Leadership, trustworthiness and employee engagement: an insight during the COVID-19

Anuradha Iddagoda, Hiranya Dissanayake and Anna Bagienska

Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, 2023, vol. 41, issue 4, 1571-1584

Abstract: PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the associations between leadership, trustworthiness, and employee engagement during COVID-19.Design/methodology/approachIn this cross-sectional, quantitative study, surveys of Sri Lankan male and female managers were conducted via standardized questionnaires. The sample size was 297 respondents. The Smart-PLS version 3.36 structural equation model analyzed the data set.FindingsBoth leadership and employee engagement and trustworthiness and employee engagement were found to have a statistically significant relationship. It has been found that leadership indirectly contributes to a higher degree of employee engagement through increased trustworthiness. According to the findings, employee engagement rises when they have the trustworthiness of the leadership in the virtual environment.Research limitations/implicationsAccording to the findings of this study, organizations need to introduce rules to improve leadership manager roles in a virtual environment, which can improve trustworthiness and employee engagement. It also suggests that organizations should build trustworthiness between employees and leadership through a positive culture in a virtual environment that can improve employee engagement and organizational performance.Originality/valueResearch on leadership and trustworthiness improves employee engagement in a virtual environment is the contribution of this study.

Keywords: Leadership; Trustworthiness; Employee engagement; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1108/JEAS-08-2022-0183

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