Hope-Centered Leadership

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dc.contributor.advisorHellman, Chan
dc.contributor.authorFreeze, Christopher
dc.contributor.committeeMemberAdams, Curt
dc.contributor.committeeMemberEdwards, Beverly
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPharris, Angela
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWorley, Jody
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-20T17:28:40Z
dc.date.available2023-11-20T17:28:40Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-17
dc.date.manuscript2023-11-17
dc.description.abstractHope has been found to be a strong predictor of employee well-being. However, until now, no scale existed to measure whether leaders were activating and operationalizing hope within employees. The Hope-Centered Leadership (HCL) scale addresses that void. Using the framework of Snyder’s established Hope Theory and Yukl’s Taxonomy of Leadership Behaviors, this study constructed a conceptualization of HCL, developed and validated the HCL measure, and demonstrated HCL as a resource in the Job Demands-Resources model. First, HCL was defined as behaviors that activate and nurture hope through setting task-oriented goals, navigating change-oriented pathways, and cultivating relations-oriented agency. Second, a sample of 340 teachers was utilized to validate the measure. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed an a priori first-order structure consisting of nine items. Convergent and discriminate validity was confirmed through structural equation modeling (SEM) utilizing hope, collective hope, and trust. Third, HCL was tested using a sample of 501 individuals within the Job Demands-Resources model to determine if HCL served as a job resource. SEM results indicated that HCL did serve as a job resource through positive correlations with collective hope and workplace well-being while reducing the effects of job demands (i.e., exhaustion, abusive supervision) leading to burnout. Consequently, practitioners now have a valid measure built on established theory for use in determining if leaders are fostering hope within employees through goals, pathways, and agency.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244/339984
dc.languageen_USen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectHope, Leadership, Hope-Centered, Goalsen_US
dc.thesis.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.titleHope-Centered Leadershipen_US
ou.groupGraduate Collegeen_US
shareok.orcid0009-0000-6196-3853en_US

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