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How to Boost Workers' Mental Health? Give Them Good Managers
A meta-analysis compares the incremental contribution of different leadership styles to mental health.
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Workers around the globe report rising rates of burnout despite efforts by many organizations to add programs and resources such as counseling, more paid time off, and even free access to meditation apps.
None of these steps directly address one of the biggest impacts on worker well-being: the employee's manager. Now a study published in the Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies pinpoints the specific leadership styles that make the largest difference. It also revealed that increasing positive management tactics may be every bit as important as minimizing bad leadership.
This research compares seven distinct leadership styles — transformational; transactional; laissez-faire; leader-member exchange; destructive; relations-oriented; and task-oriented — and explains which styles make the biggest difference. The researchers looked at both the positive impact of helpful styles and the negative effects of unhelpful ones.
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