Work–Family Effects of Servant Leadership: The Roles of Emotional Exhaustion and Personal Learning

Guiyao Tang (), Ho Kwong Kwan (), Deyuan Zhang () and Zhou Zhu ()
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Guiyao Tang: Shandong University
Ho Kwong Kwan: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Deyuan Zhang: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Zhou Zhu: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Journal of Business Ethics, 2016, vol. 137, issue 2, No 4, 285-297

Abstract: Abstract This study examined how servant leadership influences employees in terms of work-to-family conflict (WFC) and work-to-family positive spillover (WFPS). These effects were explored through a focus on the mediating roles of emotional exhaustion and personal learning. The results, which were based on time-lagged data collection in China, indicated that employee perceptions of servant leadership related negatively to WFC and positively to WFPS. Moreover, reduced emotional exhaustion and enhanced personal learning mediated the relationship between servant leadership and WFPS. Furthermore, reduced emotional exhaustion (but not enhanced personal learning) mediated the relationship between servant leadership and WFC. Our study’s results provide insightful theoretical and managerial implications and offer new directions for research on leadership and work–family relations.

Keywords: Emotional exhaustion; Personal learning; Servant leadership; Work–family conflict; Work–family positive spillover (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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