Multilevel analysis on employee wellbeing: the roles of authentic leadership, rewards, and meaningful work

Employee wellbeing (EW) is becoming a genuine concern, and it has seen a resurgence in interest with the challenges in light of industrial revolution and globalisation. There is no doubt that wellbeing of the employees is one of the secret recipes that generates high return value for all levels of c...

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Main Authors: Mohd Salleh, Eva Salmee, Mansor, Zuraina, Mohamed Zainal, Siti Rohaida, Md. Yasin, Ida
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Published: Asian Academy of Management & Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86853/1/Multilevel%20analysis%20on%20employee%20wellbeing.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.868532021-10-11T04:09:25Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86853/ Multilevel analysis on employee wellbeing: the roles of authentic leadership, rewards, and meaningful work Mohd Salleh, Eva Salmee Mansor, Zuraina Mohamed Zainal, Siti Rohaida Md. Yasin, Ida Employee wellbeing (EW) is becoming a genuine concern, and it has seen a resurgence in interest with the challenges in light of industrial revolution and globalisation. There is no doubt that wellbeing of the employees is one of the secret recipes that generates high return value for all levels of chains; the individual and the organisational productivity and growth as well as nation’s prosperity. However, majority of leadership researchers have failed to capture the multi-dimensional concept of EW. Moreover, the studies of the impact of leadership styles on EW are limited and narrow-focused. Thus, this study aims to examine the role of authentic leadership (AL) style on EW. This study uses meso-mediational relationship through financial and non-financial rewards and meaningful work and how they affect EW. Data were collected from 343 employees in 30 manufacturing companies in Malaysia. The finding reveals that the positivity of authentic leaders indirectly influences EW through non-financial rewards and meaningful work. It is also suggested that financial rewards and non-financial rewards should be measured separately in consideration of current socioeconomic conditions and employees’ motivational needs. Asian Academy of Management & Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2020-06-30 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86853/1/Multilevel%20analysis%20on%20employee%20wellbeing.pdf Mohd Salleh, Eva Salmee and Mansor, Zuraina and Mohamed Zainal, Siti Rohaida and Md. Yasin, Ida (2020) Multilevel analysis on employee wellbeing: the roles of authentic leadership, rewards, and meaningful work. Asian Academy of Management Journal, 25 (1). 123 - 146. ISSN 1394-2603; ESSN: 2180-4184 https://ejournal.usm.my/aamj/article/view/94 10.21315/aamj2020.25.1.7
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description Employee wellbeing (EW) is becoming a genuine concern, and it has seen a resurgence in interest with the challenges in light of industrial revolution and globalisation. There is no doubt that wellbeing of the employees is one of the secret recipes that generates high return value for all levels of chains; the individual and the organisational productivity and growth as well as nation’s prosperity. However, majority of leadership researchers have failed to capture the multi-dimensional concept of EW. Moreover, the studies of the impact of leadership styles on EW are limited and narrow-focused. Thus, this study aims to examine the role of authentic leadership (AL) style on EW. This study uses meso-mediational relationship through financial and non-financial rewards and meaningful work and how they affect EW. Data were collected from 343 employees in 30 manufacturing companies in Malaysia. The finding reveals that the positivity of authentic leaders indirectly influences EW through non-financial rewards and meaningful work. It is also suggested that financial rewards and non-financial rewards should be measured separately in consideration of current socioeconomic conditions and employees’ motivational needs.
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author Mohd Salleh, Eva Salmee
Mansor, Zuraina
Mohamed Zainal, Siti Rohaida
Md. Yasin, Ida
spellingShingle Mohd Salleh, Eva Salmee
Mansor, Zuraina
Mohamed Zainal, Siti Rohaida
Md. Yasin, Ida
Multilevel analysis on employee wellbeing: the roles of authentic leadership, rewards, and meaningful work
author_facet Mohd Salleh, Eva Salmee
Mansor, Zuraina
Mohamed Zainal, Siti Rohaida
Md. Yasin, Ida
author_sort Mohd Salleh, Eva Salmee
title Multilevel analysis on employee wellbeing: the roles of authentic leadership, rewards, and meaningful work
title_short Multilevel analysis on employee wellbeing: the roles of authentic leadership, rewards, and meaningful work
title_full Multilevel analysis on employee wellbeing: the roles of authentic leadership, rewards, and meaningful work
title_fullStr Multilevel analysis on employee wellbeing: the roles of authentic leadership, rewards, and meaningful work
title_full_unstemmed Multilevel analysis on employee wellbeing: the roles of authentic leadership, rewards, and meaningful work
title_sort multilevel analysis on employee wellbeing: the roles of authentic leadership, rewards, and meaningful work
publisher Asian Academy of Management & Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia
publishDate 2020
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86853/1/Multilevel%20analysis%20on%20employee%20wellbeing.pdf
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