The cultural generalizability of engaging leadership: Validation in the Romanian context

Wasim Get, Bogdan Oprea, Wilmar B Schaufeli, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, University of Bucharest, ISRA Center Marketing Research, Research Unit Occupational , Organizational Psychology and Professional Learning, KU Leuven, Department of Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Published online on January 24, 2026

Abstract

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, Volume 26, Issue 1, Page 127-141, April 2026.
Engaging leadership is a managerial style that focuses on satisfying four basic psychological needs of followers (autonomy, relatedness, competence, and meaningfulness) and has been shown to be positively related to followers’ engagement, commitment, and ...