The Impact of Self-sacrificial Leadership on Employees' Work-Family Balance: A Chain Mediating Model and the Moderating Effect of Collectivism Orientation

Abstract

Abstract: While a growing number of studies focus on work-family balance in the context of the people's ever-growing needs for a better life and the enterprises development, few of them have conducted a complete research into the mechanism of how self-sacrificial leadership impacts on employees' work-family balance. Drawing from the work-family balance theory, this study proposes a full mediation chain model that self-sacrificial leadership positively influences work-family balance through leader-based self-esteem and work-family enrichment, and further examines the moderating effect of collectivism orientation. Based on data resulting from 231 employees' sample, we conclude that self-sacrificial leadership indirectly promotes work-family balance. The significantly positive relationship between self-sacrificial leadership and work-family balance is mediated in tandem by leader-based self-esteem and work-family enrichment. In addition, collectivism orientation plays a positive moderating role in the relationship between self-sacrificial leadership and leader-based self-esteem.

Key words: work-family balance, self-sacrificial leadership, leader-based self-esteem, work-family mutual support, collectivism orientation

Qu Yiying, Xu Zhenting, Yan Jiaqi. The Impact of Self-sacrificial Leadership on Employees' Work-Family Balance: A Chain Mediating Model and the Moderating Effect of Collectivism Orientation[J]. Management Review, 2021, 33(12): 272-283.

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