Enhancing the Effects of Power Sharing on Psychological Empowerment: The Roles of Management Control and Power Distance Orientation

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao C. Chen ◽  
Ann Yan Zhang ◽  
Hui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Power Sharing ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Power Distance Orientation ◽  
Telecommunication Companies ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Positive Effect

In this article we test a model of bounded empowerment: the boundary conditions under which power sharing affects employees' psychological empowerment. Using data from two telecommunication companies, we investigate how management control and power distance orientation moderate the effects of supervisors' power sharing on employees' psychological empowerment. Results show that power sharing improves job performance partly through psychological empowerment. Furthermore, management control enhances rather than impedes the positive effect of power sharing on psychological empowerment. Power distance orientation further enhances management control's positive moderating effect on employee psychological empowerment. Limitations and implications for future research are also discussed.

When leadership elicits voice: Evidence for a mediated moderation model

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Wook Jeung ◽  
Hea Jun Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Leader Behaviors ◽  
Power Distance Orientation ◽  
Indirect Path ◽  
Moderation Model ◽  
Prosocial Voice

AbstractThe aim of this study is to examine the influence of humble and empowering leader behaviors on the prosocial voice of subordinates. We also investigate subordinate power distance orientation as a possible moderator of this relationship and subordinate psychological empowerment as the underlying mechanism behind this moderated effect. Findings from 306 employees of a Korean business conglomerate indicated that humble and empowering leadership were positively related to the prosocial voice of subordinates, and the moderation effects of subordinates’ power distance orientation between these two types of leader behaviors and subordinates’ prosocial voice were fully mediated by the extent to which they felt psychologically empowered. Our findings indicated that the moderation for the main effect between leadership and voice was caused by the significant moderating effect in the indirect path between two main variables via psychological empowerment. We conclude by highlighting implications for management practice and identifying avenues for future research.

Unspoken yet Understood: An Introduction and Initial Framework of Subordinates’ Moqi With Supervisors

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 955-983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingshan Zheng ◽  
Ning Li ◽  
T. Brad Harris ◽  
Hui Liao
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Feedback Seeking ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Power Distance Orientation ◽  
Work Effectiveness ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Goal Clarity ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

Across two studies and five samples, we introduce the Chinese construct of moqi (a tacit understanding of another person’s expectations and intentions) as a key, but heretofore overlooked, aspect of supervisor–subordinate relationships. In Study 1, using qualitative and quantitative methods, we develop a subordinate-focused moqi scale and establish its discriminant and criterion-related validity. In Study 2, using three-wave data from three sources (subordinates, coworkers, and supervisors), we test an integrative, information-based model explicating (1) subordinates’ actions that are useful in acquiring the necessary information to develop moqi with their supervisor; (2) boundary conditions affecting subordinates’ sensitivity to information and, hence, their development of moqi with the supervisor; and (3) the informational process underlying subordinate moqi’s positive relationship with work effectiveness. Findings suggest that subordinates’ implicit and explicit feedback seeking positively predicted their subsequent perceptions of moqi with a supervisor and, moreover, that the relationship between implicit feedback seeking and subordinate moqi is enhanced by higher subordinate power distance orientation and face consciousness. Results also indicate that subordinate moqi influences task performance and reward recommendations for subordinates via the mediation of increased goal clarity, and the indirect effects is more pronounced for subordinates with higher power distance orientation. We offer an important discussion of moqi’s cultural nuances and make several suggestions for a robust future research agenda.

Leaders’ courage in showing humility

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-30
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Power Distance Orientation ◽  
Hierarchical Position ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Leader Humility

Purpose In line with emerging conceptualizations of humility in organizations, the purpose of this paper is to examine how leader humility and distance-based factors [i.e. power distance orientation (PDO) and hierarchical distance] interact to predict follower psychological empowerment. Design/methodology/approach The authors tested the hypotheses using a sample of 294 employees in South Korea. Moderated regression and bootstrapping analyses were conducted to test for direct and moderated relationships. Findings Results indicated that leader humility positively predicted follower psychological empowerment, and followers’ PDO positively moderated this relationship. Results of a three-way interaction indicated that the impact of leader humility on follower psychological empowerment was the strongest when both followers’ levels of PDO and hierarchical distance were high. Originality/value This is the first study to provide empirical evidence for the moderating effect of PDO and hierarchical distance on the relationship between leader humility and follower empowerment. The findings highlight the benefits of understanding the roles of followers’ cultural value orientation and hierarchical position in the effectiveness of leader humility.

