Leadership and PsyCap : influence of servant-leadership on followers’ PsyCap.
Psychological Capital (PsyCap) is a positive resource which comprises of self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resiliency. PsyCap has been a popular concept as it is able to generate positive individual and organizational outcomes. Given that leaders play a crucial role in influencing their followers,...
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| author | Chua, Hwee Chin. |
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| description | Psychological Capital (PsyCap) is a positive resource which comprises of self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resiliency. PsyCap has been a popular concept as it is able to generate positive individual and organizational outcomes. Given that leaders play a crucial role in influencing
their followers, it led us to explore how behaviours of leaders, specifically behaviours of servant-leaders, affect followers’ PsyCap. A total of 77 participants engaged in a 10-minute brainstorming task facilitated by a confederate leader. Participants were tested in groups of 3
to 5 and randomly assigned to the conditions: servant-leadership or laissez-faire leadership.
The confederate leader displayed either servant-leadership behaviours or laissez-faire leadership behaviours during the brainstorming session. Following the interaction with the confederate leader, participants filled out the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) to measure their individual PsyCap scores. One-tailed independent-samples t-test revealed that
there was significant difference in PsyCap scores between the conditions (p = .034). As
hypothesized, participants under the servant-leadership condition had higher PsyCap than
participants under the laissez-faire leadership condition. This is the first empirical study to explore the relationship between servant-leadership and followers’ PsyCap. Limitations of the study, implications of the results, and suggestions for future research are discussed. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/464942019-12-10T11:14:05Z Leadership and PsyCap : influence of servant-leadership on followers’ PsyCap. Chua, Hwee Chin. School of Humanities and Social Sciences Olwen Bedford DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology Psychological Capital (PsyCap) is a positive resource which comprises of self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resiliency. PsyCap has been a popular concept as it is able to generate positive individual and organizational outcomes. Given that leaders play a crucial role in influencing their followers, it led us to explore how behaviours of leaders, specifically behaviours of servant-leaders, affect followers’ PsyCap. A total of 77 participants engaged in a 10-minute brainstorming task facilitated by a confederate leader. Participants were tested in groups of 3 to 5 and randomly assigned to the conditions: servant-leadership or laissez-faire leadership. The confederate leader displayed either servant-leadership behaviours or laissez-faire leadership behaviours during the brainstorming session. Following the interaction with the confederate leader, participants filled out the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) to measure their individual PsyCap scores. One-tailed independent-samples t-test revealed that there was significant difference in PsyCap scores between the conditions (p = .034). As hypothesized, participants under the servant-leadership condition had higher PsyCap than participants under the laissez-faire leadership condition. This is the first empirical study to explore the relationship between servant-leadership and followers’ PsyCap. Limitations of the study, implications of the results, and suggestions for future research are discussed. Bachelor of Arts 2011-12-13T02:18:10Z 2011-12-13T02:18:10Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/46494 en Nanyang Technological University 46 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology Chua, Hwee Chin. Leadership and PsyCap : influence of servant-leadership on followers’ PsyCap. |
| title | Leadership and PsyCap : influence of servant-leadership on followers’ PsyCap. |
| title_full | Leadership and PsyCap : influence of servant-leadership on followers’ PsyCap. |
| title_fullStr | Leadership and PsyCap : influence of servant-leadership on followers’ PsyCap. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leadership and PsyCap : influence of servant-leadership on followers’ PsyCap. |
| title_short | Leadership and PsyCap : influence of servant-leadership on followers’ PsyCap. |
| title_sort | leadership and psycap influence of servant leadership on followers psycap |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology |
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