Jantschitsch, Pia (2025) Leader-Employee Working Dynamics: Shared Leadership and Job Satisfaction and the Moderating Role of Psychological Safety. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
This study examined the relationship between shared leadership and job satisfaction and investigated how psychological safety may moderate this relationship. In response to the increasing complexity of organizational demands, shared leadership offers a more adaptable alternative to traditional top-down approaches. While previous research has primarily explored shared leadership at the team level, this study examines how shared leadership operates within leader-employee dyads. Drawing on self-determination theory (SDT) and social exchange theory (SET), we hypothesized that shared leadership and psychological safety would both be positively associated with job satisfaction and that psychological safety would act as a moderator. We conducted a cross-sectional survey design and recruited 57 leader-employee dyads within the Netherlands. Results revealed shared leadership as a significant predictor of job satisfaction. Contrary to our expectations, psychological safety was not a significant predictor of job satisfaction. However, psychological safety moderated the relationship between shared leadership and job satisfaction. Shared leadership had a stronger impact on job satisfaction when psychological safety was low. These findings suggest that shared leadership may act as a substitute for less psychologically safe environments by meeting core psychological needs. The study demonstrates the significance of relational climate factors in leadership dynamics and offers useful recommendations for enhancing employee retention. Keywords: shared leadership, job satisfaction, psychological safety, dyadic relationships
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Bucur, R.E. and Schmitt, A. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2025 07:39 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2025 07:39 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5433 |
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