Facilitating Eudaimonic Well-Being in Mental Health Care Organizations: The Role of Servant Leadership and Workplace Civility Climate

Susan der Kinderen, Amber Valk, Svetlana N. Khapova and Maria Tims
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Susan der Kinderen: School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amber Valk: School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Svetlana N. Khapova: School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Maria Tims: School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 4, 1-17

Abstract: Demanding and complex work within mental health care organizations places employee well-being at risk and raises the question of how we can positively influence the psychological well-being and functioning of these employees. This study explores the role of servant leadership and workplace civility climate in shaping eudaimonic well-being among 312 employees in a Dutch mental health care organization. The findings showed that servant leadership had a stronger relationship with eudaimonic well-being when workplace civility climate was high. Furthermore, the results showed that servant leadership was positively related to workplace outcomes, partially through eudaimonic well-being, and that this mediating process varied across different levels of workplace civility climate. This study contributes to the scholarly understanding of the role of servant leadership and a positive work climate in shaping psychological well-being at work.

Keywords: eudaimonic well-being; psychological well-being; well-being at work; servant leadership; workplace civility climate; health care management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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