Identity leadership, employee burnout, and the mediating role of team identification : evidence from the Global Identity Leadership Development project

van Dick, Rolf; Cordes, Berrit L.; Lemoine, Jérémy E.; Steffens, Niklas K.; Haslam, S. Alexander; Akfirat, Serap Arslan; Ballada, Christine Joy A.; Bazarov, Tahir; Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R.; Avanzi, Lorenzo; Bodla, Ali Ahmad; Bunjak, Aldijana; Černe, Matej; Dumont, Kitty B.; Edelmann, Charlotte M.; Epitropaki, Olga; Fransen, Katrien; García-Ael, Cristina; Giessner, Steffen; Gleibs, Ilka H.; Godlewska-Werner, Dorota; González, Roberto; Kark, Ronit; Laguia Gonzalez, Ana; Lam, Hodar; Lipponen, Jukka; Lupina-Wegener, Anna; Markovits, Yannis; Maskor, Mazlan; Molero, Fernando; Monzani, Lucas; Moriano Leon, Juan A.; Neves, Pedro; Orosz, Gábor; Pandey, Diwakar; Retowski, Sylwiusz; Roland-Lévy, Christine; Samekin, Adil; Schuh, Sebastian; Sekiguchi, Tomoki; Song, Lynda Jiwen; Story, Joana; Stouten, Jeroen; Sultanova, Lilia; Tatachari, Srinivasan; Valdenegro, Daniel; van Bunderen, Lisanne; Van Dijk, Dina; Wong, Sut I.; Youssef, Farida; Zhang, Xin-An; Kerschreiter, Rudolf

doi:10.3390/ijerph182212081

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27252

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Title:	Identity leadership, employee burnout, and the mediating role of team identification : evidence from the Global Identity Leadership Development project
Authors:	van Dick, Rolf Cordes, Berrit L. Lemoine, Jérémy E. Steffens, Niklas K. Haslam, S. Alexander Akfirat, Serap Arslan Ballada, Christine Joy A. Bazarov, Tahir Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R. Avanzi, Lorenzo Bodla, Ali Ahmad Bunjak, Aldijana Černe, Matej Dumont, Kitty B. Edelmann, Charlotte M. Epitropaki, Olga Fransen, Katrien García-Ael, Cristina Giessner, Steffen Gleibs, Ilka H. Godlewska-Werner, Dorota González, Roberto Kark, Ronit Laguia Gonzalez, Ana Lam, Hodar Lipponen, Jukka Lupina-Wegener, Anna Markovits, Yannis Maskor, Mazlan Molero, Fernando Monzani, Lucas Moriano Leon, Juan A. Neves, Pedro Orosz, Gábor Pandey, Diwakar Retowski, Sylwiusz Roland-Lévy, Christine Samekin, Adil Schuh, Sebastian Sekiguchi, Tomoki Song, Lynda Jiwen Story, Joana Stouten, Jeroen Sultanova, Lilia Tatachari, Srinivasan Valdenegro, Daniel van Bunderen, Lisanne Van Dijk, Dina Wong, Sut I. Youssef, Farida Zhang, Xin-An Kerschreiter, Rudolf
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph182212081 10.21256/zhaw-27252
Published in:	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume(Issue):	18
Issue:	22
Page(s):	12081
Issue Date:	17-Nov-2021
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	MDPI
ISSN:	1660-4601 1661-7827
Language:	English
Subjects:	Burnout; Cross-cultural study; Exhaustion; Identity leadership; Team identification
Subject (DDC):	331: Labor economics 658.4: Executive Management
Abstract:	Do leaders who build a sense of shared social identity in their teams thereby protect them from the adverse effects of workplace stress? This is a question that the present paper explores by testing the hypothesis that identity leadership contributes to stronger team identification among employees and, through this, is associated with reduced burnout. We tested this model with unique datasets from the Global Identity Leadership Development (GILD) project with participants from all inhabited continents. We compared two datasets from 2016/2017 (n = 5290; 20 countries) and 2020/2021 (n = 7294; 28 countries) and found very similar levels of identity leadership, team identification and burnout across the five years. An inspection of the 2020/2021 data at the onset of and later in the COVID-19 pandemic showed stable identity leadership levels and slightly higher levels of both burnout and team identification. Supporting our hypotheses, we found almost identical indirect effects (2016/2017, b = -0.132; 2020/2021, b = -0.133) across the five-year span in both datasets. Using a subset of n = 111 German participants surveyed over two waves, we found the indirect effect confirmed over time with identity leadership (at T1) predicting team identification and, in turn, burnout, three months later. Finally, we explored whether there could be a "too-much-of-a-good-thing" effect for identity leadership. Speaking against this, we found a u-shaped quadratic effect whereby ratings of identity leadership at the upper end of the distribution were related to even stronger team identification and a stronger indirect effect on reduced burnout.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/27252
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License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	School of Management and Law
Organisational Unit:	International Management Institute (IMI)
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van Dick, R., Cordes, B. L., Lemoine, J. E., Steffens, N. K., Haslam, S. A., Akfirat, S. A., Ballada, C. J. A., Bazarov, T., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Avanzi, L., Bodla, A. A., Bunjak, A., Černe, M., Dumont, K. B., Edelmann, C. M., Epitropaki, O., Fransen, K., García-Ael, C., Giessner, S., et al. (2021). Identity leadership, employee burnout, and the mediating role of team identification : evidence from the Global Identity Leadership Development project. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), 12081. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182212081

