The purpose of this study is to empirically verify the effect of relationship-oriented leadership type on the meaning of work, and to identify the mediating effect of job crafting and the moderating effect of organizational support perception in this ...
The purpose of this study is to empirically verify the effect of relationship-oriented leadership type on the meaning of work, and to identify the mediating effect of job crafting and the moderating effect of organizational support perception in this relationship, to provide practical implications in terms of human resource development. wanted to provide. The research questions set to achieve the purpose of the study are as follows. First, what is the correlation between relationship-oriented leadership types (coaching leadership, empowering leadership, inclusive leadership), meaning of work, job crafting, and perception of organizational support? play a mediating role in Third, in the relationship between the type of relationship-oriented leadership and job crafting, the perception of organizational support played a moderating role.
For the study, an online survey was conducted targeting workers at domestic IT companies, and 311 valid responses were collected. A total of 80 questions were used in the survey, consisting of coaching leadership (13 questions), empowering leadership (20 questions), inclusive leadership (9 questions), work meaning (10 questions), job crafting (15 questions), and organizational support awareness (7 questions). Statistical programs SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 25.0 were used for survey analysis. The summary of the results derived from the analysis is as follows.
First, it was confirmed that relationship-oriented leadership type and meaning of work, relationship-oriented leadership type and job crafting, leadership type and organizational support perception all had significant effects. Second, in the relationship between the relationship-oriented leadership type and the meaning of work, job crafting was found to have a partial mediating effect. Third, the perception of organizational support was found to have a reinforcing moderating effect that strengthened the influence relationship between the relationship-oriented leadership type and job crafting.
Based on the research results, the following implications were suggested. First, since relationship-oriented leadership pays attention to the growth of members, it is thought that the leader will act as a lubricant in forming trust with members. It means that there is a need to develop and operate programs to check various leadership styles and strengthen leadership based on the understanding of relationship-oriented leadership. Second, in order to understand the mechanism between the relationship-oriented leadership type and the meaning of work to increase the meaning of members' work, leaders should actively lead members' job crafting and establish a culture of communication. Third, it is necessary to check various organizational support systems in order to increase a positive attitude toward the organization and to diversify the communication channel method so that members can recognize the organization's support. Based on the above research results, limitations and supplementary points were identified, and future research directions were suggested.