Effects of work stressors on desire for organizational construction: The moderating role of leader–member exchange

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Zhang ◽  
Long Chen ◽  
Ning Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Uncertainty Management ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Work Stressors ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Uncertainty Management Theory ◽  
Moderating Role

AbstractThis study constructs the relationship between work stressors and the desire for organizational construction and the moderating role of leader–member exchange. The study is conducted by integrating social exchange and uncertainty management theory. Through investigating 204 employees and performing a scenario study in China, this research confirms that challenge stressors are positively related to desire for organizational construction. The relationship between hindrance stressors and desire for organizational construction tends to be U-shaped in the condition of high leader–member exchange, and the relationship tends to have an inverted U-shape in the condition of low leader–member exchange. This study has important implications for discerning the scope of application for both social exchange and uncertainty management theory, as managers seek to explain the relationship between negative treatment of employees and their desire for organizational construction.

Team Networks and Team Identification: The Role of Leader-Member Exchange

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (7) ◽  
pp. 1115-1123 ◽  
Author(s):  
KeXin Guan ◽  
ZhengXue Luo ◽  
JiaXi Peng ◽  
Zhen Wang ◽  
HaiTing Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Team Identification ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Exchange Relationships ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Relationship

We examined the relationship among team networks, leader-member exchange (LMX), and team identification in the workplace. Social network theory, social exchange theory, and social identity theory served as references for our theoretical propositions and analyses. We collected data from a sample of 223 teams of military personnel, serving in the artillery in West China. We found that the team networks had a significant effect on team identification. Further, the variance and the mean for LMX in teams interacted in influencing team identification (β =-.893, p < .01). Our findings indicated that creating productive networks in teams would be useful to enhance team identification, the effect of which may be carried on through to building exchange relationships between leader and follower.

A Cross-Level Theoretical and Empirical Model of Positive Emotions, Leader Identification, and Leader–Member Exchange

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 124-135
Author(s):  
Chongrui Liu ◽  
Cong Wang ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Xuran Liu ◽  
Yuan Ni
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Leadership Context ◽  
Broaden And Build Theory ◽  
Mediating Factor ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract. Although leader–member exchange (LMX) has been widely studied, knowledge about how followers influence the LMX process remains unknown. By integrating the broaden-and-build theory (BBT) with the emotion as social information (EASI) theory, we develop a follower-centric multilevel model to investigate how followers' positive emotions have an impact on LMX via the mediating role of leader identification and the moderating role of leaders' positive emotions. We conducted a survey with 319 Chinese employees from 67 teams. The results indicated that leader identification served as a mediating factor in the relationship between followers' positive emotions and LMX. The work unit leaders' positive emotions strengthened the relationship between leader identification and LMX and moderated the mediated relationship among followers' positive emotions, leader identification, and LMX. Altogether, our findings inform new knowledge in terms of how followers may influence the development of LMX. We also help to extend the BBT and the EASI theory to the leadership context.

scholarly journals The Moderating Role of Leader-Member Exchange on the Relationship between Emotional Labor with Job Satisfaction or Turnover Intention

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakan Turgut ◽  
Ismail Tokmak ◽  
M. Fikret Ates
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Emotional Labor ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Emotional Dilemmas ◽  
Moderating Role

<p>It is known in the business world that employees’ display of emotional labor in their relations with customers contributes to the success of the organization. Therefore, the aim of this study is to find out how the emotional dilemmas that employees experience affect their perceptions on job satisfaction and turnover intention and whether leader-member exchange has a moderating role on these relationships. In this respect, we performed a survey on the 371 employees of a company in Turkey. We used the scale developed by Diefendorff et al. (2005) to test emotional labor; the scale developed by Scandura and Graen (1984) to test leader-member exchange; the scale developed by Chen et al. (2009) to test job satisfaction and the scale developed by Scott et al. (1999) to test turnover intention. The all scales were measured valid and reliable for this sample group. In the hierarchical regression analyses, done to test the hypotheses, all variables were included in the model. According to the findings, emotional labor has a significant and positive direct effect on turnover intention and it has a significant and negative direct effect on job satisfaction. All these results taken into consideration, it was confirmed that when emotional labor increases, turnover intention also increases, and job satisfaction decreases. Furthermore, the moderating role of leader-member exchange between the relationship of emotional labor and turnover intention wasn’t approved; however, its moderating role between the relationship of emotional labor and job satisfaction was approved. To sum up, it is estimated that performing emotional labor is inevitable for organizational success and it is essential to develop new methods in order to prevent the negativities resulting from emotional dilemmas.</p>

scholarly journals ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR AND LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE AS CORRELATES OF WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AMONG WORKERS: MODERATING ROLE OF AUTONOMY

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen E. Iloke ◽  
Tochukwu M. Oguegbe ◽  
Leonard N. Ezeh
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Workplace Violence ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

