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Facilitating Eudaimonic Well-Being in Mental Health Care Organizations: The Role of Servant Leadership and Workplace Civility Climate

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  • Susan der Kinderen

    (School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • Amber Valk

    (School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • Svetlana N. Khapova

    (School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • Maria Tims

    (School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Abstract

Demanding and complex work within mental health care organizations places employee well-being at risk and raises the question of how we can positively influence the psychological well-being and functioning of these employees. This study explores the role of servant leadership and workplace civility climate in shaping eudaimonic well-being among 312 employees in a Dutch mental health care organization. The findings showed that servant leadership had a stronger relationship with eudaimonic well-being when workplace civility climate was high. Furthermore, the results showed that servant leadership was positively related to workplace outcomes, partially through eudaimonic well-being, and that this mediating process varied across different levels of workplace civility climate. This study contributes to the scholarly understanding of the role of servant leadership and a positive work climate in shaping psychological well-being at work.

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  • Susan der Kinderen & Amber Valk & Svetlana N. Khapova & Maria Tims, 2020. "Facilitating Eudaimonic Well-Being in Mental Health Care Organizations: The Role of Servant Leadership and Workplace Civility Climate," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(4), pages 1-17, February.
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