Laissez-faire leadership behaviors in public sector in Vietnam

Diep Nguyen; Stephen Teo; Steven Grover; Nguyen Phong Nguyen

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-57940-9_22

Laissez-faire leadership behaviors in public sector in Vietnam

Diep Nguyen^*, Stephen Teo, Steven Grover, Nguyen Phong Nguyen

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Abstract

Negative leadership styles lay the groundwork for bullying to thrive, which negatively affects individual psychological health as found in previous research. However, because little is known in relation to how employees from high-power distance cultures such as Vietnam, experience the negative consequences of destructive leadership behaviors at work, the current study examined the consequences of laissez-faire leadership behaviors from 207 public sector employees in Vietnam. Results showed that laissez-faire leadership behaviors were negatively associated with psychological safety climate (PSC) and increased the incidence of workplace bullying. PSC was also found to have a positive impact on employee well-being, while workplace bullying had a negative influence on employee well-being.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Handbook of Leadership in Transforming Asia
Editors	Nuttawuth Muenjohn, Adela McMurray
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	397-415
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9781137579409
ISBN (Print)	9781137579386
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57940-9_22
Publication status	Published - 25 Jul 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Laissez-faire leadership
Bullying
Psychological safety climate
Public sector
Vietnam

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