RT Journal Article
T1 Authentic and laissez-faire leadership as drivers of employees well-being: the moderating role of resilience and self-efficacy
A1 López Cabarcos, María Ángeles
A1 López Carballeira, Analía
A1 Ferro Soto, Carlos
K1 Laissez-faire leadership
K1 Authentic leadership
K1 Emotional exhaustion
K1 Work engagement
K1 Resilience
K1 Self-efficacy
AB PurposePublic police professionals must deal with complex and disruptive social, political and organizational environments. This fact highlights the key role that leadership can play in effectively managing their work, while also ensuring their well-being. The aim of this research is to analyze the influence of laissez-faire versus authentic leadership on the work engagement of police professionals, considering the mediating role of emotional exhaustion and the moderating role of resilience and self-efficacy.Design/methodology/approachStructural equation modeling and hierarchical multiple regression analysis were used in a sample of 184 public police professionals.FindingsThe results show that emotional exhaustion partially mediates the relationship between authentic leadership and work engagement, and fully mediates the relationship between laissez-faire leadership and work engagement. Moreover, resilience moderates the relationships between authentic leadership, emotional exhaustion and work engagement; and self-efficacy moderates the relationships between laissez-faire leadership and emotional exhaustion and between laissez-faire leadership and work engagement.Originality/valueThis study highlights that constructive leadership is an important driver of positive experiences at work; it is necessary to change from passive to constructive leadership; and it is important for the combination of psychological resources and positive leadership to improve police professionals’ well-being.
PB Emerald
SN 1746-5265
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/38361
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/38361
LA eng
NO López-Cabarcos, M.Á., López-Carballeira, A. and Ferro-Soto, C. (2024), "Authentic and laissez-faire leadership as drivers of employees well-being: the moderating role of resilience and self-efficacy", Baltic Journal of Management, Vol. 19 No. 4, pp. 417-434. https://doi.org/10.1108/BJM-04-2024-0186
NO This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Emerald Insight in Baltic Journal of Management on September 2024, available at: https://doi.org/10.1108/BJM-04-2024-0186
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026