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Employee performance and mental well-being : the mitigating effects of transformational leadership during crisis

Czura, Kristina; Englmaier, Florian; Ho, Hoa; Spantig, Lisa - 2024

The positive role of transformational leadership for productivity and mental wellbeing has long been established …. Transformational leadership behavior may be particularly suited to navigate times of crisis which are characterized by high levels of …' leadership styles on employees' performance, work style, and mental well-being in times of crisis. Using longitudinal …

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Boss competence and worker well-being

Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2014

Nearly all workers have a supervisor or 'boss'. Yet there is almost no published research by economists into how bosses affect the quality of employees' lives. This study offers some of the first formal evidence. First, it is shown that a boss's technical competence is the single strongest...

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How common are bad bosses?

Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2018

Bosses play an important role in workplaces. Yet little is currently known about a foundational question. Are the right people promoted to be managers, team leaders, and supervisors? Gallup data and the famous Peter Principle both suggest that incompetent bosses are likely to be all around us....

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When does HRM 'work' in small British enterprises?

White, Michael; Bryson, Alex - 2016

Using nationally representative workplace data we find substantial use of high-performance work systems (HPWS) in Britain's small enterprises. We find empirical support for the proposition that HPWS have a non-linear association with employees' overall job attitude, with a positive association...

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Workplace job satisfaction in Britain : evidence from linked employer-employee data

Haile, Getinet Astatike - 2009

This paper examines the determinants of job satisfaction in Britain using nationally representative linked employer-employee data (WERS2004) and alternative econometric techniques. It uses eight facets of job satisfaction for the purpose. As well as underscoring the importance of accounting for...

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Helping and antisocial behavior in the workplace

Haylock, Michael Robert; Kampkötter, Patrick; Kosfeld, … - 2023

experimental games by prior research. Together, the results corroborate the importance of both leadership quality and workforce …

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Job satisfaction and work-life balance: differences between homework and work at the workplace of the company

Bellmann, Lutz; Hübler, Olaf - 2020

Working remotely can complement and sometimes completely substitute conventional work at the workplace of the company. Until the COVID-19 crisis the share of remote workers was relatively low and empirical investigations show inconsistent results. The recent work has highlighted a dramatic shift...

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Which are the benefits of having more female leaders? : evidence from the use of part-time work in Italy

Devicienti, Francesco; Grinza, Elena; Manello, Alessandro; … - 2016

Using three waves of a uniquely rich survey on Italian private firms, we explore the impact of female managers on the use of part-time work. Building on a literature arguing that female leaders are more sensitive to their employees' needs and more self-transcendent than their male counterparts,...

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Do you really want to share everything? : the wellbeing of work-linked couples

Hennecke, Juliane; Hetschko, Clemens - 2021

Work as well as family life are crucial sources of human wellbeing, which however often interfere. This is especially so if partners work in the same occupation or industry. At the same time, being work-linked may benefit their career success. Still, surprisingly little is known about the...

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Homebound happiness? : teleworkability of jobs and emotional well-being during labor and non-labor activities

Hennecke, Juliane; Knabe, Andreas - 2025

This paper examines the relationship between flexible working arrangements (FWA) and workers' affective well-being (AWB), using data from the American Time-Use Survey (ATUS) and the Occupational Information Network (O*NET). We analyze differences in workers' emotional experiences during paid...

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