{"id":14525,"date":"2013-07-06T10:03:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T14:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/?p=14525"},"modified":"2013-07-15T02:41:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T06:41:06","slug":"study-suggests-transformational-leadership-has-positive-effects-on-employee-well-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2013\/07\/study-suggests-transformational-leadership-has-positive-effects-on-employee-well-being\/","title":{"rendered":"Study suggests transformational leadership has positive effects on employee well-being"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <i>Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine <\/i>press release via ScienceDaily:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9537\" alt=\"manager\/boss\" src=\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/manager_boss.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>A transformational leadership style\u2014valued for stimulating innovation and worker performance\u2014is also associated with increased well-being among employees<\/strong>, reports a study in the July <i>Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine<\/i>, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A transformational leadership style, which <strong>conveys a sense of trust and meaningfulness and individually challenges and develops employees<\/strong>, could lead to greater employee well-being,&#8221; according to the new research by Christine Jacobs of University of Cologne and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>Workers at six German information and communication technology companies were surveyed regarding their employer&#8217;s leadership style. <strong>A transformational leadership score was based on qualities such as leading by example, making employees feel they are contributing to a common goal, providing intellectual stimulation, and giving positive feedback for good performance<\/strong>. Employees also completed a standard test of psychological well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the results, &#8220;Employees perceiving a higher degree of transformational leadership are more likely to experience well-being,&#8221; the researchers write. The effect of transformational leadership remained significant after accounting for other factors linked to well-being, such as age, education, and job strain.<\/p>\n<p>The findings <strong>add to studies from other industries suggesting that a transformational style can favorably affect employee well-being<\/strong>. That&#8217;s especially important because company leadership and managers can readily learn communication skills used in transformational leadership, such as recognizing the needs of others and resolving conflicts. &#8220;Such training programs can be seen as another essential component of workplace health promotion and prevention efforts and therefore should receive wide support,&#8221; Jacobs and coauthors conclude.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine press release via ScienceDaily: A transformational leadership style\u2014valued for stimulating innovation and worker performance\u2014is also associated with increased well-being among employees, reports&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2013\/07\/study-suggests-transformational-leadership-has-positive-effects-on-employee-well-being\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[13,144,59,58,143,12,102],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14525"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14525"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14775,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14525\/revisions\/14775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}