The Impact of Emotional Leadership on Turnover Intention through Job Stress

감성리더십이 이직의도에 미치는 영향 : 직무스트레스의 매개효과

This study is to examine the relationship between emotional leadership and turnover intention and mediating role of job stress. A model was established and hypotheses were verified on the basis of literature. In a model proposed for this study, emotional leadership was used as antecedents to job stress while turnover intention was used as consequences for job stress. The sample included 215 employees. Structural equation modeling was used to employed the hypothesized relationships in the conceptual model. Results indicated that emotional leadership has a negative impact job stress and turnover intention, and job stress has a positive impact turnover. Also, emotional leadership negatively affects turnover intention through job stress as expected. Implications are discussed and future research directions are outlined.