Ethical leadership and work engagement

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (9) ◽  
pp. 1991-2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Israr Ahmad ◽  
Yongqiang Gao
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Power Distance Orientation ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Employee Work Engagement ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between ethical leadership and employee work engagement as well as the moderating effect of power distance orientation.Design/methodology/approachWith a multi-wave survey, this paper uses a sample of 251 employees from the banking sector in Pakistan to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe results reveal that psychological empowerment partially mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and employee work engagement. Besides, power distance orientation mitigates the positive relationship between ethical leadership and psychological empowerment as well as the indirect effect of ethical leadership on employee work engagement via psychological empowerment.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the existing ethical leadership literature by identifying psychological empowerment as an additional mediator and power distance orientation as a boundary condition, in the relationship between ethical leadership and employee work engagement.

scholarly journals Power distance orientation as an antecedent of individuals’ intentions to engage in radical political action

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 1283-1308
Author(s):  
Giovanni A. Travaglino ◽  
Chanki Moon
Keyword(s):  
Political Action ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Social Dominance Orientation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Lower Power ◽  
Power Distance Orientation ◽  
Violent Political Action

The cultural dimension of power distance refers to individuals’ acceptance of power inequalities in society. Countries characterized by high power distance at the collective level face more domestic extremism. However, research has yet to examine how individual differences in power distance orientation may affect individuals’ intentions to engage in radical and violent political action. In this research, we test the hypothesis that stronger endorsement of power distance values makes people more prone to express their intentions to engage in radical and violent political action. To test the hypothesis’ generalizability across contexts, we sample from 2 countries characterized by different levels of power distance at the collective level, South Korea (higher power distance) and the United States (lower power distance). Studies 1a and 1b were surveys ( N = 1,214) demonstrating an association between power distance orientation and radical political action over and beyond other known predictors of political participation, including political efficacy, perceived justice, emotions of anger and contempt, political orientation, and social dominance orientation. In Studies 2a–2c ( N = 430; 2c preregistered), priming a higher (vs. lower) power distance orientation heightened individuals’ propensity to express the intentions to engage in radical political action. Theoretical implications of the findings, and future research directions, are discussed.

Sex, Ethnicity and Chicano Status Attainment

1982 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 435-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Tienda
Keyword(s):  
Mexican Descent ◽  
Status Attainment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cultural Interpretation ◽  
Socioeconomic Attainment ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
The Status ◽  
Using Data ◽  
First Job ◽  
Positive Effect

Using data from the 1979 Chicano Survey, this study analyzes the determinants of status attainment among the U.S. population of Mexican descent. The process of status attainment is essentially the same for Chicano men and women, although women experience a net handicap for current occupation attainment. Close ethnic attachment, measured by language and association, does not lower socioeconomic attainment; in fact, Spanish competency has a positive effect upon the status of first job. The importance of a structural understanding of ethnicity, rather than a cultural interpretation, is stressed for future research on Chicano stratification.

scholarly journals Larger or Broader: Performance Implications of Size and Diversity of the Knowledge Worker's Egocentric Network

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-165
Author(s):  
Liang Chen ◽  
Guy G. Gable
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Equal Distribution ◽  
Innovative Performance ◽  
Egocentric Network ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Time And Energy ◽  
Curvilinear Effect

AbstractManagement scholars and practitioners emphasize the importance of the size and diversity of a knowledge worker's social network. Constraints on knowledge workers' time and energy suggest that more is not always better. Further, why and how larger networks contribute to valuable outcomes deserves further understanding. In this study, we offer hypotheses to shed insight on the question of the diminishing returns of large networks and the specific form of network diversity that may contribute to innovative performance among knowledge workers. We tested our hypotheses using data collected from 93 R&D engineers in a Sino-German automobile electronics company located in China. Study findings identified an inflection point, confirming our hypothesis that the size of the knowledge worker's egocentric network has an inverted U-shaped effect on job performance. We further demonstrate that network dispersion richness (the number of cohorts that the focal employee has connections to) rather than network dispersion evenness (equal distribution of ties across the cohorts) has more influence on the knowledge worker's job performance. Additionally, we found that the curvilinear effect of network size is fully mediated by network dispersion richness. Implications for future research on social networks in China and Western contexts are discussed.

scholarly journals The effect of supervisor’s characteristics on impression management and the moderation effect of perception of organizational politics

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-431
Author(s):  
ARam Choi ◽  
TaeYong Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Impression Management ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Power Distance Orientation ◽  
Perception Of Organizational Politics ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of supervisor’s characteristics on impression management and the moderation effect of perception of organizational politics. Using the survey research method, data were collected from 296 employees who were working in a variety of organizations in Korea. As results, supervisor’s power distance orientation, social face sensitivity, and agreeableness had positive relationships with supervisor’s impression management, and supervisor’s neuroticism had negative relationship with supervisor’s impression management. However, supervisor’s extraversion did not have significant relationship with supervisor’s impression management. The perception of organizational politics had moderation effect on the relationship between supervisor’s agreeableness and impression management. That is, the positive relationship between supervisor’s agreeableness and impression management was stronger when the perception of organizational politics was high rather than low. On the other hand, moderation effects of the perception of organizational politics on the relationship between supervisor’s power distance orientation, social face sensitivity, extraversion, neuroticism and impression management were not significant. Based on these results, we discussed the implications and limitations of the study, and the suggestions for the future research.

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