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The process of self-leadership: what are its effects on the well-being of workers?

par Pudles, Nathan ;Hellemans, Catherine
Référence Journée des Doctorants (26/04/2024: ULB)
Publication Publié, 2024-04-26

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The notion of self-leadership refers to a set of strategies influencing oneself consciously applied to determine what tasks should be done, why and how (Manz, 1986). It is supposedly elicited by high intrinsic motivation and a work setting that warrants enough autonomy to the workers (Manz, 1986). Because self-leadership relies on finite psychological resources, its exercise can deplete them, leading to exhaustion. However, it has been postulated that practising self-leadership consistently should reduce the resource loss and have a positive influence on wellbeing (Stewart et al., 2019). In a context of work intensification and a new teleworking norm leaving the employees in charge of managing their work, studying whether self-leadership is a motivational process relying on intrinsic motivation, or a necessary reaction to deal with high demands in an autonomous work setting, and its potentially detrimental effect on exhaustion is highly necessary (Mauno et al., 2023; Wrezinska et al., 2021; Stewart et al., 2019). Hence, the aim of our PhD project is to study the underlying mechanisms of self-leadership and its effects on the wellbeing of the workers. We will first test the link between the four types of motivation and self-leadership with a diary study in a quasi-experimental setting (Deci et al., 2017). We will then conduct a qualitative study focusing on whether consistently practising self-leadership limits the depletion of psychological resources, thus becoming a resource, in the wake of high demands. Lastly, we will test a model integrating demands, self-leadership, motivation, and exhaustion on a population of teleworkers.