Experimental research design for investigation of the impact of managerial behavior on employee stress

Abstract

The paper outlines the experimental research design for investigation of the impact of managerial behavior on employee stress. The proposed experimental research design integrates management, bioengineering, and medical sciences. From a management science perspective, real work situations and scenarios were created to investigate the impact of different managerial behaviors (transformational and transactional leadership styles) on employee stress in different work situations. The implications for bioengineering and medical sciences are revealed through the research of physiological parameters and biomarkers (cortisol, alpha amylase, and immunoglobulin A) to determine objective stress and its dynamics. Experimental research design based on the simulation of real situations face-to-face and the use of physiological parameters and biomarkers in determining the objective level of stress enables obtaining strong evidence of causal relationships by manipulating managerial behavior and different work situations that influence employee stress. The paper argues for the value of experimental research design in leadership and human resource management field and provides the elaborated protocol for deeper understanding of the influence of manager's behavior on employee stress in different work situations.

Keywords: Managerial Behaviour, Employees'S Stress, Factors Of Work Environment, Experimental Research Design

DOI: 10.54941/ahfe1004959