Outcomes of leader empowering behaviour in a retail organisation

South African Journal of Business Management

 
 
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Title Outcomes of leader empowering behaviour in a retail organisation
 
Creator Redelinghuys, Kleinjan Rothmann, Sebastiaan Botha, Elrie
 
Subject Psychology; Management leader empowering behaviour; person–environment fit; job satisfaction; intention to leave; retail organisation.
Description Purpose: The aim of the study was to assess the associations leader empowering behaviour have with person–environment fit, job satisfaction and intention to leave.Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional survey design was used with a sample (N = 398) of retail employees from Gauteng. The Leader Empowering Behaviour Questionnaire, Job Satisfaction Scale, Perceived Fit Scale and Turnover Intention Scale were administered. Structural equation modelling was performed to assess the study hypotheses.Findings/results: Findings showed that leader empowering behaviour is positively associated with person–environment fit and job satisfaction, whereas it is negatively associated with the intention to leave.Practical implications: When leaders share the right amount of power, information, decision-making authority and skills development opportunities with their employees; coach them well; and hold them accountable for controllable outcomes, it should enable them to establish a well-fitted, satisfied and committed workforce.Originality/value: Studies assessing leader empowering behaviour as an antecedent of person–environment fit have been scarce.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2020-10-23
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion —
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajbm.v51i1.1837
 
Source South African Journal of Business Management; Vol 51, No 1 (2020); 6 pages 2078-5976 2078-5585
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage — — Age; Gender; Education
Rights Copyright (c) 2020 Kleinjan Redelinghuys, Sebastiaan Rothmann, Elrie Botha https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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