Transformational Leadership and Depressive Symptoms in Germany: Validation of a Short Transformational Leadership Scale
Objectives: The objective of the present study was to validate a shortened transformational leadership (TL) scale (12 items) comprising core TL behaviour and to test the associations of this shortened TL scale with depressive symptoms. Methods: The study used cross-sectional data from 1632 employees...
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| description | Objectives: The objective of the present study was to validate a shortened transformational leadership (TL) scale (12 items) comprising core TL behaviour and to test the associations of this shortened TL scale with depressive symptoms. Methods: The study used cross-sectional data from 1632 employees of the overall workforce of a middle-sized German company (51.6% men; mean age, 41.35 years; standard deviation, 9.4 years). TL was assessed with the German version of the Transformational Leadership Inventory and depressive symptoms with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The structural validity of the core TL scale was assessed with confirmatory factor analysis. Associations with depressive symptoms were estimated with structural equation modelling and adjusted logistic regression. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling showed better model fit for the core TL than for the full TL score. Logistic regression revealed 3.61-fold (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.20 to 5.93: women) to 4.46-fold (95% CI, 2.86 to 6.95: men) increased odds of reporting depressive symptoms (HADS score >8) for those in the lowest tertile of reported core TL. Conclusions: The shortened core TL seems to be a valid instrument for research and training purposes in the context of TL and depressive symptoms in employees. Of particular note, men reporting poor TL were more likely to report depressive symptoms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b957d10d757a41dda48ca00d368c11872022-12-22T00:41:21ZengKorean Society for Preventive MedicineJournal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health1975-83752233-45212019-05-0152316116910.3961/jpmph.19.0022027Transformational Leadership and Depressive Symptoms in Germany: Validation of a Short Transformational Leadership ScaleMax Leonhard Seegel0Raphael M. Herr1Michael Schneider2Burkhard Schmidt3Joachim E. Fischer4 Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany Department for Business, Work and Organizational Psychology, Applied University Fresenius, Heidelberg, Germany Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, GermanyObjectives: The objective of the present study was to validate a shortened transformational leadership (TL) scale (12 items) comprising core TL behaviour and to test the associations of this shortened TL scale with depressive symptoms. Methods: The study used cross-sectional data from 1632 employees of the overall workforce of a middle-sized German company (51.6% men; mean age, 41.35 years; standard deviation, 9.4 years). TL was assessed with the German version of the Transformational Leadership Inventory and depressive symptoms with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The structural validity of the core TL scale was assessed with confirmatory factor analysis. Associations with depressive symptoms were estimated with structural equation modelling and adjusted logistic regression. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling showed better model fit for the core TL than for the full TL score. Logistic regression revealed 3.61-fold (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.20 to 5.93: women) to 4.46-fold (95% CI, 2.86 to 6.95: men) increased odds of reporting depressive symptoms (HADS score >8) for those in the lowest tertile of reported core TL. Conclusions: The shortened core TL seems to be a valid instrument for research and training purposes in the context of TL and depressive symptoms in employees. Of particular note, men reporting poor TL were more likely to report depressive symptoms.http://www.jpmph.org/upload/pdf/jpmph-52-3-161.pdfDepressionLeadershipOccupational healthGermany |
| spellingShingle | Max Leonhard Seegel Raphael M. Herr Michael Schneider Burkhard Schmidt Joachim E. Fischer Transformational Leadership and Depressive Symptoms in Germany: Validation of a Short Transformational Leadership Scale Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health Depression Leadership Occupational health Germany |
| title | Transformational Leadership and Depressive Symptoms in Germany: Validation of a Short Transformational Leadership Scale |
| title_full | Transformational Leadership and Depressive Symptoms in Germany: Validation of a Short Transformational Leadership Scale |
| title_fullStr | Transformational Leadership and Depressive Symptoms in Germany: Validation of a Short Transformational Leadership Scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transformational Leadership and Depressive Symptoms in Germany: Validation of a Short Transformational Leadership Scale |
| title_short | Transformational Leadership and Depressive Symptoms in Germany: Validation of a Short Transformational Leadership Scale |
| title_sort | transformational leadership and depressive symptoms in germany validation of a short transformational leadership scale |
| topic | Depression Leadership Occupational health Germany |
| url | http://www.jpmph.org/upload/pdf/jpmph-52-3-161.pdf |
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