Follower strengths-based leadership and follower innovative behavior: the roles of core self-evaluations and psychological well-being / El liderazgo basado en las fortalezas de los subordinados y su comportamiento innovador: el papel de las autoevaluaciones y del bienestar psicológico

This study investigated the relationship between followers' strengths-based leadership (FSBL) and innovative behavior and the mediating role of psychological well-being (PWB) and the moderating role of core self-evaluations (CSE) in the relationship. In order to test our hypotheses data from Chinese enterprises were used. Results of multiple linear regression and bootstrapping analyses showed that FSBL is positively related to follower innovative behavior and PWB significantly mediates the FSBL-innovative behavior relationship. In addition, CSE negatively moderates the direct effect of FSBL on PWB and the indirect effect of FSBL on innovative behavior via PWB such that the direct effect of FSBL on PWB and the indirect effect of FSBL on innovative behavior via PWB will be stronger for followers with a low level of CSE rather than for followers with a high level of CSE. Theoretical implications, practical implications and future research were also discussed

Este estudio analiza la relación entre el liderazgo sustentado en las fortalezas de los subordinados (FSBL), su comportamiento innovador y el papel mediador del bienestar psicológico (PWB), así como el papel que juegan en dicha relación las autoevaluaciones principales (CSE). Para poner a prueba nuestras hipótesis se dispuso de datos emparejados de empresas chinas. Los resultados de la regresión linear múltiple y de los análisis bootstrapping mostraron que el FSBL se relaciona positivamente con el comportamiento innovador de los subordinados y el bienestar psicológico mediatiza de modo significativo la relación entre el FSBL y el comportamiento innovador. Por otra parte, las evaluaciones principales moderan negativamente el efecto directo del FSBL en el bienestar psicológico y el efecto indirecto del FSBL en el comportamiento innovador a través del bienestar psicológico, de modo que dichos efectos directo e indirecto del FSBL serán mayores en los subordinados con un bajo nivel en las autoevaluaciones principales que en los subordinados que tienen un nivel elevado en las mismas. Se comentan las implicaciones teóricas y prácticas y la investigación futura

Humble Leadership Affects Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Sequential Mediating Effect of Strengths Use and Job Crafting.

The purpose of the current study is to investigate the impact of humble leadership on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and the sequential mediation effect of strengths use and job crafting on the relationship. Data were collected at two points in time, spaced by a 2-week interval, with a sample of 260 employees working in a hospital in Beijing, China. Structural equation modeling was applied to test our predictions. The results indicated that humble leadership is positively related to OCB; the relationship between humble leadership and OCB was mediated not only by job crafting but also by strengths use and job crafting (sequential mediation). However, the indirect effect of humble leadership on OCB through the mechanism of strengths use was not statistically significant. This study advances the theory and research on the leadership-OCB relationship.