van Dick, R. et al. (2021) ‘Identity leadership, employee burnout, and the mediating role of team identification : evidence from the Global Identity Leadership Development project’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), p. 12081. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182212081.

R. van Dick et al., “Identity leadership, employee burnout, and the mediating role of team identification : evidence from the Global Identity Leadership Development project,” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 22, p. 12081, Nov. 2021, doi: 10.3390/ijerph182212081.

VAN DICK, Rolf, Berrit L. CORDES, Jérémy E. LEMOINE, Niklas K. STEFFENS, S. Alexander HASLAM, Serap Arslan AKFIRAT, Christine Joy A. BALLADA, Tahir BAZAROV, John Jamir Benzon R. ARUTA, Lorenzo AVANZI, Ali Ahmad BODLA, Aldijana BUNJAK, Matej ČERNE, Kitty B. DUMONT, Charlotte M. EDELMANN, Olga EPITROPAKI, Katrien FRANSEN, Cristina GARCÍA-AEL, Steffen GIESSNER, Ilka H. GLEIBS, Dorota GODLEWSKA-WERNER, Roberto GONZÁLEZ, Ronit KARK, Ana LAGUIA GONZALEZ, Hodar LAM, Jukka LIPPONEN, Anna LUPINA-WEGENER, Yannis MARKOVITS, Mazlan MASKOR, Fernando MOLERO, Lucas MONZANI, Juan A. MORIANO LEON, Pedro NEVES, Gábor OROSZ, Diwakar PANDEY, Sylwiusz RETOWSKI, Christine ROLAND-LÉVY, Adil SAMEKIN, Sebastian SCHUH, Tomoki SEKIGUCHI, Lynda Jiwen SONG, Joana STORY, Jeroen STOUTEN, Lilia SULTANOVA, Srinivasan TATACHARI, Daniel VALDENEGRO, Lisanne VAN BUNDEREN, Dina VAN DIJK, Sut I. WONG, Farida YOUSSEF, Xin-An ZHANG und Rudolf KERSCHREITER, 2021. Identity leadership, employee burnout, and the mediating role of team identification : evidence from the Global Identity Leadership Development project. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17 November 2021. Bd. 18, Nr. 22, S. 12081. DOI 10.3390/ijerph182212081

van Dick, Rolf, Berrit L. Cordes, Jérémy E. Lemoine, Niklas K. Steffens, S. Alexander Haslam, Serap Arslan Akfirat, Christine Joy A. Ballada, et al. 2021. “Identity Leadership, Employee Burnout, and the Mediating Role of Team Identification : Evidence from the Global Identity Leadership Development Project.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 (22): 12081. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182212081.

van Dick, Rolf, et al. “Identity Leadership, Employee Burnout, and the Mediating Role of Team Identification : Evidence from the Global Identity Leadership Development Project.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 22, Nov. 2021, p. 12081, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182212081.