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Understanding the Link Between Work-Related and Non-Work-Related Supervisor-Subordinate Relationships and Affective
Yu Gao1, Haiyan Liu1, Yuechi Sun1
1School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Psychology Research and Behavior Management
|July 12, 2022
Summary
Both leader-member exchange (LMX) and supervisor-subordinate guanxi (SSG) positively impact employee affective commitment (AC). Psychological safety (PS) partially mediates these relationships and moderates the LMX-AC link.
Area of Science:
- Organizational Behavior
- Social Psychology
Background:
- Employee affective commitment (AC) is crucial for organizational success.
- Understanding the interplay of work-related and non-work-related relationships is key.
- Theories of Social Information Processing (SIP) and Conservation of Resources (COR) provide a framework.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the mediating role of psychological safety (PS) in the relationship between leader-member exchange (LMX) and supervisor-subordinate guanxi (SSG) on employee AC.
- To investigate the moderating role of PS in these relationships.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional study with 213 Chinese enterprise employees.
- Data collected using validated scales for LMX, SSG, PS, and AC.
- Statistical analysis using SPSS PROCESS macro and RWA-Web.
Main Results:
- Both LMX and SSG positively correlate with employee AC, with LMX showing a stronger association.
- PS partially mediates the effects of LMX and SSG on AC.
- PS negatively moderates the LMX-AC relationship but not the SSG-AC relationship.
Conclusions:
- Both work-related LMX and non-work-related SSG enhance employee AC.
- PS plays a significant mediating role in how these relationships influence AC.
- Cultivating appropriate PS is important for enhancing employee AC in Chinese enterprises.
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