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Leader Trust, Competence, LMX, and Member Performance: A Moderated Mediation Framework
Gukdo Byun1, Ye Dai2, Soojin Lee3
1School of Business, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju City, Chungbuk, Korea.
Psychological Reports
|June 27, 2017
Summary
Leaders
Area of Science:
- Organizational Behavior
- Social Psychology
- Military Leadership
Background:
- Social exchange theory provides a framework for understanding leader-member dynamics.
- Leader-member exchange (LMX) relationships are crucial for organizational outcomes.
- Trust and competence are key leader attributes influencing subordinate perceptions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how leaders' trusting behavior and competence affect perceived LMX.
- To examine the mediating role of LMX in the relationship between leader trust and task performance.
- To explore the moderating influence of leader competence on LMX and performance.
Main Methods:
- Data collected from soldiers and platoon leaders in the South Korean army.
- Social exchange theory principles applied to analyze leader-member interactions.
- Statistical analyses to test proposed mediation and moderation hypotheses.
Main Results:
- Leaders' trust positively influences members' perceived LMX.
- Leader competence in in-role activities moderates the trust-LMX relationship.
- Perceived LMX mediates the link between leader trust and member task performance.
- Leader competence moderates the indirect effect of leader trust on task performance via LMX.
Conclusions:
- Leader trust and competence are vital for fostering strong LMX.
- Effective LMX, influenced by leader attributes, enhances member task performance.
- Findings underscore the importance of developing leader trust and competence in military settings.
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