Stressors beget stressors: the effect of passive leadership on employee health through workload and work-family conflict.

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• Personal Author:
  Che XX ; Kessler SR ; Spector PE ; Zhou ZE ; Che XX ; Kessler SR ; Spector PE ; Zhou ZE
• Description:
  The current study examined passive leadership as a potential antecedent of two commonly studied workplace stressors (i.e. workload and work-family conflict), and investigated its negative effect on employee burnout and physical symptoms via these stressors. We collected two waves of data from 274 focal participants, and one wave of data from their co-workers. Results showed that both self-reported and co-worker-reported passive leadership was positively related to employee burnout and physical symptoms, as well as workload and work-family conflict. Additionally, workload and work-family conflict partially mediated the effects of passive leadership on burnout and physical symptoms, respectively. Our findings support the notion that passive leadership can create a stressful workplace and have a detrimental effect on employees' health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Men Occupational Health Safety Women Workload Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Passive Leadership; Workload; Work-family Conflict; Employee Health; Burnout; Physical Symptoms Stress; Workers; Work Environment; Work Capacity; Work-life Balance; Employees; Emotional Stress; Physical Stress; Physiological Effects; Humans; Men; Women;
• ISSN:
  0267-8373
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  338-354
• Volume:
  31
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064833
• Citation:
  Work Stress 2017 Oct; 31(4):338-354
• Contact Point Address:
  Xin Xuan Che, School of Psychology, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
• Email:
  xche@fit.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Work and Stress
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c2ca81e6f5289e3c45031c6c53d5de96a549bf6310b34182483192e67a4f7645d2dd01d48697a5df216f1a653cfbf85409118f33f1cef8105d48fa6b673e392e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249250/cdc_249250_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.56 MB ]