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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2022.20.5.129

The Effect of Authentic Leadership on Psychological Well-Being: The Mediating Effect of Relational Conflict and Job Stress  

Wang, Le (Dept. of Business Administration, Honam University)
Jin, Xiu (Dept. of Business Administration, Honam University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.20, no.5, 2022 , pp. 129-138 More about this Journal
Abstract
After the spread of COVID-19 in China, Chinese medical workers bear the high-intensity work, these problems reduced psychological well-being. Psychological well-being will affect the members'behavior and job performance. Authentic leadership can improve the members'psychological well-being. This study focuses on the psychological well-being and explores how authentic leadership in the process of affecting the psychological well-being, to find out the mediating role of the leaders' relational conflict and the job stress. This study found that authentic leadership in the process of improving the members'psychological well-being, job stress will play a negative mediating effect. Under the background of COVID-19 era, this study helps to improve the psychological well-being level of medical staff.
Keywords
Medical Institutions; Authentic Leadership; Relational Conflict; Job Stress; Psychological Well-Being;
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