Friday 24 July 08:15 - 09:45

Hall: 01 - Basilica

Chair and Presenter: Kelloway Kevin

Division: Division 1: Work and Organizational Psychology

Leadership is a critical topic in organizations and a predictor of almost every outcome of interest in occupational health psychology (Kelloway & Barling, 2010; Mullen et al., 2024). Although most of the research has focused on leaders as a causal factor in employee wellbeing, there are also data pointing to the need to consider leaders' own health (e.g.,as a determinant of leaders' wellbeing and leadership style). The papers in the symposium reflect both concerns and span a diverse array of methodologies.Hildebrand uses a daily diary study to examine the effects of leaders and employees mindsets in relation to anticipated workload, leader behavior, and, ultimately, employee health. Using longitudinal data, Wong examines leaders' green behaviors as a predictor of employee wellbeing in the context of climate change. Biricik Gulseren presents a multi-study set that develops a measure of inconsistent leadership and then examines the effects of inconsistent leadership on employee wellbeing. Day draws on both qualitative and quantitative data to examine the influences on leaders' own health and argues that efforts to create healthier workplace need to include leaders' health as a focus. Finally, Kelloway examines the topic of moral distress in the workplace. Drawing on three-wave longitudinal data, he first develops a scale of moral distress that is not context dependent and demonstrates measurement equivalence over time. Longitudinal data support a model suggesting that moral distress is a function of abusive supervision and results in employee anxiety.This collection of papers offer multiple perspectives on the topic of leadership and health and draws on a range of methodologies to offer new insights into the complex relationships between leadership and health.