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Area of Science:

  • Organizational Behavior
  • Social Psychology
  • Management Science

Background:

  • Supervisor social power theoretically influences employee beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors.
  • Previous research lacked a clear definition and validated measure for perceived supervisor social power (PSSP).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish a definition for PSSP.
  • To develop and validate a reliable five-item scale to measure PSSP.
  • To assess the psychometric properties and nomological validity of the PSSP scale.

Main Methods:

  • Three studies were conducted with four independent samples from France, Canada, and Romania.
  • Data collection involved cross-sectional and two-wave designs across different languages.
  • Psychometric properties including factor validity, reliability, convergent, discriminant, and nomological validity were assessed.

Main Results:

  • The five-item PSSP scale demonstrated excellent psychometric properties and invariance across samples.
  • PSSP was positively related to affective organizational commitment.
  • PSSP moderated the relationship between affective commitment to the supervisor and affective organizational commitment.

Conclusions:

  • The PSSP scale is psychometrically sound and provides a valid measure of supervisor social power.
  • This research offers the first empirical evidence of PSSP's potential to influence employee outcomes.
  • Findings have implications for future research on supervisor social power and organizational behavior.