Autonomy supportive and controlling leadership as antecedents of work design and employee well-being. Issue 1 (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sarmah, Pallavi; Van den Broeck, Anja; Schreurs, Bert; Proost, Karin; Germeys, Filip
• Other Names: Beltrán Martín Inmaculada guest-editor.; Mª Rodríguez Sánchez Alma guest-editor.; Xanthopoulou Despoina guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Business research quarterly. Volume 25:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 44
• Page End: 61
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: Autonomy supportive leadership -- controlling leadership -- job demand resources model -- self-determination theory -- employee well-being; 658
• DOI: 10.1177/23409444211054508
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2340-9436

Abstract

The continuation of work that undermines employee well-being necessitates an investigation into the antecedents of work design. Therefore, we examined how autonomy supportive and controlling leadership—as defined in self-determination theory (SDT)—relate to employees' job resources, job demands, and well-being. Using a cross-sectional ( N = 501) and a daily diary study ( N = 123), we found that autonomy supportive leadership relates to employees' work engagement via job resources both at the between- and within-person levels. However, only the cross-sectional study evidenced a relationship between autonomy supportive leadership and exhaustion via job resources. Controlling leadership related to exhaustion via job demands at the between-person level in both studies but not at the within-person level. Alongside implications for the literature on SDT, work design theory, the leadership literature, and workplace re-enchantment, we advance concomitant insights to practitioners. JEL CLASSIFICATION: I31, J81, M12