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Work overload and leader–member exchange: The moderating role of psychological flexibility
Journal of General Management Pub Date : 2021-04-07 , DOI: 10.1177/0306307020942905
Karoline Hofslett Kopperud 1 , Robert Buch 1 , Christina Skogen 1
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Due to the strong focus on dyadic relationships in leader–member exchange (LMX) theory, it is vital to investigate the predictors of the types of relationships that leaders and subordinates develop. This study explores the supervisor-level antecedents of LMX. Drawing from conservation of resources theory, this study tests whether leaders’ psychological flexibility moderates the relationship between leaders’ perceptions of work overload and LMX. A field study was conducted among 186 subordinates and 93 leaders from a Norwegian public service organization. Multisource field data demonstrated general support for the hypothesized relationships. The results of multilevel analyses showed a negative relation between the perceptions of work overload of leaders with lower levels of psychological flexibility and their subordinates’ perceptions of LMX. Thus, psychological flexibility seemed to mitigate the negative implications of leaders’ work overload. This study extends previous studies on managers’ perceptions of work overload by introducing an important contingency of the relationship between managers’ perceptions of work overload and the quality of their relationship with subordinates. As such, this study contributes to a more complete understanding of the factors that relate to the development of high-quality LMX.



中文翻译:

工作超负荷和领导者与成员的交流:心理灵活性的调节作用

由于领导者-成员交换(LMX)理论中对二元关系的高度重视,因此研究领导者和下属发展的关系类型的预测因素至关重要。本研究探讨了LMX的主管级别的前身。基于资源节约理论,本研究测试了领导者的心理灵活性是否缓和了领导者对超负荷工作的看法与LMX之间的关系。来自挪威公共服务组织的186名下属和93名领导人进行了实地研究。多源现场数据证明了对假设关系的普遍支持。多层次分析的结果表明,心理柔韧性较低的领导者的工作负担过大的看法与下属对LMX的看法之间存在负相关关系。因此,心理上的灵活性似乎减轻了领导者工作负担过重的负面影响。这项研究通过引入管理者对工作超负荷的看法与其与下属的关系质量之间的关系的重要偶然性,扩展了先前对管理者对工作超负荷的看法的研究。因此,本研究有助于更全面地了解与开发高质量LMX有关的因素。

更新日期:2021-04-08
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