Effect of empowering leadership on employees’ workplace loneliness: a moderated mediation model

• DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1387624
• Publication Date: 2024-06-17T04:59:31Z
• Authors: Lingyan Hou; Wenjing Cai
• Keywords: Moderation; Moderated mediation

Background Workplace loneliness has become a prevalent experience among employees in organizations; however, there is limited empirical research on how leaders can address and mitigate this issue. Drawing upon self-determination theory empowering leadership theory, study examines the impact of workplace by exploring mediator role breadth self-efficacy moderator leader–member conversational quality. Methods A time-lagged design was used, collecting data through two-wave online survey involving 531 Chinese public sectors. The participants consisted 321 males 210 females, with an average age 35 years (SD = 7.36). Results Our findings indicate that positively influences employees’ self-efficacy, reducing their loneliness. Moreover, quality strengthens indirect effect, suggesting more effective when high. Conclusion This expands enriches antecedents from approach, providing valuable insights for organizations to implement interventions effectively alleviate