The present study investigated the moderating role of autonomy in the relationship among organizational citizenship behaviours, leader member exchange and workplace violence. Two hundred and twenty (220) non-teaching staff of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka campus participated in the study. They comprised of 176 females and 44 males. Their age ranged from 22 to 53 years with their mean age of 33.1yearsand standard deviation of 5.7. Four instruments were adopted in the study, namely 12-item workplace violence scale developed by Wang (2002), 20-item organizational citizenship behavior scale developed by Spector, Fox, Goh, Brussema & Kessler (2012), 11-item leader member exchange scale developed by Graen and Taylor (2004). Correlational design was employed for the study. Pearson product moment correlation statistics and multiple regression were also employed as the statistical tool to test the 4 hypotheses generated. The results of the hypotheses tested showed that organizational citizenship behavior positively and significantly correlated with workplace violence (r=.88, P<.001), leader member exchange positively and significantly correlated with workplace (r=.82, P<.001), autonomy significantly moderated the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and leader member exchange on workplace violence β(.-67, t= -5.15, p<.01)). Autonomy moderated the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and leader member exchange β(-2.34; t= -5.57, p<.01). It was recommended that workers should be encouraged to imbibe citizenship behaviours in their workplaces. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0770/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

scholarly journals Leader Humor and Knowledge Sharing Behavior: The Role of Leader-Member Exchange

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rasyid Abdillah
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Knowledge Sharing Behavior ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sharing Behavior

A function in using humor in the workplace is to build relationships between employees involved in such behavior. This study seeks to explain the relationship between leader humor and knowledge-sharing behavior using social exchange theory. Specifically, this study endeavors to explain the mechanism process underlying the relationship between leader humor and knowledge-sharing behavior through the leader-member exchange. To test the hypotheses, the current study collected data from employees working at communication and information company in Pekanbaru City, Riau, Indonesia with utilizing PLS-SEM analysis. The finding shows that leader humor can encourage employee knowledge sharing behavior through the relationship quality between leaders and employees.

scholarly journals Development Idiosyncratic Deals and Employee Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Mariam Tauba ◽  
Andrew Kimwolo
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Idiosyncratic Deals ◽  
The Social ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
The Relationship

Employee performance has been at the helm of academic research over the years. The changing nature of work has unearthed several antecedents of job performance. The purpose of this study was to examine employee performance through the development of Idiosyncratic deals and Leader-Member-Exchange-quality lens of antecedents. The study is anchored on the social exchange theory. The hypotheses were tested on a sample of 325 employees of ICT firms in Uganda, using a cross-sectional survey. Three hundred two responses were used for analysis after cleaning of data. The direct hypotheses were tested using correlation analysis, while the mediation was tested using the Hayes Process macro model 4. The results supported the relationship between development idiosyncratic deals and employee performance and LMX quality and employee performance. This study found a significant mediating role of LMX-quality on the relationship between development idiosyncratic deals and employee performance. The study made contributions to the literature on idiosyncratic deals, employee performance, leader-member exchange quality as well, as the Social exchange theory. The study recommends adopting good quality LMX relationships to enhance the role of development idiosyncratic deals on employee performance among ICT firms. 

Leader Trust, Competence, LMX, and Member Performance: A Moderated Mediation Framework

2017 ◽  
Vol 120 (6) ◽  
pp. 1137-1159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gukdo Byun ◽  
Ye Dai ◽  
Soojin Lee ◽  
Seungwan Kang
Keyword(s):  
Task Performance ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Performance Analyses ◽  
The Relationship

Based on social exchange theory, this study examines the influence of leaders’ trusting behavior and competence in in-role activities on members’ perceived leader–member exchange (LMX) relationships. Our study proposes that a leader’s trust in a member contributes to the member’s perceived LMX, and that the leader’s competence in in-role activities moderates this relationship. Furthermore, our study suggests that perceived LMX mediates the relationship between the leader’s trust and members’ task performance. Finally, the study proposes that the leader’s competence moderates the mediating role of LMX in transmitting the effect of the leader’s trust on members’ task performance. Analyses of the data collected from soldiers and platoon leaders in the South Korean army support these hypotheses.

scholarly journals Are we in this together? Knowledge hiding in teams, collective prosocial motivation and leader-member exchange

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 1502-1522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Babič ◽  
Matej Černe ◽  
Catherine E. Connelly ◽  
Anders Dysvik ◽  
Miha Škerlavaj
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Prosocial Motivation ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Level Model ◽  
Knowledge Hiding ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose Although organizations expect employees to share knowledge with each other, knowledge hiding has been documented among coworker dyads. This paper aims to draw on social exchange theory to examine if and why knowledge hiding also occurs in teams. Design/methodology/approach Two studies, using experimental (115 student participants on 29 teams) and field (309 employees on 92 teams) data, explore the influence of leader-member exchange (LMX) on knowledge hiding in teams, as well as the moderating role of collective (team-level) prosocial motivation. Findings The results of experimental Study 1 showed that collective prosocial motivation and LMX reduce knowledge hiding in teams. Field Study 2 further examined LMX, through its distinctive economic and social facets, and revealed the interaction effect of team prosocial motivation and social LMX on knowledge hiding. Originality/value This study complements existing research on knowledge hiding by focusing specifically on the incidence of this phenomenon among members of the same team. This paper presents a multi-level model that explores collective prosocial motivation as a cross-level predictor of knowledge hiding in teams, and examines economic LMX and social LMX as two facets of LMX.

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