Where do I stand? Examining the effects of leader-member exchange social comparison on employee work behaviors

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• Personal Author:
  Anand S ; Erdogan B ; Ghosh S ; Liden RC ; Vidyarthi PR
• Description:
  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 RLMX3outcomes 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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communication Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Leader-member Exchange Citizenship Behaviors Communication Research Employee Satisfaction Job Performance Leader-member Exchange Differentiation Management Personnel Psychological Responses Quality Of Work Life QWL Social Comparison Sociological Factors Supervisory Personnel Work Operations

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• ISSN:
  0021-9010
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Indiana ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  95
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048619
• Citation:
  J Appl Psychol 2010 Sep; 95(5):849-861
• Contact Point Address:
  Prajya R. Vidyarthi, School of Business, Indiana University Kokomo, 2300 South Washington Street, Kokomo, IN 46904
• Email:
  pvidyart@iuk.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• 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-512:47f9e6213205164095120cdb3c9ae653157944981a1fc62d648931d9e22766668ed39873408c88e874094ba940832ca3a7156559d94b5943f7a71bf3c99adf3e
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203333/cdc_203333_DS1.pdf
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