How servant leadership predicts employee resilience in public organizations: a social identity perspective

How servant leadership predicts employee resilience in public organizations : a social identity perspective

Through the lens of social identity theory, this work aims to investigate the impact of servant leadership on employee resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic and to explore their underlying mechanisms through two types of social identity: organizational identification and professional identity. To test our hypotheses, an online survey was conducted via a large number of 703 employees working in public organizations in southwest China. Results yielded from the structural equation modeling analysis via AMOS (24.0) indicated that the effect of servant leadership on employee resilience was fully mediated by organizational identification and professional identity, respectively. Besides, the association between servant leadership and employee resilience was sequentially mediated from organizational identification to professional identity, and from professional identity to organizational identification. This study provides the first evidence of the predictive effect of servant leadership on employee resilience through organizational identification and professional identity, highlighting the significance of social identity for building and maintaining employees' resilience in coping with challenges posed by COVID-19.

Liang, YanSouthwest Jiaotong Univ, China (författare)
Yuan, GuopingSouthwest Jiaotong Univ, China (författare)
Xie, MeiSapienza Univ Roma, Italy (författare)
Mao, YanhuiSouthwest Jiaotong Univ, China;Zhejiang Univ, China (författare)
Harmat, László,1972-Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för psykologi (PSY)(Swepub:lnu)lahaab (författare)
Bonaiuto, FlaviaUniv Mercatorum, Italy (författare)
Southwest Jiaotong Univ, ChinaSapienza Univ Roma, Italy (creator_code:org_t)

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