Crossover effects of Leader’s resilience : a multilevel mediation approach

Purpose: This research tested the crossover effects of a leader’s resilience on followers’ outcomes via followers’ resilience. Design/methodology/approach: Survey data from 87 leaders with 309 followers, collected in two waves in China, were used to test the multilevel mediation hypotheses. Findings: The results indicated that (1) resilience could transfer from the leader to followers, and (2) leader’s resilience could further contribute to alleviating followers’ job burnout, and prompt citizenship behaviors by enhancing followers’ resilience. Originality/value: This study adopted a top-down perspective to test the crossover effects of resilience, thus expanding the resilience literature illustrating its distinct influential mechanism through a vertically interpersonal perspective.