Work hard at being happy. Happy workers are engaged workers: the role of inclusive leadership and person-group fit
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2024-07-10
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Inclusive leadership has received a lot of attention in the last couple of years, this positive leadership style has been linked to work engagement in several studies. However, the underlying aspects of this relationship remained unexplored. This cross-sectional quantitative research examines the role of happiness at work and person-group fit in the relationship between inclusive leadership and work engagement. It was expected that happiness at work mediated the relationship and that person-group fit moderated the relationship. The moderated mediation model was grounded using empirical theories and findings from earlier studies. In order to test the hypotheses, quantitative data of 183 respondents was collected. The results showed a positive relationship between inclusive leadership and work engagement, partially mediated by happiness at work. Furthermore, the results showed a moderating effect of person-group fit on this relationship. Notable is that if person-group fit is split into two factors (supplementary & complementary fit) only complementary fit has a significant moderating effect. With these findings, this study contributed to the growing field of inclusive leadership research and further examined its relationship with work engagement. Furthermore, this study contributed to practical ways of creating engagement in new generations.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen