My LMX standing with my leader as compared to my coworkers: conditional indirect effect of LMX social comparison

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Leadership & Organization Development Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-19 DOI:10.1108/lodj-08-2020-0371

G. Afshan, Carolina Serrano-Archimi, Zubair Akram

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Abstract

PurposeThe paper examines the effect of relative leader-member exchange (LMX) on follower's in-role performance, citizenship behaviour and cynicism via relational identification. Moreover, LMXSC (LMXSC) moderates the direct and mediating relationship.Design/methodology/approachBased on multi-level (individual and group level) model, dyadic data were collected from 298 employees working under 47 group managers in the banking sector in Pakistan.FindingsThe multi-level moderated mediation model tested in Mplus and HLM software showed the full support for direct, mediating and moderating hypothesized relationships; however, the moderated mediation hypothesis was partially supported. It reveals that relative LMX standing of followers predicted in-role performance, organizational citizenship behaviour at an individual level (OCB-individual) and cynicism. Relational identification with the leader mediated the relationship. Moreover, at high LMXSC, the relationship between relative LMX and relational identification and consequently the outcomes were stronger.Originality/valueLMX has widely been studied at dyadic level, despite the suggested high and low LMX quality relationships that exist in a workgroup. This study not only investigates the role of relative LMX on employee performance through relational identification but also reports that subjective evaluation of LMXSC plays a major role in promoting employee performance.

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与同事相比，我与领导的LMX立场：LMX社会比较的条件间接效应

目的通过关系识别，考察相对领导者-成员交换（LMX）对追随者角色内表现、公民行为和犬儒主义的影响。此外，LMXSC（LMXSC）调节直接和中介关系。设计/方法论/方法基于多层次（个人和群体层面）模型，从巴基斯坦银行业47名集团经理以下的298名员工中收集了二元数据；然而，适度中介假说得到了部分支持。研究表明，追随者的相对LMX地位预测了角色表现、个人层面的组织公民行为（OCB个人）和犬儒主义。与领导者的关系认同是这种关系的中介。此外，在高LMXSC时，相对LMX和关系识别之间的关系更强，因此结果也更强。尽管工作组中存在高和低LMX质量关系，但在二元水平上对原创性/价值LMX进行了广泛的研究。本研究不仅通过关系识别研究了相对LMX对员工绩效的影响，而且报告了LMXSC的主观评价在促进员工绩效方面发挥着重要作用。

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Leadership & Organization Development Journal MANAGEMENT-

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7.70

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