Date of Award
5-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Department
Psychology
First Reader/Committee Chair
Mark Agars
Abstract
Work-related rumination aggravates stressors and demands at work. Past research has suggested that individuals with a learning goal orientation (LGO) cope better with ambiguity and challenges at work. Moreover, proactive leaders play an active role in influencing employees’ orientations and appraisals by modeling self-regulation through the encouragement of metacognition, employment of far-sighted goal-setting, and the utilization of participative behaviors like information-sharing that facilitates employees to take the initiative and adopt a more knowledge-seeking and developmental attitude towards their work. Using path modeling and confirmatory analysis, the study examined 1) whether the relationships between proactive leader behaviors and employee work-related rumination were mediated by employee learning goal orientation, 2) whether perceived voice climate moderated these relationships, and 3) whether proactive leader behaviors composed an overall construct of proactive leadership. Findings suggested that when leaders engaged in far-sighted goal-setting, a reduction in employee work-related rumination emerged through employee LGO. Support was found for a multidimensional structure of proactive leadership, where perceived voice climate determines the impact of proactive leader behaviors on employee LGO. This study helped understand the potential for proactive leaders to transform employees’ orientations toward work, enhancing their coping styles towards work and other domains and positively influencing employee well-being.
Recommended Citation
Khan, Iris, "PROACTIVE LEADERS’ DEVELOPMENT OF EMPLOYEE LEARNING GOAL ORIENTATION AND VOICE IN THE MITIGATION OF WORK-RELATED RUMINATION" (2025). Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations. 2120.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/2120
