ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Organizational Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1468563
The Impact of Presidents’ Transformational Leadership on Faculty Occupational Well-being - Parallel Mediating Roles of Teaching Efficacy and Job Crafting
Provisionally accepted
- 1Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- 2Shandong Management University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Occupational well-being (OW) has gained increasing attention in recent years; however, limited research has focused on university and college faculty—despite their high levels of burnout and job dissatisfaction. This study examines the impact of university presidents’ transformational leadership (TL) on faculty OW, and explores the mediating roles of job crafting and teaching efficacy in this relationship. A total of 555 faculty members from colleges and universities in China voluntarily participated in the survey. The results revealed that: (1) presidents’ TL significantly and positively predicted faculty OW; (2) job crafting partially mediated the relationship between TL and OW; and (3) teaching efficacy also partially mediated this relationship. These findings suggest that transformational leadership by university presidents not only directly enhances faculty well-being but also exerts indirect effects through job crafting and teaching efficacy. This study provides valuable insights for higher education administrators seeking to promote faculty well-being through effective leadership strategies.
Keywords: Occupational well-being, Transformational leadership, Job crafting, Teaching efficacy, higher education
Received: 22 Jul 2024; Accepted: 23 May 2025.
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* Correspondence: ManKeun Yoon, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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