When Leader-member exchanges make workers happy and innovative: do efforts and rewards act as mediators?

Autor: Pascale Desrumaux, Sabine Pohl, Eric Dose, Marc-Eric Bobillier Chaumon
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, Vol 17, Iss 1 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0718-2724
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-27242022000100027
Popis: Today innovation is considered to be essential for organizational development, and organizations depend increasingly on employees’ efforts to innovate. Drawing on the eudemonic theory of well-being based on the idea of optimal functioning, we look at whether rewards and efforts act as mediators between leader-member exchange (LMX) and two dependent variables: well-being at work and innovative work behaviors (IWB). We examine how LMX is linked to IWB and well-being at work, and we test the mediating effects of workload and rewards in these links. A sample of 179 French workers responded to an online questionnaire. The results indicated that LMX was significantly linked to IWB and psychological well-being at work. The study also found an indirect effect of work rewards between LMX and psychological well-being at work. This mediating role was not found in the relationship between LMX and IWB.
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