Management Review ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (7): 224-235.

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The Cross-level Impact of Servant Leadership on Thriving at Work——The Role of Relational Energy and Learning Goal Orientation

Ye Pu1,2, Xu Yan1, Li Chaoping1   

  1. 1. School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872;
    2. Human Resource Department, China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group Co., Ltd., Beijing 100029
  • Received:2019-10-09 Online:2022-07-28 Published:2022-08-19

Abstract: Based on self-determination theory and conservation of resource theory, this paper constructs a multi-level linear model to explore the cross-level impact of servant leadership on thriving at work and the impact mechanism. A questionnaire survey to 61 team samples (61 team leaders and 345 team members) is conducted. The results show that on the team level, servant leadership and relational energy have a significant positive effect on employees' thriving at work; relational energy mediates the relationship between servant leadership and employees' thriving at work; and learning goal orientation positively moderates this relationship. For employees with high learning goal orientation, the positive relationship between relational energy and thriving at work is stronger, and the mediating effect of relational energy is more significant. By testing the moderated mediation model, we discuss the impact of service leadership on thriving at work, and the spiral development mode of them is worth exploring in the future.

Key words: servant leadership, thriving at work, relational energy, learning goal orientation