Leaders’ competence matters in empowerment: implications on subordinates’ relational energy and task performance

IF 4 2区心理学 Q2 MANAGEMENT

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology Pub Date : 2022-12-27 DOI:10.1080/1359432X.2022.2161370

Yahua Cai, Chunyang Zhou, Jinsong Li, Xiuli Sun

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The effectiveness of empowering leadership has been the subject of contrasting views. Numerous studies have adopted an interactive approach to reconciling these inconsistencies and emphasized the role of subordinates’ competence and capabilities. We join this stream of discussions by pointing out that leader competence also plays a pivotal role in empowering subordinates. We further postulate that subordinates’ relational energy can mediate the interactive effects of empowering leadership and perceived leader competence on task performance. In Study 1, data analyses based on a sample of 397 team members and 112 team leaders reveal that relational energy mediates the interaction effect of empowering leadership and perceived leader competence on subordinates’ task performance. In Study 2, data analyses based on 193 leader – follower dyads reveal that the indirect effect of relational energy is still significant after controlling for several alternative mediators commonly used in empowering leadership research (e.g., LMX, intrinsic motivation, and psychological empowerment).

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领导者的能力在授权中很重要：对下属关系能量和任务表现的影响

摘要赋予领导权力的有效性一直是不同观点的主题。许多研究采用了一种互动的方法来调和这些不一致，并强调下属的能力和能力的作用。我们加入了这一系列讨论，指出领导者的能力在赋予下属权力方面也发挥着关键作用。我们进一步假设，下属的关系能量可以调节授权领导和感知领导能力对任务绩效的互动效应。在研究1中，基于397名团队成员和112名团队领导者样本的数据分析表明，关系能量介导了授权领导和感知领导者能力对下属任务绩效的交互作用。在研究2中，基于193个领导者-追随者二元的数据分析表明，在控制了授权领导研究中常用的几种替代中介（如LMX、内在动机和心理授权）后，关系能量的间接效应仍然显著。

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European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The mission of the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology is to promote and support the development of Work and Organizational Psychology by publishing high-quality scientific articles that improve our understanding of phenomena occurring in work and organizational settings. The journal publishes empirical, theoretical, methodological, and review articles that are relevant to real-world situations. The journal has a world-wide authorship, readership and editorial board. Submissions from all around the world are invited.