The Culture and Climate for Agile Lean Thinking

Stuart Nelson, Olivia McDermott

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Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the impact of leadership style and psychological Safety on employee engagement. It further examined whether these variables differed in organisations that carried out initiatives such as Lean or Agile and their impact on the program's success. A self-selecting sample (N = 122) completed a series of questions, including the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire Rater, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale and Team Learning Psychological Safety instruments, and demographic information. A mixed design was used, part correlational and part cross-sectional. Results found that Transformational leadership style and Psychological Safety predicted Employee Engagement and that Quality Initiative organisations scored significantly higher on Transformational Leadership, Psychological Safety and Engagement. These factors also predicted the success of the Quality Initiative. This research demonstrated the importance of transformational Leadership and a psychologically safe environment to improve Engagement and that both can be learned.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationChallenging the Future with Lean - 9th IFIP WG 5.7 European Lean Educator Conference, ELEC 2023, Proceedings
EditorsTon van Kollenburg, Alinda Kokkinou, Olivia McDermott
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages12-22
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783031632648
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event9th IFIP WG 5.7 European Lean Educator Conference on Challenging the Future with Lean, ELEC 2023 - 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Duration: 24 Oct 202326 Oct 2023

Publication series

NameIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume681
ISSN (Print)1868-4238
ISSN (Electronic)1868-422X

Conference

Conference9th IFIP WG 5.7 European Lean Educator Conference on Challenging the Future with Lean, ELEC 2023
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
City's-Hertogenbosch
Period24/10/2326/10/23

Keywords

  • Engagement
  • Leadership
  • Psychological Safety
  • Transformational Leadership

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