformational leadership was associated with basic need fulfilment and led to a change in positive affect, which predicted changes in work engagement. Our findings suggest that a focus on affective dynamics can advance theories of leadership.

KW - affective shift

KW - emotion regulation

KW - Leadership

KW - self-determination theory

KW - work engagement

KW - Entrepreneurship

KW - Management studies

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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/57063abd-fe45-340b-bb24-c666cfd77f3e/

U2 - 10.1080/1359432X.2022.2161368

DO - 10.1080/1359432X.2022.2161368

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85145083014

VL - 32

SP - 360

EP - 372

JO - The European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

JF - The European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

SN - 1359-432X

IS - 3

ER -