Leadership styles, motivating language, and work engagement: An empirical investigation of the hotel industry

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作者：
Rabiul, Md Karim [1 ]
Yean, Tan Fee [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Utara Malaysia, Sch Business Management, Kedah, Malaysia
[2] Univ Utara Malaysia, Sch Business Management, Coll Business, Kedah, Malaysia
来源：
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT | 2021年 / 92卷
关键词：
Hospitality; Work engagement; Servant leadership; Transformational leadership; Motivating language; Bangladesh; TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP; SERVANT LEADERSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP; EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT; SELF-CONCEPT; PERFORMANCE; BEHAVIOR; JOB; HOSPITALITY;
D O I：
10.1016/j.ijhm.2020.102712
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
This study examines the relationship between leadership style (servant and transformational leadership), motivating language and work engagement. A sample of 391 lower and mid-level Bangladeshi hotel employees, selected via simple random sampling, participated in a cross-sectional survey. The mediating effects of motivating language regarding the association between the two leadership styles and work engagement were examined using partial least square-structural equation modelling. Both leadership styles and three types of motivating language have positive relationships with work engagement. Even though all three types of motivating languages mediate the link between servant leadership and work engagement, the link between transformational leadership and work engagement is only mediated by direction-giving and empathetic language. This study is novel in its application of the speech act theory to the investigation of the mediating effects of motivating language on the relationship between the two leadership styles and work engagement. Practical and theoretical contributions are also discussed.
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