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  1. 🧠 Empowering leadership doesn’t just feel good — it shields against burnout. But only if context supports it.

    A new 2025 study published in BMC Psychology dives deep into the relationship between leadership style and occupational burnout, and the findings are clear:
    ✅ Leaders who delegate authority, promote autonomy, and involve employees in decisions boost psychological empowerment
    🧱 Empowerment = stronger resilience, lower emotional exhaustion
    ⚠️ BUT — the effect weakens under high job demands or poor organizational support
    🔄 It’s not “empower and walk away” — it’s “empower and support”

    The study’s moderated mediation model reveals how complex the leadership-burnout connection really is — and why generic leadership training misses the mark.

    This is the roadmap for building burnout-resistant teams: smarter leadership, real autonomy, and tailored support aligned to the environment.

    #Leadership #Burnout #WorkplaceWellbeing #EmployeeExperience #OrgPsych #Empowerment
    scienmag.com/empowering-leader

  2. SES, Inclusion, and Mental Health:

    Really interesting new survey of UK Higher Education staff finds that staff from lower socioeconomic status backgrounds feel relatively less valued and included by policymakers (e.g., government), and this has a negative effect on their mental health and well-being.

    Preprint: psyarxiv.com/usv3c

    #Science
    #SocialPsychology
    #Sociology
    #OrgBehavior
    #OrgPsych
    #SES
    #SocialClass
    #HigherEducation
    #MentalHealth
    @edutooters
    @sociology
    @socialpsych
    @orgbehavior

  3. Overwork Pays Off More for Men:

    New research finds an “overwork premium” - Evaluators allocate greater organizational rewards to people who work 50+ hrs per week ("overworkers"), *even when they do the same amount and quality of work as standard workers.*

    In addition, male overworkers reap a significantly larger overwork premium than female overworkers.

    doi.org/10.1177/01902725221141

    #Psychology
    #Sociology
    #SocialPsychology
    #OrgPsych
    #OrgBehavior
    #Overwork
    @sociology
    @socialpsych
    @orgbehavior