Positive Supervisor Behaviors and Employee Performance: The Serial Mediation of Workplace Spirituality and Work Engagement
Organizational research has highlighted the crucial role of supervisors in promoting employee well-being and performance. According to the motivational approach, supervisors positively influence employees’ outcomes by enhancing their positive feelings. In this study, we examine how positive supervis...
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| author | Alessandro De Carlo Laura Dal Corso Francesca Carluccio Daiana Colledani Alessandra Falco |
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| description | Organizational research has highlighted the crucial role of supervisors in promoting employee well-being and performance. According to the motivational approach, supervisors positively influence employees’ outcomes by enhancing their positive feelings. In this study, we examine how positive supervisor behaviors may improve employee performance through the serial mediation of workplace spirituality and work engagement. Data were collected from 330 Italian employees. Results showed that supervisor integrity and responsible behaviors have a positive effect on employee performance directly; moreover, positive supervisor behaviors influence performance indirectly, through both the partial mediation of work engagement and the serial mediation of workplace spirituality and work engagement. The present study highlighted that supervisors should behave responsively and honestly to trigger a virtuous motivational process in their employees, which leads to boost their performance. The practical implications of these findings are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4a62f3bf4894feb9806814df4a36bcb2022-12-21T18:38:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-07-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.01834569847Positive Supervisor Behaviors and Employee Performance: The Serial Mediation of Workplace Spirituality and Work EngagementAlessandro De Carlo0Laura Dal Corso1Francesca Carluccio2Daiana Colledani3Alessandra Falco4Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, ItalyDepartment of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, ItalyDepartment of Human Science (Communication, Training, Psychology), LUMSA University, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, ItalyDepartment of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, ItalyOrganizational research has highlighted the crucial role of supervisors in promoting employee well-being and performance. According to the motivational approach, supervisors positively influence employees’ outcomes by enhancing their positive feelings. In this study, we examine how positive supervisor behaviors may improve employee performance through the serial mediation of workplace spirituality and work engagement. Data were collected from 330 Italian employees. Results showed that supervisor integrity and responsible behaviors have a positive effect on employee performance directly; moreover, positive supervisor behaviors influence performance indirectly, through both the partial mediation of work engagement and the serial mediation of workplace spirituality and work engagement. The present study highlighted that supervisors should behave responsively and honestly to trigger a virtuous motivational process in their employees, which leads to boost their performance. The practical implications of these findings are discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01834/fullpositive supervisor behaviorsworkplace spiritualitywork engagementemployee performancepositive organizations |
| spellingShingle | Alessandro De Carlo Laura Dal Corso Francesca Carluccio Daiana Colledani Alessandra Falco Positive Supervisor Behaviors and Employee Performance: The Serial Mediation of Workplace Spirituality and Work Engagement Frontiers in Psychology positive supervisor behaviors workplace spirituality work engagement employee performance positive organizations |
| title | Positive Supervisor Behaviors and Employee Performance: The Serial Mediation of Workplace Spirituality and Work Engagement |
| title_full | Positive Supervisor Behaviors and Employee Performance: The Serial Mediation of Workplace Spirituality and Work Engagement |
| title_fullStr | Positive Supervisor Behaviors and Employee Performance: The Serial Mediation of Workplace Spirituality and Work Engagement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Positive Supervisor Behaviors and Employee Performance: The Serial Mediation of Workplace Spirituality and Work Engagement |
| title_short | Positive Supervisor Behaviors and Employee Performance: The Serial Mediation of Workplace Spirituality and Work Engagement |
| title_sort | positive supervisor behaviors and employee performance the serial mediation of workplace spirituality and work engagement |
| topic | positive supervisor behaviors workplace spirituality work engagement employee performance positive organizations |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01834/full |
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