The effect of emotional leadership and job security on employees’ mental health

• Weijun Gu

  Beijing Jiaotong University

• Xiaochun Chen

  Beijing Wuzi University

• Rui Zhang

  Beijing Normal University

• Wensong Zhang

  Beijing Jiaotong University

We examined the impact of emotional leadership on employees’ mental health by establishing a cross-level theoretical model to test this relationship as a function of employees’ sense of job security, self-directed learning, and organizational identification. The research sample consisted of 304 employees of 10 high-technology companies in China. Results show that emotional leadership was positively associated with employees’ mental health, and that job security mediated this relationship. Organizational identification and self-directed learning positively moderated the relationship between job security and employees’ mental health, resulting in a moderated mediation effect on the model. The conclusions of this study have implications for improving employees’ mental health via interactions with emotional leaders.

1. Weijun Gu, Beijing Jiaotong University
   School of Economics and Management
2. Xiaochun Chen, Beijing Wuzi University
   Business School
3. Rui Zhang, Beijing Normal University
   Business School
4. Wensong Zhang, Beijing Jiaotong University
   School of Economics and Management

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