Leadership and work-family conflicts: a study in higher education from the leaders-member-exchange point of view

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1983-4535.2024.e95327

Keywords:

Conflicts, Leadership, Organizational Behavior, People Management, Universities

Abstract

Leadership and work-family conflict stand out as topics of interest to contemporary organizations due to different reasons; however, they are strongly associated with organizational performance and the discontinuities of the modern world. Considering these aspects, this paper aims to analyze the relationship between leadership of Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) and work-family conflicts and, in addition, family-work and work-family conflicts among themselves. For that, field research was carried out with a cross-sectional approach and non-probabilistic sampling with 222 civil servants from a Brazilian federal university. The research instrument was a questionnaire organized based on the Work-Family Conflict (ECTF, Brazilian acronym) and LMX-7 scales. Data processing was quantitative by structural equation modeling with estimation by the Partial Least Square method (PLS-SEM). Results showed that the improvement of leader-member relationships favors the reduction of work-family conflicts and that family-work conflicts worsen work-family conflicts, with which they maintain a positive and significant relationship. The conclusion recommends improving leadership and developing training programs for employees to deal with stress and distinguish roles in the work and non-work relationship.      

Author Biographies

Carlos Antônio Santos Cardoso Junior, Universidade Federal do Pará

Bacharel em administração pela Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPa) concentra estudos em gestão de pessoas e comportamento organizacional em organizações públicas. 

Carlos André Corrêa de Mattos, Universidade Federal do Pará

Doutor em Ciências Agrárias (2012) pela Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA) e Mestre em Gestão e Desenvolvimento Regional (2008) pela Universidade de Taubaté (Unitau). Cursou MBA em Gestão Empresarial (2004) e Gerenciamento de Projetos (2005) pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). Bacharel em Administração (2002) pela Universidade da Amazônia (Unama), na trajetória profissional atuou em organizações públicas e privadas. Dentre as áreas de concentração, destacam-se: Gestão de Organizações Públicas, Competitividade, Agronegócio e Organização Agroindustrial. Atualmente é professor da Faculdade de Administração (FAAD) e do Programa de Mestrado em Administração (PPGAD) da Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPa)

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