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An Enrichment/Impairment Perspective on Leading in Multiple Domains: The Impact on Leader/Follower Well-Being and Stress

The Role of Leadership in Occupational Stress

ISBN: 978-1-78635-062-6, eISBN: 978-1-78635-061-9

Publication date: 17 October 2016

Abstract

We propose a model of multidomain leadership and explain how it drives leader and follower well-being and stress. Multidomain leadership engagement, or the application of leader knowledge, skills, and abilities across domains, results in either an enriching or impairing experience for the leader. The result is influenced by the leader’s self-regulatory strength and self-awareness, as well as the amount of social support and domain similarity. An enriching experience leads to increased self-efficacy, self-regulatory strength, and self-awareness, which in turn leads to increased leader (and subsequently follower) well-being and reduced leader (and subsequently follower) stress. Enriching experiences also tend to drive further engagement and enriching experiences, while impairing experiences do the opposite. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank David Day, Shal Khazanchi, and Fran Yammarino for comments on earlier versions of this chapter.

Citation

Palanski, M.E., Lester, G.V., Clapp-Smith, R. and Hammond, M.M. (2016), "An Enrichment/Impairment Perspective on Leading in Multiple Domains: The Impact on Leader/Follower Well-Being and Stress", The Role of Leadership in Occupational Stress (Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being, Vol. 14), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 115-139. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-355520160000014005

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