Sense of Coherence, Compassionate Love and Coping in International Leaders during the Transition into the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Contemporary workplaces are influenced by rapid changes, high levels of competition, increasing complexities and internationalisation processes. At the edge of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), insecurities and anxieties are high, and leaders are encouraged more than ever to lead employees with meaningful vision and prudence in order to make use of employees’ strengths, and ensure mental health and well-being. The aim of this article is to present new insights into salutogenesis, particularly sense of coherence (SOC), compassionate love (CL), and coping (C) in leaders with different cultural backgrounds. This study strengthens the idea that CL is a coping mechanism. This coping mechanism can be used by leaders to establish a resilient and salutogenic organisations. This article explores the subjective perspectives of 22 international leaders from five different countries and their views regarding SOC, CL and C through a qualitative research approach, using a qualitative online questionnaire for data collection and content analysis for data analysis. The findings on the perspectives of leaders provide new and original insights into how SOC, CL and C are connected, and how these concepts contribute to healthy organisations which are on their way to the transition into the 4IR. Conclusions are drawn. Recommendations for future research and practice are given.
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Leaders that advance and improve working conditions in terms of physical, mental and social wellbeing are more likely to have employees perceive their management style as positive.
“Leaders that advance and improve working conditions in terms of physical, mental and social wellbeing, are more likely to have employees perceiving their leaders’ management style as positive (i.e., manages who are supportive, consider their concerns, empower them, and listen, including co-operating with them and providing counselling) (Mayer and Oosthuizen 2020).”
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredEmployees of leaders who improve working conditions demonstrate high levels of psychological connection, engagement and performance.
“These employees demonstrate high levels of psychological connection, engagement and performance.”
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Compassionate leadership positively impacts employees, encouraging creativity in problem-solving and a high level of engagement.
“Compassionate leadership positively impacts employees, encouraging creativity in problem-solving and a high level of engagement (Mayer and Oosthuizen 2020).”
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- Authors
- Mayer, C.-H., & Oosthuizen, R. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Johannesburg (ZA)
- University of South Africa (ZA)
- Corresponding author
- Oosthuizen, Rudolf M.
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2020-04-20
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 2829
- ISSN
- 1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7215339
- OpenAlex
- W3016735868
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 3.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- dx.doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Keywords
- sense of coherence, compassionate love, coping, salutogenesis, Fourth Industrial Revolution, organizational resilience, employee well-being, cross-cultural leadership, workplace mental health
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Empathy, Health Status, Humans, Leadership, Love, Mental Health, Workplace, Sense of Coherence
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