High involvement work practices and employee well-being in the public sector: Does public values-focused transactional leadership make a difference?
Mostafa,Ahmed Mohammed Sayed Yunus,Saher Suhail,Aneeqa Moazzam,Amani
Mostafa,Ahmed Mohammed Sayed
Yunus,Saher
Suhail,Aneeqa
Moazzam,Amani
Abstract
Addressing calls for research on the HRM-well-being association in the public sector, this study examines whether the relationship between high involvement work practices (HIWP) and both work engagement and emotional exhaustion is contingent on supervisors’ public values-focused transactional leadership (PVTL). Drawing on self-determination theory (SDT), the study proposes that HIWP will improve employees’ sense of well-being when their supervisors practice PVTL. This assertion was tested on a sample drawn from public sector universities in Pakistan. The findings illustrated that PVTL strengthened the positive relationship between HIWP and employees’ work engagement. Nevertheless, when supervisors’ exercised higher PVTL, the negative association between HIWP and perceived emotional exhaustion disappeared.
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2026-01-05
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High involvement work practices, public values-focused transactional leadership, work engagement, emotional exhaustion, self-determination theory, SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Mostafa, A M S, Yunus, S, Suhail, A & Moazzam, A 2026, 'High involvement work practices and employee well-being in the public sector : Does public values-focused transactional leadership make a difference?', International Journal of Public Administration. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2025.2596644
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