One member, two leaders: extending leader-member exchange theory to a dual leadership context

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• Personal Author:
  Anand S ; Chaudhry A ; Erdogan B ; Liden RC ; Vidyarthi PR
• Description:
  In this study, we develop and test a model that extends leader-member exchange (LMX) theory to a dual leadership context. Drawing upon relative deprivation theory, we assert that when employees work for 2 leaders, each relationship exists within the context of the other relationship. Thus, the level of alignment or misalignment between the 2 relationships has implications for employees' job satisfaction and voluntary turnover. Employing polynomial regression on time-lagged data gathered from 159 information technology consultants nested in 26 client projects, we found that employee outcomes are affected by the quality of the relationship with both agency and client leaders, such that the degree of alignment between the 2 LMXs explained variance in outcomes beyond that explained by both LMXs. Results also revealed that a lack of alignment in the 2 LMXs led to asymmetric effects on outcomes, such that the relationship with agency leader mattered more than the relationship with one's client leader. Finally, frequency of communication with the agency leader determined the degree to which agency LMX affected job satisfaction in the low client LMX condition. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Communication Men Occupational Health Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Analytical Models Analytical Processes Author Keywords: Leader-member Exchange Communication Research Coping Behavior Dual Reporting Relationships Employee Satisfaction Job Satisfaction Management Personnel Mental Processes Models Psychological Responses Quality Of Work Life QWL Regression Analysis Relative Deprivation Theory Supervisory Personnel Voluntary Turnover Work Operations Work Organization

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• ISSN:
  0021-9010
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  468-483
• Volume:
  99
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048616
• Citation:
  J Appl Psychol 2014 May; 99(3):468-483
• Contact Point Address:
  Prajya R. Vidyarthi, Department of Marketing and Management, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968-0539
• Email:
  prvidyarthi@utep.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Applied Psychology
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:aa1047dd474cd84038157c398a60aea8e6384819de1163e159681a06dfb408c819851f165a44fea2d26c05aed5e1f038256b8729185a38467b08482ad3368109
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203330/cdc_203330_DS1.pdf
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