Studying the relationship between charismatic leadership, self-leadership, and work engagement inhealthcare sector

Abstract

Charismatic leadership is renowned as one's personal strength perceived to be extraordinary and attractive by other people. Charismatic leadership effects change in followers' behavior through making salient of their values and identities. The aim of this research was to study the relationship between charismatic leadership, self-leadership, and work engagement in the healthcare sector. The study took place at hospitals in Iran. After distributing questionnaires, 348 accurate questionnaires have been used for data analysis. This research was conducted using three separate questionnaires include charismatic leadership self-leadership and work engagement. Structural equation modeling was conducted to examine the relationship between the variables. The finding showed that charismatic leadership has a positive impact on self-leadership and work engagement with a significant path coefficient at 0.69 and 0.78. In addition, self-leadership has a positive impact on work engagement with a significant path coefficient at 0.73. The results of the research showed that charismatic leadership could be considered as a predictor of self-leadership and work engagement, and self-leadership could be considered as a predictor of work engagement.