The effects of leadership style on employee well-being in hospitality
We conducted a study to test the notion that transformational leadership style is more effective than transactional leadership style by fostering employee well-being (enhancing quality of work life and life satisfaction as well as increasing organizational commitment and decreasing employee burnout....
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2013
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| author | Kara, D. Uysal, Muzaffer Sirgy, M. Lee, G. |
| author_facet | Kara, D. Uysal, Muzaffer Sirgy, M. Lee, G. |
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| description | We conducted a study to test the notion that transformational leadership style is more effective than transactional leadership style by fostering employee well-being (enhancing quality of work life and life satisfaction as well as increasing organizational commitment and decreasing employee burnout. We surveyed 443 employees at 5-star hotels in Turkey. The results provide support for the positive effect of transformational leadership in the hospitality industry, which implies that hospitality managers should be trained to use a transformational leadership style to enhance employee well-being. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-536422017-10-09T05:24:25Z The effects of leadership style on employee well-being in hospitality Kara, D. Uysal, Muzaffer Sirgy, M. Lee, G. We conducted a study to test the notion that transformational leadership style is more effective than transactional leadership style by fostering employee well-being (enhancing quality of work life and life satisfaction as well as increasing organizational commitment and decreasing employee burnout. We surveyed 443 employees at 5-star hotels in Turkey. The results provide support for the positive effect of transformational leadership in the hospitality industry, which implies that hospitality managers should be trained to use a transformational leadership style to enhance employee well-being. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53642 10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.02.001 Pergamon restricted |
| spellingShingle | Kara, D. Uysal, Muzaffer Sirgy, M. Lee, G. The effects of leadership style on employee well-being in hospitality |
| title | The effects of leadership style on employee well-being in hospitality |
| title_full | The effects of leadership style on employee well-being in hospitality |
| title_fullStr | The effects of leadership style on employee well-being in hospitality |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of leadership style on employee well-being in hospitality |
| title_short | The effects of leadership style on employee well-being in hospitality |
| title_sort | effects of leadership style on employee well-being in hospitality |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53642 |