Drawing on Social Exchange theory, we investigated the direct link between leaders’ emotion regulation strategies (i.e., surface acting and deep acting) and follower task performance. In addition, we investigated the indirect link between leaders’ emotion regulation strategies and follower task performance via leader‐member exchange (LMX). Using survey data (N = 301) from the banking industry, we found that leader surface acting only has an indirect negative relationship with follower task performance via LMX, while leader deep acting has both a direct and an indirect positive relationship with follower task performance. The result showed that leader emotion regulation strategies perform a key role in enhancing/damaging LMX and that leaders need to be vigilant regarding their own emotional behaviors. That is, they can develop positive relationships with their followers by employing deep acting but that surface acting damages their relationship with followers. Implications of this study, limitations, and future research are discussed.

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领导情绪调节、领导成员交换（LMX）和下属的任务绩效

借鉴社会交换理论，我们研究了领导者的情绪调节策略（即表面行为和深层行为）与下属任务绩效之间的直接联系。此外，我们通过领导成员交换（LMX）研究了领导者情绪调节策略与下属任务绩效之间的间接联系。使用调查数据 ( N = 301) 从银行业中，我们发现领导表面行为通过 LMX 仅与追随者任务绩效呈间接负相关，而领导者深层行为与追随者任务绩效既有直接正相关关系，也有间接正相关关系。结果表明，领导者情绪调节策略在增强/破坏 LMX 方面发挥着关键作用，领导者需要对自己的情绪行为保持警惕。也就是说，他们可以通过深度表演与追随者建立积极的关系，但表面表演损害了他们与追随者的关系。讨论了本研究的意义、局限性和未来的研究。