Research on the Mechanism of Coaching Leadership on Employees' Taking Charge from the Perspective of Self-Regulation Theory

Abstract

Abstract: oaching leadership, as a new type of leadership style that can effectively train and help employees, has attracted increasingly more attention from scholars at home and abroad in recent years. Based on self-regulation theory, this paper discusses the mechanism and boundary conditions of coaching leadership on employees' taking charge. Through the statistical analysis of 361 valid samples collected at three time points, we find that coaching leadership has a positive impact on employees' taking charge; self-goal setting mediates the relationship between coaching leadership and employees' taking charge; core self-evaluation not only negatively moderates the relationship between coaching leadership and self-goal setting, but also negatively moderates the indirect relationship between coaching leadership and employees' taking charge via self-goal setting. This study is the first to explore the influencing mechanism of coaching leadership on employees' proactive behaviors from the perspective of self-regulation theory, which enriches the relevant studies and provides a practical guidance for enterprises to motivate employees to taking charge.

Key words: coaching leadership, self-goal setting, core self-evaluation, taking charge

Zhan Xiaojun, Lu Na, Luo Wenhao, Zhu Yanghao. Research on the Mechanism of Coaching Leadership on Employees' Taking Charge from the Perspective of Self-Regulation Theory[J]. Management Review, 2020, 32(8): 193-203.

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