Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and understand the dynamics among perceptual gap of work environment between a supervisor and subordinates; personal psychological capital; self-directed behavior in a non-Western manufacturing work context. Design/methodology/approach This study investigated 288 dyadic relationships between supervisors and subordinates from 43 technical teams that came from six different large automotive part manufacturing companies in South Korea. Sobel test technique was mainly used to examine the effects of the perceptual difference of work environment. Findings The results indicated that the supervisor’s perceptual gap of work environment from subordinates had a negative association with their self-directed behavior, B = 0.233, SE = 0.103, p = 0.023. On the other hand, the negative effect of supervisor’s perceptual gap showed the competitive mediation effect through an indirect path to the positive psychological capital (PsyCap), Sobel B = 0.126, SE = 0.061, p = 0.037. This finding showed that providing a high level of autonomous work environment is not sufficient to get employees to show a high level of self-directed behavior if the perceptual gap is not well managed. Originality/value Adding to the existing research that studies self-directed behavior or proactive behavior in the Western high-tech or service work context, this study extended our understanding about the impact of the perceptual gap of work environment in the hierarchical and highly standardized non-Western manufacturing context.

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让我们接收有差异的看法？

目的本文的目的是识别和理解主管和下属之间工作环境感知差距之间的动态关系。个人心理资本；在非西方制造业中的自我指导行为。设计/方法/方法这项研究调查了来自六个韩国大型汽车零部件制造公司的43个技术团队的主管和下属之间的288种直接关系。Sobel测试技术主要用于检查工作环境的感知差异的影响。调查结果结果表明，主管对下属的工作环境的感知差距与其自我指导的行为负相关，B = 0.233，SE = 0.103，p = 0.023。另一方面，主管的知觉差距的负面影响表明竞争中介作用是通过间接途径获得积极的心理资本（PsyCap）的，Sobel B = 0.126，SE = 0.061，p = 0.037。这一发现表明，如果对知觉差距的管理不善，提供高水平的自主工作环境不足以使员工表现出高水平的自我指导行为。独创性/价值在现有研究中，研究西方高科技或服务性工作环境中的自我指导的行为或前瞻性行为，这项研究扩展了我们对工作环境感知差距对等级和高度标准化的非标准化工作的影响的理解。 -西方制造业环境。