Das Center for Leadership and Behavior in Organizations (CLBO) feiert dieses Jahr sein 10-jähriges Bestehen. Zu diesem Anlass hat der UniReport über das Center berichtet. Den Artikel können Sie hier nachlesen.

Effective leaders should not only take care of tasks, but also of the health of their employees - this can mean an additional task and thus more work. What support do leaders need to lead in a healthy way? One factor is the organizational health climate, as the results of two studies show.

The results showed that leaders’ perceptions of the organizational health climate within their company were positively related to their health mindsets (i.e., their health awareness). These in turn were positively associated with their health-oriented leadership behavior, which, ultimately went along with better employee well-being (less emotional exhaustion, more work engagement).

However, in Study 1, the relationship between perceived organizational health climate and leaders' health mindsets was moderated by their organizational identification. High leader identification strengthened the relationship between perceived organizational health climate and leaders' health mindsets.

Interested in the results? Click here for a factsheet with key findings.

Die Sozialpsychologie der Goethe Universität Frankfurt hat in einer Studie zur Telearbeit die Effekte von Homeoffice untersucht. Aus Sicht der Beschäftigten gibt es sehr viele Unterschiede im Erleben. Warum das so ist erklärt Dr. Antonia Kaluza im Gespräch bei INSITE. Das Interview finden Sie hier.

Does the health of leaders have an impact on their leadership behavior? And can the way leaders lead also have an effect on their well-being?

To answer these questions, researchers from the Goethe University in Frankfurt, together with researchers from the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel and the University of Koblenz-Landau, conducted a meta-analysis to summarize previous findings on the relationship between leadership behavior and leader well-being.

The results of the review (95 effect sizes; N = 12,617) confirm a clear relationship between how well a leader feels and how he or she behaves toward his or her employees. Different correlations of constructive and destructive leadership behaviors with different forms of well-being (for example, positive vs. negative) can be identified.

Conclusion: leaders who are healthy lead better and leaders who lead better are also healthier.

Interested in the results? Here is a factsheet with the key findings.

Want to know more about the study and also the practical implications? Here you can find an interview with Dr. Antonia Kaluza from the Goethe University Frankfurt (in German).

Homeoffice oder auch Telearbeit genannt, also das Arbeiten außerhalb eines zentralen Arbeitsplatzes, ist mittlerweile aus dem Arbeitsalltag nicht mehr wegzudenken. Und gerade momentan ist es besonders wichtig, um Kontakte zu reduzieren und damit die Ausbreitung des Corona-Virus zu verlangsamen. In einer Studie der Sozialpsychologie der Universität Frankfurt wurden über 300 Mitarbeitende aus verschiedenen deutschen Unternehmen befragt, wie sie verschiedene Vor- und Nachteile vom Homeoffice einschätzen. Ein kurzes Interview mit den beiden Autoren der Studie, Prof. Dr. Rolf van Dick und Dr. Antonia Kaluza, zu den wichtigsten Erkenntnissen dieser Studie finden Sie hier.

To answer this exciting question, researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt conducted a qualitative survey of 87 leaders between August and September 2020. You can find the interesting results of this study here.

Are you interested in supporting the research and contributing to insights on the topic of virtual leadership? Then you are cordially invited to participate in the current survey (in German only). Click here to access the survey.