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Though essential, the achievement of business-oriented performance outcomes has obscured the importance of employee well-being at work, which is a neglected area of inquiry within the field of HRM. Focusing on employees’ views of line management leadership and its implications for employee well-being at work has received little attention. This study discusses preliminary findings from ongoing research and presents a better understanding of the diversity of experiences employees receive within their organization based on leadership practices and its implications for well-being at work, service delivery, and performance. The research described in this chapter was conducted at a local government organization in North England. Using the technique of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) provided insight into the lifeworld of participants, providing the opportunity for employees to share their personal experience of leadership on the front line and its implication for employee well-being at work. The impact of the findings for line management leadership and employee well-being at work and performance is discussed.
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Cvenkel, N. (2020). Line Management Leadership, Governance, and Sustainability for Employee Well-Being at Work. In: Well-Being in the Workplace: Governance and Sustainability Insights to Promote Workplace Health . Approaches to Global Sustainability, Markets, and Governance. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3619-9_17
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