TY - JOUR
T1 - Basic psychological need satisfaction mediates the relationship between engaging leadership and work engagement
T2 - A cross-national study
AU - Rahmadani, Vivi Gusrini
AU - Schaufeli, Wilmar B.
AU - Ivanova, Tatiana Y.
AU - Osin, Evgeny N.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The current study investigates the mediating role of basic psychological need for satisfaction at work (i.e., autonomy, relatedness, and competence) in the relationship between engaging leadership (i.e., inspiring, strengthening, empowering, and connecting) and work engagement. Also, we are proposing and testing an additional need for meaningfulness that plays a similar mediating role. Data were collected from two independent samples from Indonesia (n = 607 state-owned company employees) and Russia (n = 384 civil servants). Results of both samples confirmed that basic psychological need satisfaction (autonomy, relatedness, competence, and meaningfulness) mediated the relationship between engaging leadership and work engagement. Multigroup analysis revealed that the parameters of the mediation model were invariant across both national samples, supporting the cross-national validity of the model. When the mediating role of the satisfaction of the need for meaningfulness was tested separately, this appeared only the case in the Russian and not in the Indonesian sample.
AB - The current study investigates the mediating role of basic psychological need for satisfaction at work (i.e., autonomy, relatedness, and competence) in the relationship between engaging leadership (i.e., inspiring, strengthening, empowering, and connecting) and work engagement. Also, we are proposing and testing an additional need for meaningfulness that plays a similar mediating role. Data were collected from two independent samples from Indonesia (n = 607 state-owned company employees) and Russia (n = 384 civil servants). Results of both samples confirmed that basic psychological need satisfaction (autonomy, relatedness, competence, and meaningfulness) mediated the relationship between engaging leadership and work engagement. Multigroup analysis revealed that the parameters of the mediation model were invariant across both national samples, supporting the cross-national validity of the model. When the mediating role of the satisfaction of the need for meaningfulness was tested separately, this appeared only the case in the Russian and not in the Indonesian sample.
KW - basic psychological need satisfaction
KW - cross-national validity
KW - engaging leadership
KW - work engagement
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068616131&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/hrdq.21366
DO - 10.1002/hrdq.21366
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85068616131
SN - 1044-8004
VL - 30
SP - 453
EP - 471
JO - Human Resource Development Quarterly
JF - Human Resource Development Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -