Growth-oriented management and employee outcomes: Employee resilience as a mechanism for growth

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Journal Article

Publication Title

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Publisher

Emerald

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School of Business and Law

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58293

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Franken, E., Plimmer, G., & Malinen, S. (2023). Growth-oriented management and employee outcomes: Employee resilience as a mechanism for growth. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 44(5), 627-642. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-01-2023-0022

Abstract

Purpose: Support from managers that enables employee growth promotes adaptation to changing and complex job challenges. Guided by social exchange theory, this study aims to establish growth-oriented management (GOM) as a key management capability to support employee growth. It also identifies employee resilience as a mechanism for growth in employees and examines its role in mediating the relationships between GOM and key employee outcomes: well-being and work engagement. Design/methodology/approach: This study draws on survey data (n = 751) from white-collar employees in Australia. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to estimate the fit of the hypothesized model to the data. Confirmatory factor analysis was also performed to examine convergent and discriminant validity of the study variables. Findings: Findings show GOM influenced well-being and work engagement, both directly and indirectly through employee resilience. This reveals more broadly that the unique combination of behaviors that comprise GOM plays a pivotal role in supporting growth-oriented outcomes in employees. Originality/value: This is the first empirical study on the impact of GOM on well-being and engagement, as well as on the mediating mechanism of employee resilience in these relationships. GOM is an innovative contribution to scholarship on employee and organizational development, reflecting the changing nature of management, and responding to the increasingly diverse development needs of employees.

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10.1108/LODJ-01-2023-0022

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