Can servant leadership prevent hotel employee depression during the COVID-19 pandemic? A mediating and multigroup analysis

Academic Journal

Ruiz-Palomino, Pablo | Yáñez-Araque, Benito | Jiménez-Estévez, Pedro | Gutiérrez-Broncano, Santiago

Highlights Path and conditions for servant leadership to reduce depression symptoms.Servant leaders reduce employee depression by increasing their levels of personal social capital (PSC).Servant leadership increases PSC both in active and temporary laid-off employees.For employees who are temporary laid off, PSC is a resource that is highly important to reduce their depression symptoms.