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How does Laissez-Faire Leadership Affect the Psychosocial Work Environment in the Norwegian Armed Forces – The Moderating Role of Gender

Pedersen, Vilde; Nybråten, Celina
Master thesis
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2018
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Abstract
The purpose of the study was to explore a universal perspective that laissez-faire

leadership has a negative impact on psychosocial factors at work, including role

conflict, stress and motivation. Further, the study aimed to see whether there are

differences to how men and women are affected by this form of destructive

leadership style. We developed hypotheses proposing that women to a greater

extent than men will be affected by this type of leadership, implying that women

will react more negatively to a laissez-faire leader. A cross-sectional survey

among 9446 employees from the Norwegian Armed Forces showed that laissezfaire

leadership positively predicted role conflict and stress, while it negatively

predicted motivation. Despite the low effect size of the interaction terms, the

moderation in the study revealed that gender moderated the relationship between

laissez-faire leadership and role conflict, and also between laissez-faire leadership

and stress. However, contrary to our predictions, men were seen to be more

negatively affected by laissez-faire leadership than women. Limitations, directions

for future research, and practical implications were discussed.
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Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Business, Leadership and Change - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2018
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