The Relationship Between Servant Leadership, Supportive Work Environment, and Tech Employees' Mental Well-Being

This research explored the relationship between servant leadership, supportive work environment, and mental well-being of tech employees. Understanding this relationship is crucial as the technology (“tech”) industry faces high stress levels and burnout rates, potentially affecting employee’s performance and retention. This quantitative, cross-sectional study surveyed 90 tech employees to examine the relationship between servant leadership, supportive work environment, and employees’ mental well-being. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, the Servant Leadership Questionnaire (Liden et.al, 2008), Work Environment Scale (Tsai et al.,2015), and Mental Health Continuum Short Form (Keyes, 2002). A series of regression analyses were conducted to understand the relationship between servant leadership, supportive work environment, and tech employees’ mental well-being. The results of the study showed that both servant leadership and a supportive work environment positively predict mental well-being of tech employees revealing that both servant leadership and a supportive work environment likely enhance employees' mental well-being. This study demonstrates servant leadership and supportive work environment have positive correlation in relation to tech employees' mental well-being, providing a foundation for more effective leadership strategies and organizational practices in the high-stress tech industry.