Connecting the dots: linking empowering leadership, employee work passion, and flourishing-at-work
Industrial and Commercial Training
ISSN: 0019-7858
Article publication date: 15 August 2023
Issue publication date: 13 November 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to examine the relationship between empowering leadership and the holistic well-being construct, i.e. flourishing-at-work.
Design/methodology/approach
On the basis of an extensive review of literature and using conservation of resource (COR) theory and self-determination theory (SDT), this study proposes a conceptual framework with employee work passion (EWP) as a link connecting empowering leadership and flourishing-at-work.
Findings
Empowering leadership has the ability to enhance EWP and thereby increase the overall well-being of employees (flourishing). Moreover, the study demonstrates that EWP serves as a potential mechanism connecting empowering leadership and flourishing-at-work.
Research limitations/implications
Being a conceptual paper, the proposed framework lacks empirical validation.
Practical implications
Organizations should focus on leaders with empowering behaviours and strive towards increasing EWP.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to propose the role of EWP as a possible conceptual link between empowering leadership and employee flourishing-at-work. This paper emphasizes the importance of flourishing-at-work in the current climate of rising mental tensions among employees, which leads to adverse organizational outcomes.
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Citation
Peethambaran, M. and Naim, M.F. (2023), "Connecting the dots: linking empowering leadership, employee work passion, and flourishing-at-work", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 55 No. 4, pp. 544-557. https://doi.org/10.1108/ICT-10-2022-0079
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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