Abstract
The current study investigates engaging leadership and work engagement among Indonesian employees and the role of diuwongke (Javanese-Indonesian term for employees’ perception of their leaders treating them with dignity and respect at work) plays in this relationship. We also included transformational leadership in order to show the added value of the novel concept of engaging leadership. Data were collected from 607 Indonesian employees working in one of the largest Indonesian state-owned companies in an agricultural industry. Both engaging and transformational leadership were positively related to work engagement and both types of leadership are similarly associated with work engagement without any of them has stronger association with work engagement than the other. Furthermore, the engaging leadership-work engagement relationship was moderated by diuwongke. That is, the engaging leadership-work engagement relationship was stronger at lower levels of diuwongke. In contrast, no moderating effect of diuwongke was observed for transformational leadership.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1267-1295 |
Number of pages | 29 |
Journal | International Journal of Human Resource Management |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 7 |
Early online date | 4 Aug 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The key role of engaging leadership in increasing work engagement is supported by this study. Hence, organizations may promote this specific type of leadership through coaching or training programs. This study also emphasizes the role of diuwongke for work engagement. Treating employees with dignity and respect is associated with work engagement, thus, organizations may build a culture of respect among their employees. It is important to consider cultural aspects in leading employees, in our case, making the followers feel valued. Leaders who wish to foster work engagement should focus more on employees who feel less valued/diuwongke. On the other hand, they could focus less on employees who highly feel valued as this seems to substitute engaging leadership.
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Keywords
- diuwongke
- Engaging leadership
- transformational leadership
- work engagement