Facilitating Health-Oriented Leadership from a Leader's Perspective: Antecedents at the Organizational, Workplace, and Individual Level

Abstract

Health-oriented leadership (HoL) is vital for the improvement of health and an essential part of psychological risk management.However, the relevance of different antecedent factors is unknown. We used data from a Germany-wide online survey with N = 738 leaders.Referring to the JD-R model, we analyzed leaders demands and resources that facilitate or impede health-oriented leadership from aleader s perspective. Moreover, we examined the relevance of contextual factors like branch, company size, and management span.Whereas results show only small differences for contextual factors, we found positive relationships between leaders resources, likeautonomy and social support, and negative relationships with workplace demands (availability, multitasking) and HoL from a leader sperspective. At the organizational level, HoL is positively linked to high-performance work practices and health-oriented HRM strategies.From a leader s perspective, the findings provide evidence for the relevance of favorable working conditions and human resources practicesfor improving HoL as part of psychological risk management.