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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Organizational Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1380935

Full Range Leadership Style and Its Effect on Effectiveness, Employee Satisfaction, and Extra Effort: An Empirical Study

Provisionally accepted
Fernando Garzon-Lasso Fernando Garzon-Lasso 1Jorge Serrano-Malebrán Jorge Serrano-Malebrán 2*Sandra Arenas-Arango Sandra Arenas-Arango 1Carlos Molina Carlos Molina 2
  • 1 School of Administration, EAFIT University, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia
  • 2 Catholic University of the North, Antofagasta, Chile

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    The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a positive relationship between full-range leadership and employees' effort, efficiency, and satisfaction. A questionnaire was administered to 577 executives from Colombian companies, and the data was analyzed using a partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach. The results show that both transformational and transactional leadership have a direct and significant impact on extra effort, effectiveness, and satisfaction, with transformational leadership having the greatest impact on these factors. Conversely, passive-avoidant leadership has negative effects on these three constructs. This study validates the effectiveness of the MLQ 5X in a South American country, a geographical region where such studies are in their early stages. Finally, the whole range of leadership styles—transformational, transactional, and passive-avoidant—is looked at. These styles are seen as second-order constructs that challenge latent multidimensional models as they emerge.

    Keywords: Leadership, effort, Efficiency, Satisfaction, PLS-SEM

    Received: 02 Feb 2024; Accepted: 08 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Garzon-Lasso, Serrano-Malebrán, Arenas-Arango and Molina. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Jorge Serrano-Malebrán, Catholic University of the North, Antofagasta, Chile

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