title: Destructive managerial leadership and psychological well-being among employees in Swedish, Polish, and Italian hotels.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this cross-sectional exploratory study was to investigate destructive managerial leadership in the hotel industry in Sweden, Poland, and Italy in relation to psychological well-being among employees.
  
  
  METHODS
  554 questionnaires were collected from employees in all occupational groups within hotels. The Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) measured working conditions, particularly iso-strain or high work demands combined with low control and poor social support, and psychological well-being, defined in terms of mental health, vitality, and behavioural stress. Items adapted from the Global Leadership and Organisational Behaviour Effectiveness (GLOBE) research program questionnaire measured autocratic, malevolent, and self-centred leadership styles. Differences in ratings between countries were estimated, as well as the relationship between destructive managerial leadership on an organisation level and employee psychological well-being on an individual level. The relationship between destructive leadership and psychological well-being among employees was adjusted for employees' reported iso-strain.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Autocratic and malevolent leadership were at the organisation level related to low vitality among employees and self-centred leadership was significantly associated with poormental health, low vitality, and high behavioural stress. Autocratic and malevolent leadership were more strongly related to iso-strain than was self-centred leadership. Variations in leadership practice between countries were seen in autocratic and malevolent leadership.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This exploratory study suggests a significant association between destructive managerial leadership on the organisation level and poor psychological well-being among employees on an individual level. Interventions to decrease iso-strain and enhance psychological well-being among employees could be directed at an organisation level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Anna.Nyberg@ki.se
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nyberg
authors.forename: Ingalill
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Holmberg
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bernin
authors.forename: Magnus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alderling
authors.forename: Staffan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Åkerblom
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Widerszal-Bazyl
authors.forename: Maria Elena
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Magrin
authors.forename: Hans-Martin
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Hasselhorn
authors.forename: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milczarek
authors.forename: Giuliana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Denk
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Westerlund
authors.forename: Töres
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Theorell
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007558:Italy; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010559:Personnel Management; D011044:Poland; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden; D055815:Young Adult