Where Do I Stand? Examining the Effects of Leader-Member Exchange Social Comparison on Employee Work Behaviors

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Vidyarthi, Prajya R.; Liden, Robert C.; Anand, Smriti; Erdogan, Berrin; Ghosh, Samiran
• 署名单位: Indiana University System; Indiana University Kokomo; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital; Portland State University; Purdue University System; Purdue University; Purdue University in Indianapolis
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/a0020033
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 849-861
• 关键词: LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE; leader-member exchange differentiation; Social comparison; Job performance; CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIORS

摘要

Taking an approach integrating principles of leader member exchange (LMX) differentiation with social comparison theory, we contend that subjective ratings by individuals of their LMX compared to the LMXs of coworkers (labeled LMX social comparison, or LMXSC) explain unique and meaningful variance in outcomes beyond LMX and the actual standing of those individuals in the LMX distribution, referred to as relative LMX, or RLMX. Our findings demonstrate that employees' perceptions of LMXSC are positively related beyond the effects of LMX and RLMX to job performance and citizenship behaviors. Further, we argue that LMXSC mediates the RLMX-->outcomes relationships. Analyses showed that, in a sample of 254 employees nested in 50 work groups, a significant part of the effects of RLMX on job performance and citizenship behaviors was mediated through LMXSC after controlling for LMX.