Rethinking the benefits and pitfalls of leader–member exchange: A reciprocity versus self-protection perspective
| Autor: | Jeremy B. Bernerth, H. Jack Walker, Stanley G. Harris |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Strategy and Management
05 social sciences Perspective (graphical) Self-concept General Social Sciences Self protection 050109 social psychology Microeconomics Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Social exchange theory Management of Technology and Innovation 0502 economics and business 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Generalizability theory Psychology Exchange model Social psychology Practical implications 050203 business & management Reciprocity (cultural anthropology) |
| Zdroj: | Human Relations. 69:661-684 |
| ISSN: | 1741-282X 0018-7267 |
| Popis: | Existing literature assumes employees sharing high-quality relationships with supervisors hold advantageous positions over their peers under the leader–member exchange model. We propose environmental conditions limit the generalizability of this logic. Our framework is based on the idea that certain environments threaten the cycle of resource exchange and reciprocity, a foundational assumption in existing leader–member exchange models. To demonstrate this effect, we integrate social exchange and self-regulation theories to define four generalized environmental conditions we label appetitive alignment, appetitive misalignment, aversive misalignment and aversive alignment. We discuss accompanying propositions including both theoretical and practical implications of a contextualized leader-member exchange model to help future researchers anticipate when the benefits associated with high-quality leader–member relations and the pitfalls of low-quality relationships are attenuated by the environment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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