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The relationship between laissez‐faire leadership and burnout: Mediation through work alienation and the moderating role of political skill

Muhammad Usman · Zahid Yousaf · Farooq Anwar · Muhammad Aamir Shafique Khan

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Abstract We tested the relationship between laissez‐faire leadership and job burnout and the mediating role of work alienation in this relationship. We also examined the moderating role of political skill in the relationship between laissez‐faire leadership and burnout. Based on time‐lagged (three waves, two months apart) survey data collected from 272 employees in 92 firms operating in China, our results showed that laissez‐faire leadership was positively related to burnout both directly and via work alienation. Moreover, the positive relationship between laissez‐faire leadership and burnout was contingent on political skill, such that the relationship was weak when political skill was high. The study provides useful suggestions to help managers curb employees' feelings of burnout and work alienation.

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