Umeå University's logo

umu.sePublications
EnglishSvenskaNorsk
Change search
ExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
BETA

Project

Project type/Form of grant
Grant for employment or scholarship
Title [sv]
Postdoc-bidrag: Ledarskapets betydelse för anställdas välmående: mekanismer och utfall av ledarträning
Title [en]
Postdoc grant: Leadership Behaviour and Employee Well-Being: Mechanisms and Outcomes of Leadership Training
Abstract [sv]
Disputationsämne: PsykologiAvhandling: The Transformational Leadership Process: Antecedents, Mechanisms, and Outcomes in the Social ServicesIn my thesis I studied the transformational leadership process in the Swedish social services. The aim was to increase the understanding of factors that explain when and why transformational leadership is effective in this particular context. Previous research has pointed out potential hindering factors for this leadership style in public organizations, such as hierarchical structure and large size. My thesis identified enabling factors in terms of organizational stability; when employees worked for the same leader for a longer period of time or when employees experienced social support from co-workers, the effect of a transformational leader on employee attitudes were stronger. Hindering factors were also identified such as the organizational structure, the ongoing organizational change, and the leaders? working conditions. The way in which transformational leader
Principal InvestigatorTafvelin, Susanne
Coordinating organisation
Umeå University
Funder
Period
2015-01-01 － 2016-12-31
Identifiers
DiVA, id: project:649Project, id: 2014-00739_Forte

Search in DiVA

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
v. 2.46.0
|
WCAG
|
Umeå University Library
|
Register in DiVA
|
Support
|
Search DiVA Portal