Ferreira, N.Simães, C.Morais, C.Gomes, A. Rui2026-04-142026-04-142026-03-016a8455f4-ae08-48d3-8011-9683068566echttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/57488Leadership has gained significant attention in recent years, becoming a key focus of research on psychosocial risk prevention and organizational factors that affect workers' well-being and performance. Based on the Leadership Efficacy Model (LEM), this study examined the relationship between leadership readiness and burnout among employees in a business context, categorizing workers into three groups based on their perceptions of their supervisors' leadership readiness. According to the LEM, three leadership factors can explain leadership efficacy: leadership cycles, leadership styles, and antecedent factors of leadership. The combination of these dimensions yields a single “score” indicating managers' readiness to exercise leadership.engconference poster not in proceedings