EFFECTS OF HEALTH-PROMOTING LEADERSHIP ON WORK ENGAGEMENT THROUGH EMPLOYEE HEALTHY, WORKPLACE CIVILITY, WORKPLACE OSTRACISM, MODERATED BY EMPLOYABILITY

Abstract

Health-promoting leadership, employee health, and workplace civility are the driving forces for enterprise development. Meanwhile, employability is the core element of employment relationships. The higher the employee's employability is, the higher the labor market value, which also has an important effect on employee engagement. Based on self-determination theory and social exchange theory, this study explores the effects of health-promoting leadership, employee health, workplace civility, and workplace ostracism on employee engagement in the context of employability. In this study, employees of micro, small and medium enterprises were surveyed by convenience sampling. Through the cross-section data of 723 valid questionnaires, descriptive statistical analysis, reliability analysis, validity analysis, correlation analysis, and hypothesis testing were adopted. Based on the empirical research results, recommendations are proposed for enterprise managers and subsequent researchers.

The results show that: 1. Health-promoting leadership has a positive effect on employee health and workplace civility. 2. Employee health has no positive effect on employee engagement, workplace ostracism has no negative effect on employee engagement, and employability has no moderating effect on the relationship between employee health and employee engagement, employability has no moderating effect on the relationship between workplace ostracism and employee engagement. 3. Workplace civility has a significant negative effect on workplace ostracism. 4. Health-promoting leadership and workplace civility have a positive effect on employee engagement, but employability has no moderating effect.