Leader-Member Exchange and In-Role Performance: Can Perceived Organizational Support be a Remedy for Employee Affective Reaction?
Öz
While the positive effects of Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) on employee work outcomes have been broadly examined in the literature, its negative effects are still under-researched. Since high-quality LMX serves as a source of work-related assets, employees make social comparisons based on their LMX qualities; and thus, they may develop negative reactions that diminish their work performance. In this study, in order to further understand the effects of LMX on employee in-role performance, we investigated the mediation effect of relative deprivation feeling as a negative affective reaction among LMX and in-role performance. Moreover, we tested the moderation effect of perceived organizational support (POS) for mitigating this negative effect on in-role performance. The data obtained from 320 employees and their 80 immediate supervisors were analyzed through Structural Equation Modeling. The results validated the proposed mediation effect of relative deprivation as well as the moderation effect of POS.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Destekleyen Kurum
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri
Proje Numarası
6352
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