Are You Secure Enough to Follow? The Influence of Follower Attachment on Transformational Leadership Perceptions and Thriving at Work
基于依恋理论和资源保存模型，通过三波纵向研究587名员工，发现安全依恋通过提升变革型领导感知促进工作繁荣，而过度依赖和反依赖依恋则相反。
Abstract Followers are increasingly acknowledged as influential in shaping leadership relationships and outcomes, yet the contribution of individual differences in followers’ relational characteristics to leadership processes is poorly understood. Drawing on attachment theory and the conservation of resources model, we examine the influence of followers’ attachment dimensions on their perceptions of transformational leadership (TFL) and thriving at work. In a three-wave longitudinal study of 587 employees in 112 project teams, multilevel mediation analysis showed that secure attachment was positively associated with thriving at work, while overdependent and counterdependent attachment were negatively associated. These relationships were fully mediated by followers’ perceptions of TFL. The findings suggest that follower attachment security fosters workplace thriving by enhancing perceptions of TFL. The value of incorporating follower attachment in future follower-centered leadership research and practice is discussed.