The concept of leadership continues it’s important in management field for a long time. Nowadays, economic, social, technological, etc., some of the developments in the field of leadership has begun to be discussed in different forms. In such a period where recognition, understanding, influencing and directing human behaviors are vital; more up-to-date leadership approaches that can affect them in a sustainable way, as compared to traditional leadership concepts that can only lead to their followers in a shorter period of time. Indigo leadership, one of these approaches and increasingly popular, is increasingly becoming more and more feasible in today's working conditions where human resources play a key role in ensuring competitive advantage.
Indigo leadership refers to a leadership style that puts human values in the foreground, trusts its followers, and adopts an embracing style of behavior that contributes to them in a mental, emotional and behavioral sense. Affective well-being refers to emotional well-being in response to job stimulators, depending on the individual's overall level of happiness and motivation.
It is aimed to do this study in the academic environment as the indigo leadership style to be adopted will affect positively the job emotional well-being. The research was carried out on academicians from SDU and MAKU in Turkey. As a data collection tool in the research, the "Indigo Leadership Scale" developed by Budak and Fettahoğlu (2015) was used to measure indigo leadership behaviors of academic administrators and “Job-Related Affective Well-Being Scale” developed by Katwyk et al. (2000) and adapted to Turkish by Bayram et al. (2003) was used to measure the emotional well-being of academicians.
The concept of leadership continues it’s important in management field for a long time. Nowadays, economic, social, technological, etc., some of the developments in the field of leadership has begun to be discussed in different forms. In such a period where recognition, understanding, influencing and directing human behaviors are vital; more up-to-date leadership approaches that can affect them in a sustainable way, as compared to traditional leadership concepts that can only lead to their followers in a shorter period of time. Indigo leadership, one of these approaches and increasingly popular, is increasingly becoming more and more feasible in today's working conditions where human resources play a key role in ensuring competitive advantage.
Indigo leadership refers to a leadership style that puts human values in the foreground, trusts its followers, and adopts an embracing style of behavior that contributes to them in a mental, emotional and behavioral sense. Affective well-being refers to emotional well-being in response to job stimulators, depending on the individual's overall level of happiness and motivation.
It is aimed to do this study in the academic environment as the indigo leadership style to be adopted will affect positively the job emotional well-being. The research was carried out on academicians from SDU and MAKU in Turkey. As a data collection tool in the research, the "Indigo Leadership Scale" developed by Budak and Fettahoğlu (2015) was used to measure indigo leadership behaviors of academic administrators and “Job-Related Affective Well-Being Scale” developed by Katwyk et al. (2000) and adapted to Turkish by Bayram et al. (2003) was used to measure the emotional well-being of academicians.
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Bölüm | Araştırma Makalesi |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 22 Ekim 2021 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 9 Mart 2020 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2021 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 42 |