Positive leadership, high quality connections, meaningful work and employee resilience, The case of selected pay-television companies in Uganda
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Date
2018-11-01
Authors
Anywar, Innocent Belindah
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Makerere University Business School Institutional Repository
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between positive leadership, high quality connections, optimism, meaningful work and employee resilience. The research was carried out at DSTV/ Go Tv, Star times and Azam tv. The researcher used the Simple random sampling method to select a sample of 140 respondents. Questionnaires were administered to them, collected from respondents after one month and analysed using SPSS software. The results indicated that there is a significant and positive relationship between positive leadership and meaningful work (r =.545, p <.01). High quality connections and meaningful work (r= .531, p < .01). Regression analysis indicated that 34.6% of the variance in employee resilience can be attributed to Positive leadership (Beta=.250. P <.05) and high quality connections (Beta= .295, p <.05). Of the two significant predictors, it was noted that high quality connections exert a greater influence on employee resilience than positive leadership.
The researcher recommended that respectful engagements should be promoted, respectful behaviors are defined by how employees show esteem, dignity, and career for another person. Employees should learn to be present with others, affirming them, communicating and listening in a way that manifests regard and appreciation of the others worth.
Managers and supervisors should turn their attention to colleagues, resist distraction, and invite engagement. Further more employees should speak and react honestly, have a deep interest in colleagues and create opportunities to authentically convey interest in others, actively look for the positive in fellow colleagues. According to Ybarra, (2008) respectful engagements improve individual functioning through affecting cognitive, physiological and behavioral processes for example small amounts of interactions with others can improve both a person’s cognitive performance and working memory performance.
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A Research Dissertation Submitted In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Award Of A Masters Of Human Resource Management Of Makerere University.
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Positive leadership, High quality connections, Meaningful work, Employee resilience, Pay-television companies in Uganda
Citation
Anywar,B. (2015). Positive leadership, high quality connections, meaningful work and employee resilience, The case of selected pay-television companies in Uganda