Similarities and Differences of Health-promoting Leadership and Transformational Leadership

Anita Dunkl; Paul  Jiménez; Simona Šarotar Žižek; Borut Milfelner; Wolfgang K. Kallus

Anita Dunkl
Paul Jiménez
Simona Šarotar Žižek
Borut Milfelner
Wolfgang K. Kallus

Keywords: conditions, health-promoting leadership, transformational leadership, stress, recovery, working environment

Abstract

The concept of health-promoting leadership focuses on the interaction between the organization and the individual by identifying components able to positively influence employees’ working conditions. In the present study, the effects of health-promoting leadership and transformational leadership on the employees’ recovery–stress balance are investigated. In an online study, 212 Slovenian workers were asked about their perceptions of their direct supervisors and their work-related stress and recovery. The results showed that both leadership styles have a significant effect on employees’ recovery at the workplace, which mediated the relationship between leadership and work-related stress.

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Author Biographies

Anita Dunkl

University of Graz, Institute of Psychology, Austria
E-mail: anita.dunkl@uni-graz.at

Mag. Anita Dunkl is a research associate at the University of Graz in the Work, Organizational, and Environmental Psychology Department. Anita graduated with a master’s degree in work and organizational psychology, focused on job satisfaction. She continued her research at the University of Graz, working in different fields of work and organizational psychology. Her main field of research includes health-promoting leadership, workplace health promotion, burnout and work-related strain, and stress and recovery.

Paul Jiménez

University of Graz, Institute of Psychology, Austria
E-mail: paul.jimenez@uni-graz.at

Dr. Paul Jiménez works at the University of Graz in the Work, Organizational, and Environmental Psychology Department and is a consultant in the workplace health promotion field. Currently, his main field of research is work-related stress and recovery, as well as job satisfaction, burnout, and leadership. He is a delegate of the Austrian Federation of Psychologists for Austria and the leader of the Work, Industrial, and Organizational Psychology Division of the Austrian Federation of Psychologists.

Simona Šarotar Žižek

University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Slovenia
E-mail: simona.sarotar@um.si

Dr. Simona Šarotar Žižek is an assistant professor at the University of Maribor’s Faculty of Economic and Business. She is the author and/or co-author of several articles published in various international and Slovenian journals and/or presented at scientific and expert conferences. She has prepared several scientific monographs and chapters in scientific and expert monographs. On several occasions she has been invited to present her papers at scientific and expert conferences. She is also active in preparing and implementing projects.

Borut Milfelner

University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Slovenia
E-mail: borut.milfelner@um.si

Dr. Borut Milfelner is an assistant professor of marketing and tourism at the University of Maribor, Slovenia, Faculty of Economics and Business. He received his Ph.D. degree at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics in 2010. His research interests include the areas of marketing research, internal marketing, consumer behavior, tourism marketing, and resource-based theory. His scientific bibliography consists of 25 published scientific articles (10 of them in JCR-indexed journals), 28 scientific conference contributions, 3 scientific monographs, and participation in several research projects. He is also a member of the editorial board of three scientific journals in the field of marketing and management and a reviewer for several domestic and international scientific journals.

Wolfgang K. Kallus

University of Graz, Institute of Psychology, Austria
E-mail: wolfgang.kallus@uni-graz.at

Prof. DDr. K. Wolfgang Kallus started his career researching stress and biological psychology before he switched to work psychology, focusing on critical psychological states, recovery, and performance. In 1998 he was appointed as a professor in the Work, Organizational, and Environmental Psychology Department at the University of Graz. The research includes developing methods that are important for the analysis, evaluation, and design of work and organizational processes. One of his main areas of research is the measurement of psychological states with physiological methods (ECG, EEG, EDA, EOG, etc.).

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