How Leaders' Expressions of Anger Affect Employees' Work Engagement: Based on the Mediating Role of Employee Well-being at Work

Abstract

As one of the most important factors influencing employee behaviour, the study of leader anger expression is particularly important. Based on the Chinese cultural context and using a sample of 322 employees, this study constructs a mediation model of leader anger expression affecting employees' work engagement through employees' work well-being in the Chinese organisational context. The results of the study show that: leader anger expression has a negative effect on employees' work engagement; employees' work happiness mediates the relationship between leader anger expression and employees' work engagement in the Chinese organisational context; and employees' work happiness has a significant positive effect on employees' work engagement. This study not only enriches the empirical research findings on leaders' anger expression and work well-being and work engagement in Chinese companies, but also provides some inspiration for organizational managers to improve their emotion expression strategies.